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 office was replaced by the Minister of State for Trade 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 , , March 1923 , , November 1923 , - , ''Vacant'' , , November 1923 , , 1924 , - , William Lunn , , 1924 , , 1924 , - ,

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, , 1924 , , 1927 , - , Douglas Hacking , , 1927 , , 1929 , - , George Gillett , , 1929 , , 1931 , - , Sir Hilton Young , , 1931 , , 1931 , - , John Colville , , 1931 , , 1935 , - , Euan Wallace , , 1935 , , 1937 , - , Robert Hudson , , 1937 , , 1940 , - , Geoffrey Shakespeare , , 1940 , , 1940 , - , Harcourt Johnstone , , 1940 , , 1945 , - , Spencer Summers , , 1945 , , 1945 , - ,

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, , 1945 , , 1947 , - , Harold Wilson , , 1947 , , 1947 , - ,

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, , 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