The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet-level position created in 1925 responsible for British relations with the
Dominion
The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire.
"Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 192 ...
s – Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
,
Newfoundland, and the
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between ...
– and the self-governing
Crown colony of
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally kno ...
. When initially created, the office was held in tandem with that of
Secretary of State for the Colonies; this arrangement persisted until June 1930. On two subsequent occasions the offices were briefly held by the same person.
The Secretary was supported by an
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. In 1947, the name of the office was changed to the
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925–1947
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The Viscount Addison took up the new post of
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on 7 July 1947.''
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Dominion Affairs
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
History of the Commonwealth of Nations
1925 establishments in the United Kingdom
1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Foreign Office during World War II