The Secretary for Overseas Trade was a junior Ministerial position in the

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from 1917 until 1953, subordinate to the

President of the Board of Trade The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. This is a committee of the His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th centu ...

. The office was replaced by the

Minister of State for Trade The Minister of State for Trade Policy is a mid-level role at the Department for International Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by Greg Hands, who took the office on 9 October 2022. The minister deputizes for ...

on 3 September 1953.

Secretaries for Overseas Trade, 1917-1953

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" , - ! Name !! Entered office !! Left office , - , Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt , , 1917 , , 1919 , - , Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt , , 1919 , , 1920 , - , F. G. Kellaway , , 1920 , , 1921 , - , Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame , , 1921 , , 1922 , - , Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt , , 1922 , , March 1923 , - ,

Albert Buckley Lt.-Col. Albert Buckley (10 April 1877 – 13 November 1965) was a British Conservative politician and businessman. Early life and education Buckley was born in Great Crosby, Lancashire, the son of wool broker William Buckley and Mary Hannah B ...

, , March 1923 , , November 1923 , - , ''Vacant'' , , November 1923 , , 1924 , - ,

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, , 1924 , , 1924 , - ,

Arthur Samuel Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He popularized the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the wo ...

, , 1924 , , 1927 , - , Douglas Hacking , , 1927 , , 1929 , - , George Gillett , , 1929 , , 1931 , - , Sir Hilton Young , , 1931 , , 1931 , - , John Colville , , 1931 , , 1935 , - ,

Euan Wallace David Euan Wallace, MC PC (20 April 1892 – 9 February 1941) was a British Conservative politician who was an ally of Neville Chamberlain and briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II. Early life Wallace was born on 20 Apr ...

, , 1935 , , 1937 , - , Robert Hudson , , 1937 , , 1940 , - , Geoffrey Shakespeare , , 1940 , , 1940 , - ,

Harcourt Johnstone Harcourt Johnstone (19 May 18951 March 1945), nicknamed Crinks, was a British Liberal Party politician. Early life and education Johnstone was born in London in 1895, the son of the Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone, a British diplomat, and his American ...

, , 1940 , , 1945 , - ,

Spencer Summers Sir Gerard Spencer Summers (27 October 1902 – 19 January 1976) was a British Conservative politician. Biography Summers was born in Flintshire, Wales, in 1902, and educated at Wellington School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a dire ...

, , 1945 , , 1945 , - ,

Hilary Marquand Hilary Adair Marquand, (24 December 1901 – 6 November 1972) was a British economist and Labour Party politician. Life and career He was born in Cardiff, the son of Alfred Marquand of Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, a clerk in a coal exporting ...

, , 1945 , , 1947 , - ,

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

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Arthur Bottomley Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC (7 February 1907 – 3 November 1995) was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister. Early life Before entering parliament he was a trade union organiser of the National ...

, , 1947 , , 1951 , - , Henry Hopkinson , , 1951 , , 1952 , - , Harry Mackeson , , 1952 , , 3 September 1953 Overseas Trade Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom 1917 establishments in the United Kingdom 1953 disestablishments in the United Kingdom