Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

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The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a senior British cabinet post responsible for managing political and constitutional relations between the United Kingdom and its self-governing Dominions within the British Empire and Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet position
government office
ministerial office
appliesToJurisdiction British Empire
Commonwealth of Nations
appointedBy British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
category Commonwealth government positions
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1947
domain Commonwealth relations
Dominion affairs
imperial relations
formationReason need for specialized management of Dominion relations
recognition of Dominions as self-governing entities
hasDuty advising the British government on Dominion affairs
coordination of imperial policy with Dominions
liaison between Dominion governments and the British government
management of constitutional relations with the Dominions
management of political relations with the Dominions
oversight of self-governing Dominions
hasSuccessor Commonwealth Relations Office
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War

interwar period
inception 1925
officeHolder Clement Attlee
J. H. Thomas
Leo Amery
surface form: Leopold Amery

Lord Addison
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
surface form: Lord Halifax

Lord Lothian
Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley
surface form: Lord Stanley

Malcolm MacDonald
Viscount Cranborne
partOf British imperial governance structure
British Cabinet
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
relatesTo Australia
Canada
Irish Free State
New Zealand
Colony of Newfoundland
surface form: Newfoundland (Dominion)

Dominion of South Africa
surface form: Union of South Africa
replacedBy Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
replaces Secretary of State for the Colonies
surface form: Secretary of State for the Colonies in respect of Dominions
seat London, England
surface form: London
subordinateTo Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
usedLanguage English

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Dominions Office hasMinisterialPosition Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Dominions Office headedBy Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Second Baldwin government includesOffice Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
James Henry Thomas notableOffice Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations officeCreatedFrom Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Anthony Eden positionHeld Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
James Henry Thomas positionHeld Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations precededBy Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs