The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the

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, subordinate to the

Secretary of State for the Colonies The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, British Cabinet government minister, minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various British Empire, colonial dependencies. Histor ...

and, from 1948, also to a

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Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1768–1782

In 1782, following the loss of the American colonies, the office was abolished, and its duties given to the

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. From there it passed to the

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, which was later renamed the War and Colonial Office. In 1854 this office was split, and the Colonial Office reestablished.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1854–1966

''For earlier office-holders see

Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Und ...

.'' ''Abolished 1966. Thereafter, see

Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs The position of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs in the United Kingdom was created in 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. The ...

Minister of State for the Colonies, 1948–1964

''Abolished 1964. Thereafter, see

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Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1825 and 1854–1966

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Colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...

Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom 1768 establishments in Great Britain 1966 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Foreign Office during World War II