The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a British Cabinet office existing between 1947 and 1966, responsible for dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations . The position was created out of the old position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs...

 in dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

 (its former colonies). The position was created out of the old position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

The position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British ministerial position, subordinate to that of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the...

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After 1966 the post was merged with the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....

 and became the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

The position of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs was created in 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. The position dealt with British relations with members of the Commonwealth...

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Office-Holders

• 1947: Arthur Bottomley
  Arthur Bottomley
  Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister....
  
  
• 1947: Patrick Gordon Walker
  Patrick Gordon Walker
  Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker CH, PC was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly thirty years, and served twice as a Cabinet minister...
  
  
• 1950: Lord Holden
• 1950: David Rees Williams
  David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
  David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...
  
  
• 1951: Earl of Lucan
• 1951: John Foster
  John Foster (UK politician)
  Brigadier Sir John Galway Foster was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for the Northwich constituency in Cheshire from 1945 to February 1974....
  
  
• 1954: Douglas Dodds-Parker
  Douglas Dodds-Parker
  Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....
  
  
• 1955: Allan Noble
  Allan Noble
  Sir Allan Herbert Percy Noble, DSO, DSC was an English naval commander, politician, and diplomat.-Career:Noble was the only son of Admiral Sir Percy Noble. He joined the Royal Navy in 1926 and was a destroyer commander during World War II, earning a DSO and a DSC...
  
  
• 1956: Lord John Hope
• 1957: Cuthbert Alport
  Cuthbert Alport, Baron Alport
  Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport was a Conservative Party politician, Cabinet Minister, and life peer.- Early life :...
  
  
• 1959: Richard Thompson
  Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...
  
  
• 1960: Duke of Devonshire
  Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
  Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG, MC, PC , styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative politician...
  
   (to 1962)
• 1961: Bernard Braine
  Bernard Braine
  Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School, and served with the North Staffordshire Regiment in the Second World War, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel...
  
   (to 1962)
• 1962: John Tilney
  John Tilney
  Sir John Dudley Robert Tarleton Tilney, TD was the great grandson of the founder of RJ Tilney & Co.John Tilney was educated at Eton College. He was persuaded by John Brocklebank, the co-head of RJ Tilney & Co to begin with the firm in October 1928 before he had finished his degree course at...
  
   (to 1964)
• 1964: Lord Taylor
  Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor
  Stephen James Lake Taylor, Baron Taylor was a British physician, civil servant, politician and educator....
  
   Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
  Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
  The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....
  
  
• 1965: Lord Beswick Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies until 1 August 1966