Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

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United Kingdom Cabinet position ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s political and diplomatic relations with the countries of the Commonwealth.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom Cabinet position → ministerial office →
advisedBy	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
category	Commonwealth of Nations-related positions → Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom →
constitutionalStatus	minister of the Crown →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Government of the United Kingdom →
department	Commonwealth Relations Office →
domain	diplomacy → foreign relations →
hasCapitalRelationWith	Commonwealth capitals →
hasJurisdictionOver	Commonwealth countries → Commonwealth of Nations →
hasOfficialResidenceIn	London →
isCabinetRank	true →
isPositionHeldBy	Member of Parliament → member of the House of Lords →
legalForm	Crown office →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England →
memberOf	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
nativeLanguage	English →
officeCreatedFrom	Dominions Office → Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs →
officeHoldersInclude	Alec Douglas-Home → Duncan Sandys → Lord Home of the Hirsel → Patrick Gordon Walker → Philip Noel-Baker → Rab Butler →
officeMergedInto	Foreign and Commonwealth Office →
officeMergedWith	Colonial Office → Foreign Office →
partOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom →
portfolioExcludes	colonial administration →
portfolioIncludes	relations with independent Commonwealth states →
precededBy	Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs →
replacedBy	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs → Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs →
reportsTo	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
responsibleFor	Commonwealth policy of the United Kingdom → diplomatic relations with Commonwealth countries → political relations with Commonwealth countries →
scope	international relations within the Commonwealth →
seat	London →
style	The Right Honourable →
usedInPeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ("Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs") → Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs → Secretary of State for India → Secretary of State for India ("Secretary of State for Burma") →	replacedBy
Commonwealth Relations Office → Commonwealth Relations Office →	hasMinisterialHead
Duncan Sandys →	positionHeld
Commonwealth Relations Office ("Commonwealth Secretary") →	subjectHasRole