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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

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UK government cabinet minister; 1925–1947

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Royal Arms as used byHis Majesty's Government
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of thePrime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Leo Amery
Formation	11 June 1925
Final holder	The Viscount Addison
Abolished	7 July 1947
Deputy	Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

The position ofsecretary of state for dominion affairs was asecretary of state in theGovernment of the United Kingdom, responsible for British relations with the Empire’sdominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand,South Africa,Newfoundland, and theIrish Free State – and the self-governingCrown colony ofSouthern Rhodesia.

When initially created in 1925, the office was held in tandem with that ofsecretary of state for the colonies; this arrangement persisted until June 1930. On two subsequent occasions the offices were briefly held by the same person.

The secretary of state was supported by anunder-secretary of state for dominion affairs. In 1947, the name of the office was changed to thesecretary of state for commonwealth relations.

Secretaries of state for dominion affairs, 1925–1947

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Conservative Labour National Labour
Portrait	Name Honorifics & constituency	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister		Foreign Secretary
	Leo Amery MP forBirmingham Sparkbrook (alsoSec.State for the Colonies)	11 June 1925	4 June 1929	Conservative		Baldwin	Chamberlain
	Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (alsoSec.State for the Colonies)	7 June 1929	5 June 1930	Labour		MacDonald	Henderson
	James Henry Thomas MP forDerby (alsoSec.State for the Colonies, Aug–Nov 1931)	5 June 1930	22 November 1935	Labour			Henderson
		5 June 1930	22 November 1935	National Labour			Reading Simon
	Malcolm MacDonald MP forRoss and Cromarty	22 November 1935	16 May 1938	National Labour		Baldwin	Hoare Eden
	Malcolm MacDonald MP forRoss and Cromarty	22 November 1935	16 May 1938	National Labour		Chamberlain	Hoare Eden
	Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley MP forFylde	16 May 1938	16 October 1938†	Conservative			Halifax
	Malcolm MacDonald MP forRoss and Cromarty (alsoSec.State for the Colonies)	31 October 1938	29 January 1939	National Labour
	SirThomas Inskip MP forFareham	29 January 1939	3 September 1939	Conservative
	Anthony Eden MP forWarwick and Leamington^[1]	3 September 1939	14 May 1940	Conservative
	Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote^[2]	14 May 1940	3 October 1940	Conservative		Churchill
	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne MP forSouth Dorsetuntil 1941 Baron Cecil of Essendonafter 1941	3 October 1940	19 February 1942	Conservative			Eden
	Clement Attlee MP forLimehouse^[3]	19 February 1942	24 September 1943	Labour
	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne Baron Cecil of Essendon^[2]	24 September 1943	26 July 1945	Conservative
	Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison^[2]	3 August 1945	7 July 1947	Labour		Attlee	Bevin

Viscount Addison took up the new post ofsecretary of state for commonwealth relations on 7 July 1947.

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^AlsoSecretary of State for War.
^^a ^b ^cAlsoLeader of the House of Lords.
^AlsoDeputy Prime Minister

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v t e Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs
Leo Amery Sidney Webb, Lord Passfield J. H. Thomas Malcolm MacDonald Edward, Lord Stanley Malcolm MacDonald Sir Thomas Inskip (later Viscount Caldecote) Anthony Eden Thomas Inskip, Viscount Caldecote Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne Clement Attlee Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne Christopher Addison, Viscount Addison

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