Secretary of State for the Colonies
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The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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British cabinet position
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government ministerial office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | British Empire ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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appointment recommendations for colonial officials
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approval of colonial constitutions and constitutional amendments ⓘ approval of major constitutional changes in colonies ⓘ budgetary oversight of colonial administrations ⓘ coordination of colonial defense policy with other departments ⓘ coordination of policy with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on colonial finance ⓘ coordination of policy with the Foreign Secretary on external aspects of colonial affairs ⓘ coordination of policy with the Secretary of State for War on military matters in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on censorship and information control in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on constitutional conferences with colonial leaders ⓘ direction of policy on constitutional safeguards for minorities in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on economic development in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on education in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on emergency regulations in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on federation schemes among colonies ⓘ direction of policy on health and social services in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on immigration and settlement in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on indigenous rights in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on infrastructure projects in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on international scrutiny of colonial rule ⓘ direction of policy on labour and trade unions in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on land and resource use in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on missionary and religious questions in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on partition or boundary changes in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on postwar reconstruction in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on press and political association freedoms in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on racial segregation or integration in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on relations with the United Nations regarding colonial issues ⓘ direction of policy on security and policing in colonies ⓘ direction of policy on trade preferences involving colonies ⓘ direction of policy on trusteeship and mandate territories where applicable ⓘ direction of policy on wartime mobilization in colonies ⓘ formulation of colonial policy ⓘ handling of petitions and complaints from colonial subjects ⓘ management of imperial conferences on colonial matters ⓘ management of relations with colonial legislatures ⓘ negotiation of constitutional settlements with nationalist leaders ⓘ oversight of British colonial administration ⓘ oversight of colonial legal and judicial systems at the imperial level ⓘ oversight of decolonisation processes ⓘ presentation of colonial legislation to the UK Parliament ⓘ representation of colonial interests in the British Cabinet ⓘ supervision of colonial governors ⓘ supervision of transitions from colony to dominion status ⓘ supervision of transitions from colony to independence ⓘ |
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British Cabinet
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surface form:
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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Colonial Secretary
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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies
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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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Cabinet-level Secretary of State for the Colonies
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Leo Amery
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Colonial Secretary of the United Kingdom
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Secretary of State for the Colonies in respect of Dominions
High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan
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Secretary of State for the Colonies
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this entity surface form:
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
this entity surface form:
Colonial Secretary
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British Secretary of State for the Colonies
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
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Colonial Secretary
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Colonial Secretary of the United Kingdom
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Alfred Lyttelton