The position of Secretary for Mines is a now defunct office in the

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, associated with the Board of Trade. In 1929, the department took over responsibility for petroleum. In 1940, the department was divided with Geoffrey Lloyd and Sir

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becoming respectively Secretary and Permanent Under-

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and

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and Sir Alfred Hurst respectively Secretary and Permanent Under-Secretary for Mines. On 11 June 1942, both these sub-departments of the Board of Trade were transferred to the new

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, which itself has been merged into later departments.

Secretaries for Mines, 1920–1945

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