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class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/120px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/180px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/220px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/330px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/440px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="593" /></a></span></div><b>Longest serving<br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chamberlain" title="Joseph Chamberlain">Joseph Chamberlain</a></b><br />29 June 1895–16 September 1903</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">Secretary of state</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data">Prime Minister</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The King</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(on the advice of the Prime Minister)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/At_His_Majesty%27s_pleasure" title="At His Majesty's pleasure">At His Majesty's pleasure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>27 February 1768 <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st time)</span></li><li>12 June 1854 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd time)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">The Earl of Hillsborough</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st time)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Sir George Grey</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd time)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welbore_Ellis,_1st_Baron_Mendip" title="Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip">Welbore Ellis</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st time)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lee,_Baron_Lee_of_Newton" title="Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton">Frederick Lee</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd time)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>8 March 1782 <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st time)</span></li><li>1 August 1966 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd time)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Superseded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>secretary of state for the colonies</b> or <b>colonial secretary</b> was the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Government_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Government minister">minister</a> in charge of managing the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. </p><p>The colonial secretary never had responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">provinces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a>, which had <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Secretary of State for India">its own secretary of state</a>. </p><p>From 1768 until 1966, the secretary of state was supported by an <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">under-secretary of state for the colonies</a> (at times an <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">under-secretary of state for war and the colonies</a>), and latterly by a <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">minister of state</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colonial responsibilities were previously held jointly by the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">lords of trade and plantations (board)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">secretary of state for the Southern Department</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was responsible for <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, the American colonies, and relations with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Europe">Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Europe" title="Islam in Europe">Muslim</a> states of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, as well as being jointly responsible for domestic affairs with the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Northern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Northern Department">Secretary of State for the Northern Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_Secretary_1768–1782"><span id="Colonial_Secretary_1768.E2.80.931782"></span>Colonial Secretary 1768–1782</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colonial Secretary 1768–1782"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Colonial Secretary position was first created in 1768 to deal with the increasingly troublesome <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">North American</a> colonies, following passage of the <a href="/wiki/Townsend_Acts" class="mw-redirect" title="Townsend Acts">Townsend Acts</a>. Joint responsibility between the secretary and board first continued at this time, but subsequent diminution of the board's status let it to became an adjunct to the new secretary's department.<sup id="cite_ref-NatArc2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NatArc2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the loss of the American colonies, both the board and the short-lived secretaryship were dismissed by the king on 2 May 1782; both were abolished later by the <a href="/wiki/Civil_List_and_Secret_Service_Money_Act_1782" title="Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782">Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782</a> (22 Geo. 3, c 82).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, colonial duties were given to the <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Lord_Sydney" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Sydney">Lord Sydney</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1782–1854"><span id="1782.E2.80.931854"></span>1782–1854</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1782–1854"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Responsibility for the Colonies in the years between 1782 and 1854 included<i>:</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> <i>1782–1801</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretary of State for War and the Colonies</a> <i>1801–1854</i></li> <li>Secretary of State for the Colonies <i>from 1854</i></li></ul> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_1783" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Paris 1783">Treaty of Paris 1783</a>, a new board, named the Committee of Council on Trade and Plantations (later known as 'the First Committee') was established under <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">William Pitt the Younger</a>, by an <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">Order in Council</a> in 1784.<sup id="cite_ref-NatArc2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NatArc2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1794, a new office was created for <a href="/wiki/Henry_Dundas" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Dundas">Henry Dundas</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_for_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of state for war">secretary of state for war</a>, which now took responsibility for the Colonies. The office was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretary of State for War and the Colonies</a> in 1801. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1854–present"><span id="1854.E2.80.93present"></span>1854–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1854–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1854, military reforms led to the colonial and military responsibilities of this secretary of state being split into two separate offices, with <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet">Sir George Grey</a> becoming the first secretary of state for the colonies under the new arrangement. </p><p>In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Britain gained control over a number of territories with the status of "<a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a>". The ministerial responsibility for these territories was initially held by the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg/220px-1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg/330px-1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg/440px-1944-12-30_Secretary-of-State_for_the_Colonies_Oliver_Stanley_%26_Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps_at_Imperial_Fortress_of_Bermuda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2725" data-file-height="1492" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Oliver Stanley</a> inspects the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Volunteer_Rifle_Corps" title="Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps">Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Fortress">Imperial Fortress</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, 30th December, 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>By the early years of the twentieth century the responsibility for each of the protectorate territories had been transferred to the colonial secretary as well. The <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandated territories</a> acquired as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a> in 1919 became a further responsibility of the Colonial Office in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. </p><p>In 1925, part of the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a> was separated out as the <a href="/wiki/Dominions_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominions Office">Dominions Office</a>, with its own <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Dominion_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs">secretary of state</a>. The new office was responsible for dealing with the <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominions</a> together with a small number of other territories (most notably <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a>). </p><p>In the twenty years following the end of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, much of the British Empire was dismantled as its various territories gained independence. In consequence, the Colonial Office was merged in 1966 with the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Relations_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Relations Office">Commonwealth Relations Office</a> (which until 1947 had been the Dominions Office) to form the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Office">Commonwealth Office</a>, while ministerial responsibility was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs">secretary of state for Commonwealth affairs</a> (previously known as the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Relations" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations">secretary of state for Commonwealth relations</a>). In 1968, the Commonwealth Office was subsumed into the Foreign Office, which was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a> (FCO). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries_of_state_for_the_colonies">List of secretaries of state for the colonies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of secretaries of state for the colonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_State_for_the_Colonies_(1768–1782)"><span id="Secretaries_of_State_for_the_Colonies_.281768.E2.80.931782.29"></span>Secretaries of State for the Colonies (1768–1782)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Secretaries of State for the Colonies (1768–1782)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes referred to as Secretary of State for the American Colonies. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Secretary of State for the Colonies<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Ministry </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg/75px-Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg/113px-Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg/150px-Marquess_of_Downshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="190" data-file-height="238" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">Wills Hill<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1st <b>Earl of Hillsborough</b></span></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">27 February</span><br />1768 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">27 August</span><br />1772 </td> <td style="background:#ffe5b4;"> <br /><a href="/wiki/Grafton_ministry" title="Grafton ministry">Grafton</a><br />  </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#EAECF0"><a href="/wiki/George_III_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of Great Britain"><b>George III</b></a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_(1714%E2%80%931801).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1760–1820)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="background:LightBlue;"><a href="/wiki/North_ministry" title="North ministry">North</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Legge,_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg/75px-William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg/113px-William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg/150px-William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="468" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Legge,_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth" title="William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth">William Legge<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">2nd <b>Earl of Dartmouth</b></span></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 August</span><br />1772 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1775 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Germain,_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG/75px-George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG/113px-George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG/150px-George_Germain%2C_1st_Viscount_Sackville.PNG 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Lord <a href="/wiki/George_Germain,_1st_Viscount_Sackville" title="George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville">George Germain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)">East Grinstead</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1775 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">February</span><br />1782 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welbore_Ellis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Welbore_Ellis.jpg/75px-Welbore_Ellis.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Welbore_Ellis.jpg/113px-Welbore_Ellis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Welbore_Ellis.jpg/150px-Welbore_Ellis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="592" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Welbore_Ellis,_1st_Baron_Mendip" title="Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip">Welbore Ellis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)">Weymouth and Melcombe Regis</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">February</span><br />1782 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 March</span><br />1782 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Office abolished in 1782 after the loss of the American Colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_State_for_the_Colonies_(1854–1966)"><span id="Secretaries_of_State_for_the_Colonies_.281854.E2.80.931966.29"></span>Secretaries of State for the Colonies (1854–1966)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Secretaries of State for the Colonies (1854–1966)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State for the Colonies </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Ministry </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Bt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg/75px-Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg/113px-Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg/150px-Sir_George_Grey%2C_2nd_Bt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="327" data-file-height="458" /></a></span> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Grey,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet"><b>George Grey</b></a>, Bt.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Morpeth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)">Morpeth</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 June</span><br />1854 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 February</span><br />1855 </td> <td style="background:#ffe5b4;"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_ministry" title="Aberdeen ministry">Aberdeen</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a>–<a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></i>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="25" style="background:#EAECF0"><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria"><b>Victoria</b></a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1837–1901)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidney_Herbert,_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg/75px-Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg/113px-Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg/150px-Sidney_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Herbert,_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Lea" title="Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea"><b>Sidney Herbert</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Wiltshire" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wiltshire">South Wiltshire</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 February</span><br />1855 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 February</span><br />1855 </td> <td style="background:#ffe5b4;"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#ffe5b4;"><a href="/wiki/First_Palmerston_ministry" title="First Palmerston ministry">Palmerston I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_john_russell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_john_russell.jpg/75px-Lord_john_russell.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_john_russell.jpg/113px-Lord_john_russell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_john_russell.jpg/150px-Lord_john_russell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="255" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Lord <b>John Russell</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="City of London (UK Parliament constituency)">City of London</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 February</span><br />1855 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />1855 </td> <td style="background:#ffe5b4;"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FF3333"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WilliamMolesworth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WilliamMolesworth.jpg/75px-WilliamMolesworth.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WilliamMolesworth.jpg/113px-WilliamMolesworth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WilliamMolesworth.jpg/150px-WilliamMolesworth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Molesworth,_8th_Baronet" title="Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet">Sir <b>William Molesworth</b></a>, Bt.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Southwark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />1855 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />1855 </td> <td style="background:#ffadad"><a href="/wiki/Radicals_(UK)" title="Radicals (UK)">Radical</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Labouchere,_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg/75px-Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg/113px-Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg/150px-Henry_Labouchere%2C_Baron_Taunton_by_William_Menzies_Tweedie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3192" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Labouchere,_1st_Baron_Taunton" title="Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton"><b>Henry Labouchere</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Taunton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)">Taunton</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />1855 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 February</span><br />1858 </td> <td style="background:#ffe5b4;"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/75px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/113px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/150px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="613" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby">Edward Stanley<br /><b>Lord Stanley</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)">King's Lynn</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 February</span><br />1858 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 June</span><br />1858 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Derby%E2%80%93Disraeli_ministry" title="Second Derby–Disraeli ministry">Derby–Disraeli II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton,_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg/75px-Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg/113px-Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg/150px-Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3073" /></a></span> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton,_1st_Baron_Lytton" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton"><b>Edward Bulwer-Lytton</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Hertfordshire</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 June</span><br />1858 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 June</span><br />1859 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg/75px-5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg/113px-5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg/150px-5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham-Clinton,_5th_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle"><br />Henry Pelham-Clinton<br />5th <b>Duke of Newcastle</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1811–1864)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 June</span><br />1859 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 April</span><br />1864 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1859%E2%80%931866" title="Liberal government, 1859–1866">Palmerston II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1stViscountCardwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1stViscountCardwell.jpg/75px-1stViscountCardwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1stViscountCardwell.jpg/113px-1stViscountCardwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1stViscountCardwell.jpg/150px-1stViscountCardwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="754" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cardwell,_1st_Viscount_Cardwell" title="Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell"><b>Edward Cardwell</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Oxford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)">Oxford</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">7 April</span><br />1864 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">26 June</span><br />1866 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1859%E2%80%931866" title="Liberal government, 1859–1866">Russell II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/75px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/113px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/150px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="653" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Herbert,_4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon" title="Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon">Henry Herbert<br />4th <b>Earl of Carnarvon</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1831–1890)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 July</span><br />1866 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 March</span><br />1867 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Derby%E2%80%93Disraeli_ministry" title="Third Derby–Disraeli ministry">Derby–Disraeli III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg/75px-3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg/113px-3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg/150px-3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1743" data-file-height="2612" /></a></span> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Temple-Grenville,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos"><br />Richard Temple-Grenville<br />3rd <b>Duke of Buckingham and Chandos</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1823–1889)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 March</span><br />1867 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 December</span><br />1868 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Earl_Granville.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/75px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/113px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/150px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville Leveson-Gower<br />2nd <b>Earl Granville</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1815–1891)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 December</span><br />1868 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 July</span><br />1870 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/First_Gladstone_ministry" title="First Gladstone ministry">Gladstone I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/75px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/113px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/150px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley" title="John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley">John Wodehouse<br />1st <b>Earl of Kimberley</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1826–1902)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 July</span><br />1870 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 February</span><br />1874 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/75px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/113px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg/150px-4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="653" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Herbert,_4th_Earl_of_Carnarvon" title="Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon">Henry Herbert<br />4th <b>Earl of Carnarvon</b></a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 February</span><br />1874 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1878 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Disraeli_ministry" title="Second Disraeli ministry">Disraeli II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_(1st_Earl).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg/75px-St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg/113px-St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg/150px-St_Aldwyn_Michael_Edward_Hicks-Beach_%281st_Earl%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="533" /></a></span> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn"><b>Michael Hicks Beach</b></a>, Bt.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloucestershire East (UK Parliament constituency)">Gloucestershire East</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1878 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1880 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/75px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/113px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg/150px-1st_Earl_of_Kimberley_1868.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley" title="John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley">John Wodehouse<br />1st <b>Earl of Kimberley</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1826–1902)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1880 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 December</span><br />1882 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Gladstone_ministry" title="Second Gladstone ministry">Gladstone II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/75px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/113px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg/150px-Edward_Stanley%2C_15th_Earl_of_Derby_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="613" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby">Edward Stanley<br />15th <b>Earl of Derby</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1826–1893)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 December</span><br />1882 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1885 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg/75px-Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg/113px-Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg/150px-Frederick_Arthur_Stanley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby"><b>Frederick Stanley</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 June</span><br />1885 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 January</span><br />1886 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/First_Salisbury_ministry" title="First Salisbury ministry">Salisbury I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Earl_Granville.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/75px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/113px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Second_Earl_Granville.jpg/150px-Second_Earl_Granville.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville Leveson-Gower<br />2nd <b>Earl Granville</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1815–1891)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 February</span><br />1886 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 July</span><br />1886 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Gladstone_ministry" title="Third Gladstone ministry">Gladstone III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Stanope.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edward_Stanope.jpg/75px-Edward_Stanope.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edward_Stanope.jpg/113px-Edward_Stanope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Edward_Stanope.jpg/150px-Edward_Stanope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="573" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanhope" title="Edward Stanhope">Edward Stanhope</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Horncastle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)">Horncastle</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 August</span><br />1886 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1887 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#def;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Salisbury_ministry" title="Second Salisbury ministry">Salisbury II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png/75px-Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png/113px-Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png/150px-Henry_Holland%2C_1st_Viscount_Knutsford.png 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="557" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford" title="Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford">Henry Holland<br />1st <b>Baron Knutsford</b></a><br /> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1887 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />1892 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg/75px-George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg/113px-George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg/150px-George_Robinson_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="749" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_Robinson,_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon" title="George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon">George Robinson<br />1st <b>Marquess of Ripon</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1827–1909)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">18 August</span><br />1892 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1895 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1892%E2%80%931895" title="Liberal government, 1892–1895">Gladstone IV</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1892%E2%80%931895" title="Liberal government, 1892–1895">Rosebery</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #2061A2"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/75px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/113px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg/150px-Joseph_Chamberlain_in_colour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="593" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chamberlain" title="Joseph Chamberlain">Joseph Chamberlain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham West</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">29 June</span><br />1895 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 September</span><br />1903 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#d2dfec"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_government,_1895%E2%80%931905" title="Unionist government, 1895–1905">Salisbury<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(III & IV)</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Lib.U.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#EAECF0"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1901–1910)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_government,_1895%E2%80%931905" title="Unionist government, 1895–1905">Balfour</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Lib.U.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg/75px-Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg/113px-Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg/150px-Alfred_Lyttelton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lyttelton" title="Alfred Lyttelton">Alfred Lyttelton</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Warwick_and_Leamington" class="mw-redirect" title="Warwick and Leamington">Warwick and Leamington</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 October</span><br />1903 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 December</span><br />1905 </td> <td style="background:#d2dfec"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg/75px-Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg/113px-Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg/150px-Picture_of_Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="1618" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin">Victor Bruce<br />9th <b>Earl of Elgin</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1849–1917)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 December</span><br />1905 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 April</span><br />1908 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">Campbell-Bannerman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/75px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/113px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1099" data-file-height="1629" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Robert Crewe-Milnes<br />1st <b>Marquess of Crewe</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1858–1945)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">12 April</span><br />1908 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">3 November</span><br />1910 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">Asquith<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I–III)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="15" style="background:#EAECF0"><b><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1910–1936)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg/75px-Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg/113px-Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg/150px-Lewis_Viscount_Harcourt_by_Solomon_J_Solomon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Harcourt,_1st_Viscount_Harcourt" title="Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt"><b>Lewis Vernon Harcourt</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Rossendale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rossendale</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 November</span><br />1910 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 May</span><br />1915 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-A._Bonar_Law_LCCN2014715818_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3362" data-file-height="4627" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Bonar Law</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Bootle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)">Bootle</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 May</span><br />1915 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 December</span><br />1916 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Asquith Coalition</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Long_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lord_Long_.jpg/75px-Lord_Long_.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lord_Long_.jpg/113px-Lord_Long_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lord_Long_.jpg/150px-Lord_Long_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Long,_1st_Viscount_Long" title="Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long"><b>Walter Long</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_George%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster St George's">Westminster St George's</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1854–1924)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 December</span><br />1916 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 January</span><br />1919 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Lloyd George<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Milner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lord_Milner.jpg/75px-Lord_Milner.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lord_Milner.jpg/113px-Lord_Milner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lord_Milner.jpg/150px-Lord_Milner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="506" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Milner,_1st_Viscount_Milner" title="Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner">Alfred Milner<br />1st <b>Viscount Milner</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1854–1925)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 January</span><br />1919 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 February</span><br />1921 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg/75px-Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg/113px-Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg/150px-Churchill_1904_Q_42037.jpg 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Dundee_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)">Dundee</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 February</span><br />1921 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 October</span><br />1922 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/75px-GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/113px-GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/150px-GG_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Cavendish,_9th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire"><br />Victor Cavendish<br />9th <b>Duke of Devonshire</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1868–1938)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">24 October</span><br />1922 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 January</span><br />1924 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1922%E2%80%931924" title="Conservative government, 1922–1924">Law</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1922%E2%80%931924" title="Conservative government, 1922–1924">Baldwin I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/75px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/113px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/150px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4148" data-file-height="5722" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Thomas">James Henry Thomas</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Derby (UK Parliament constituency)">Derby</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 January</span><br />1924 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 November</span><br />1924 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/First_MacDonald_ministry" title="First MacDonald ministry">MacDonald I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leopold_Amery_MP.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Leopold_Amery_MP.png/75px-Leopold_Amery_MP.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Leopold_Amery_MP.png/113px-Leopold_Amery_MP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Leopold_Amery_MP.png/150px-Leopold_Amery_MP.png 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="634" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Leo_Amery" title="Leo Amery">Leo Amery</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Sparkbrook" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Sparkbrook">Birmingham Sparkbrook</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 November</span><br />1924 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 June</span><br />1929 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Baldwin_ministry" title="Second Baldwin ministry">Baldwin II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidney_Webb_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sidney_Webb_01.jpg/75px-Sidney_Webb_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sidney_Webb_01.jpg/113px-Sidney_Webb_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sidney_Webb_01.jpg/150px-Sidney_Webb_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2413" data-file-height="3070" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Webb,_1st_Baron_Passfield" title="Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield">Sidney Webb<br />1st <b>Baron Passfield</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1859–1947)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 June</span><br />1929 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 August</span><br />1931 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Second_MacDonald_ministry" title="Second MacDonald ministry">MacDonald II</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: green"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/75px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/113px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/150px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4148" data-file-height="5722" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Thomas">James Henry Thomas</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Derby (UK Parliament constituency)">Derby</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 August</span><br />1931 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 November</span><br />1931 </td> <td style="background:#d0f0c0;"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> </td> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931)" title="National Government (1931)">National I</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Swinton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lord_Swinton.jpg/75px-Lord_Swinton.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lord_Swinton.jpg/113px-Lord_Swinton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lord_Swinton.jpg/150px-Lord_Swinton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Cunliffe-Lister,_1st_Earl_of_Swinton" title="Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton"><b>Philip Cunliffe-Lister</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Hendon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)">Hendon</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 November</span><br />1931 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 June</span><br />1935 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931%E2%80%931935)" title="National Government (1931–1935)">National II</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: green"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/75px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/113px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/150px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="773" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_MacDonald" title="Malcolm MacDonald">Malcolm MacDonald</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Bassetlaw_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)">Bassetlaw</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 June</span><br />1935 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1935 </td> <td style="background:#d0f0c0;"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1935%E2%80%931937)" title="National Government (1935–1937)">National III</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: green"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/75px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/113px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg/150px-James_Henry_Thomas_circa_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4148" data-file-height="5722" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Thomas">James Henry Thomas</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Derby (UK Parliament constituency)">Derby</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1935 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />1936 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#d0f0c0;"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#EAECF0"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">Edward VIII</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ormsby-Gore,_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg/75px-William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg/113px-William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg/150px-William_Ormsby-Gore%2C_4th_Baron_Harlech.jpg 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/William_Ormsby-Gore,_4th_Baron_Harlech" title="William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech"><b>William Ormsby-Gore</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 May</span><br />1936 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1938 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="13" style="background:#EAECF0"><b><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281901-1952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1495" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–1952)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1937%E2%80%931939)" title="National Government (1937–1939)">National IV</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: green"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/75px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/113px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Malcolmmacdonald.jpg/150px-Malcolmmacdonald.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="773" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_MacDonald" title="Malcolm MacDonald">Malcolm MacDonald</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross and Cromarty</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1938 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">12 May</span><br />1940 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#d0f0c0;"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry" title="Chamberlain war ministry">Chamberlain War</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">N.Lab.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Lib.N.</a></i></span>) </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Lloyd,_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png/75px-George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png/113px-George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png/150px-George_Lloyd%2C_1st_Baron_Lloyd.png 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="578" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Lloyd,_1st_Baron_Lloyd" title="George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd">George Lloyd<br />1st <b>Baron Lloyd</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1879–1941)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 May</span><br />1940 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1941 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">Churchill War</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>All parties</i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Guinness,_1st_Baron_Moyne.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png/75px-Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png/113px-Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png/150px-Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne.png 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Guinness,_1st_Baron_Moyne" title="Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne">Walter Guinness<br />1st <b>Baron Moyne</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1880–1944)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 February</span><br />1941 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 February</span><br />1942 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg/75px-Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg/113px-Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg/150px-Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil<br /><b>Viscount Cranborne</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Dorset" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dorset">South Dorset</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 February</span><br />1942 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1942 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Stanley.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/75px-Oliver_Stanley.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/113px-Oliver_Stanley.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/150px-Oliver_Stanley.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="723" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Oliver Stanley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Westmorland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)">Westmorland</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1942 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">26 July</span><br />1945 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#ddd;"><a href="/wiki/Churchill_caretaker_ministry" title="Churchill caretaker ministry">Churchill Caretaker</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con.</a>–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">N.Lib.</a></i>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Hall,_1st_Viscount_Hall.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png/75px-George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png/113px-George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png/150px-George_Hall%2C_1st_Viscount_Hall.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="791" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Hall,_1st_Viscount_Hall" title="George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall"><b>George Henry Hall</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Aberdare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdare</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 August</span><br />1945 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 October</span><br />1946 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Attlee_ministry" title="Attlee ministry">Attlee<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Creech_Jones" title="Arthur Creech Jones">Arthur Creech Jones</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Shipley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)">Shipley</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 October</span><br />1946 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 February</span><br />1950 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Griffiths" title="Jim Griffiths">Jim Griffiths</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)">Llanelli</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 February</span><br />1950 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 October</span><br />1951 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg/75px-Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg/113px-Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg/150px-Oliver_Lyttelton_Visc_Chandos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="164" data-file-height="210" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Lyttelton,_1st_Viscount_Chandos" title="Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos"><b>Oliver Lyttelton</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)">Aldershot</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />1951 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1954 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Churchill_ministry" title="Third Churchill ministry">Churchill III</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="11" style="background:#EAECF0"><b><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(St_Edward%27s_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/60px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/90px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/120px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2022)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lennox-Boyd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Lennox-Boyd.jpg/75px-Lennox-Boyd.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Lennox-Boyd.jpg/113px-Lennox-Boyd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Lennox-Boyd.jpg/150px-Lennox-Boyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lennox-Boyd,_1st_Viscount_Boyd_of_Merton" title="Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton"><b>Alan Lennox-Boyd</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Mid_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Bedfordshire</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1954 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">14 October</span><br />1959 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Eden_ministry" title="Eden ministry">Eden</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1957%E2%80%931964" title="Conservative government, 1957–1964">Macmillan<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/75px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/113px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg/150px-The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Iain Macleod</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Enfield_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield West">Enfield West</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 October</span><br />1959 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 October</span><br />1961 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Reginald Maudling</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Barnet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)">Barnet</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 October</span><br />1961 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 July</span><br />1962 </td> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duncan_Sandys_1975.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Duncan_Sandys_1975.png/75px-Duncan_Sandys_1975.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Duncan_Sandys_1975.png/113px-Duncan_Sandys_1975.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Duncan_Sandys_1975.png/150px-Duncan_Sandys_1975.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Sandys" title="Duncan Sandys">Duncan Sandys</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">13 July</span><br />1962 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 October</span><br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background:#def;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_government,_1957%E2%80%931964" title="Conservative government, 1957–1964">Douglas-Home</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Greenwood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Anthony_Greenwood.jpg/75px-Anthony_Greenwood.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Anthony_Greenwood.jpg/113px-Anthony_Greenwood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Anthony_Greenwood.jpg/150px-Anthony_Greenwood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Greenwood,_Baron_Greenwood_of_Rossendale" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale"><b>Anthony Greenwood</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Rossendale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rossendale</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 October</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 December</span><br />1965 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_government,_1964%E2%80%931970" title="Labour government, 1964–1970">Wilson<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I & II)</span></a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg/75px-Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg/113px-Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg/150px-Lord_Longford_4_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2894" data-file-height="4340" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Frank Pakenham<br />7th <b>Earl of Longford</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–2001)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 December</span><br />1965 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 April</span><br />1966 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/75px-No_image.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/113px-No_image.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/No_image.svg/150px-No_image.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lee,_Baron_Lee_of_Newton" title="Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton"><b>Frederick Lee</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Newton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newton (UK Parliament constituency)">Newton</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 April</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 August</span><br />1966 </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Responsibility for the colonies held by: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs">Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs</a> 1966–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs</a> 1968–present</li></ul> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981" title="British Nationality Act 1981">British Nationality Act 1981</a>, the term "colony" ceased to be used; Britain's rule over <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, the last significant colony, ceased in 1997. Britain retains certain <a href="/wiki/British_overseas_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="British overseas territories">overseas territories</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few title holders were born in colonies under their portfolio and some beyond: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Bonar Law</a> – born in pre-<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> colony of <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> and later moved to the United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin">Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin</a> – born in Canada during his father's, <a href="/wiki/James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin">James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin</a>, term as <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a> and a British appointee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Milner,_1st_Viscount_Milner" title="Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner">Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner</a> – born in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse" title="Grand Duchy of Hesse">Grand Duchy of Hesse</a> (now in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>) to Charles Milner (who had English roots from his father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Amery" title="Leo Amery">Leo Amery</a> – born in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> to an English father serving in India</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Land_and_Emigration_Commission" title="Colonial Land and Emigration Commission">Colonial Land and Emigration Commission</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/american-west-indian-colonies.htm">American and West Indian colonies before 1782</a>, National Archives</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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London: Frank Cass. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Secretaries+of+State%3A+1681%E2%80%931782&rft.place=London&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=Frank+Cass&rft.date=1932&rft.aulast=Thomson&rft.aufirst=Mark+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsecretariesofsta00thom_0%2Fpage%2F2%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+the+Colonies" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NatArc2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NatArc2_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NatArc2_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100915133842/http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=1&CATID=38&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=BT">Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies</a>, Department code BT, The National Archives</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp28-37#fnn3">Council of trade and plantations 1696–1782</a>, in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660–1870, pp. 28–37. University of London, London, 1974.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"SECRETARY FOR COLONIES VISITS TRAINING CENTRE". <i>The Royal Gazette</i>. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 1 January 1945. p. 2. <q>Colonel the Right Hon. Oliver Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, visited <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Camp_(Bermuda)" title="Warwick Camp (Bermuda)">Warwick Battery</a> on Saturday morning where he inspected the Vocational Training Centre. Accompanied by Mr T.I.K. Lloyd, an Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, by his private secretary, Mr. C. H. Thornley, and by Brigadier the Hon. H. D. Maconochie, Officer Commanding British Troops, Colonel Stanley inspected a guard of honour commanded by Captain A. L. Flitcroft, Adjutant, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Militia_Artillery" title="Bermuda Militia Artillery">Bermuda Militia</a>. Shortly after 1 o'clock. Colonel Stanley and his entourage arrived at <a href="/wiki/Prospect_Camp,_Bermuda" title="Prospect Camp, Bermuda">Prospect</a> where they were greeted by Brigadier Maconochie and Lieut.-Col. J. C. Astwood, O.C, B.V.R.C Colonel Stanley inspected a guard of honour provided by the B.V.R.C. under the command of Captain W. J. Williams, following which he visited the Garrison Officers' Mess where he was introduced to the Officers of the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Garrison" title="Bermuda Garrison">Bermuda Command</a> and refreshments wen served. The Colonial Secretary's visit to Prospect marked the first formal parade attended by the newly reorganised B.V.R.C. Band.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Royal+Gazette&rft.atitle=SECRETARY+FOR+COLONIES+VISITS+TRAINING+CENTRE&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1945-01-01&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+the+Colonies" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chris Cook and John Stevenson, <i>British Historical Facts 1830–1900</i> (Macmillan Press 1980) 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.B. Fryde and others, <i>Handbook of British Chronology</i> (3rd edn, Cambridge University Press 1986) 125.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"> <caption>History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth </caption> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Department" title="Northern Department">Northern Department</a></b><br />1660–1782<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Northern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Northern Department">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Under-secretary_of_state_for_the_Northern_department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Under-secretary of state for the Northern department (page does not exist)">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Department_(Great_Britain)" title="Southern Department (Great Britain)">Southern Department</a></b><br />1660–1768<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Under-secretary_of_state_for_the_Southern_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Under-secretary of state for the Southern Department (page does not exist)">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Department_(Great_Britain)" title="Southern Department (Great Britain)">Southern Department</a></b><br />1768–1782<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Under-secretary_of_state_for_the_southern_department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Under-secretary of state for the southern department (page does not exist)">Undersecretaries</a><br />1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office</span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a></b><br />1768–1782<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/Foreign,_Commonwealth_and_Development_Office" title="Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office">Foreign Office</a></b><br />1782–1968<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)">Ministers</a> — <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a></b><br />1782–1794<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a></b><br />1794–1801<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Under-Secretary of State for War">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/War_and_Colonial_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="War and Colonial Office">War and Colonial Office</a></b><br />1801–1854<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a></b><br />1854–1925<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/India_Office" title="India Office">India Office</a></b><br />1858–1937<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Secretary of State for India">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Under-Secretary of State for India">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a></b><br />1925–1966<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_the_Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for the Colonies">Ministers</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Dominion_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs">Dominions Office</a></b><br />1925–1947<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Dominion_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Dominion_Affairs" title="Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/India_Office" title="India Office">India Office</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Burma_Office" title="Burma Office">Burma Office</a></b><br />1937–1947<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Secretary of State for India">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Under-Secretary of State for India">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Relations" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations">Commonwealth Relations Office</a></b><br />1947–1966<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Relations" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Relations" title="Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations">Ministers</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Relations" title="Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs">Commonwealth Office</a></b><br />1966–1968<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs">Secretaries</a> — <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs">Ministers</a> — <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs">Undersecretaries</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" 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