Commonwealth Relations Office

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British government department

The Commonwealth Relations Office was a British government department responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s diplomatic and political relations with the independent countries of the Commonwealth.

Aliases (3)

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government department →
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Nations →
category	Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom → Foreign relations of the United Kingdom →
continent	Europe →
country	United Kingdom →
diplomaticFocus	independent Commonwealth countries →
dissolved	1966 →
endTime	1966 →
fieldOfWork	Commonwealth affairs → diplomacy → foreign relations →
hasMinisterialHead	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations →
hasPredecessor	Dominions Office → India Office →
hasResponsibilityFor	diplomatic relations within the Commonwealth → political relations within the Commonwealth → relations with independent Commonwealth countries →
hasSuccessor	Commonwealth Office → Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
headquartersLocation	London →
inception	1947 →
jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England →
mergedWith	Foreign Office →
mergerResult	Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
namedAfter	Commonwealth of Nations →
parentOrganization	UK Government →
partOf	British civil service → British foreign policy apparatus →
reorganizedAs	Commonwealth Office →
replaced	Dominions Office → India Office →
replacedBy	Commonwealth Office → Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
shortName	CRO →
startTime	July 1947 →
usedLanguage	English →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colonial Office → Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Office") → India Office → India Office ("Commonwealth Relations Office and India Office (merged)") → India Office ("Commonwealth Relations Office (post‑1947 residual functions)") →	replacedBy
Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Office") → Dominions Office → India Office →	followedBy
Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Office") → Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs →	hasSuccessor
Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Office") → Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Office") →	reorganizedAs
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations →	department
Dominions Office →	dissolvedInto
Foreign and Commonwealth Office ("Commonwealth Office") →	formedByMergerOf
Foreign and Commonwealth Office ("Commonwealth Office") →	precededBy