Following the loss of the American colonies, both the board and the short-lived secretaryship were dismissed by the king on 2 May 1782; both were abolished later by the Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3, c 82).[4] Following this, colonial duties were given to the Home Secretary, then Lord Sydney. Following the Treaty of Paris 1783, a new board, named the Committee of Council on Trade and Plantations (later known as 'the First Committee') was established under William Pitt the Younger, by an Order in Council in 1784.[3] In 1794, a new office was created for Henry Dundas – the secretary of state for war, which now took responsibility for the Colonies, and was renamed the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in 1801. In 1854, military reforms led to the colonial and military responsibilities of this secretary of state being split into two separate offices, with Sir George Grey becoming the first secretary of state for the colonies under the new arrangement.
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Britain gained control over a number of territories with the status of "protectorate". The ministerial responsibility for these territories was initially held by the Foreign Secretary. However, by the early years of the twentieth century the responsibility for each of these territories had been transferred to the colonial secretary as well. The League of Nations mandated territories acquired as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 became a further responsibility of the Colonial Office in the aftermath of the First World War.
^American and West Indian colonies before 1782, National Archives
^Thomson, Mark A. (1932). The Secretaries of State: 1681–1782. London: Frank Cass. p. 2.
^ abRecords of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies, Department code BT, The National Archives
^Council of trade and plantations 1696–1782, in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660–1870, pp. 28–37. University of London, London, 1974.
^Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1830–1900 (Macmillan Press 1980) 29.
^E.B. Fryde and others, Handbook of British Chronology (3rd edn, Cambridge University Press 1986) 125.
History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
secretary, state, colonies, secretary, state, colonies, colonial, secretary, british, cabinet, minister, charge, managing, united, kingdom, various, colonial, dependencies, 1768, 1782, inaugural, holderthe, earl, hillsboroughformation27, february, 1768final, h. The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom s various colonial dependencies Secretary of State for the Colonies 1768 1782 Inaugural holderThe Earl of HillsboroughFormation27 February 1768Final holderWelbore EllisAbolished8 March 1782DeputyUnder Secretary of State for the ColoniesSecretary of State for the Colonies 1854 1966 Inaugural holderSir George GreyFormation12 June 1854Final holderFrederick LeeAbolished1 August 1966DeputyUnder Secretary of State for the ColoniesJoseph Chamberlain Secretary of State for the Colonies 1895 1903 Contents 1 History 2 List of secretaries of state for the colonies 2 1 Secretaries of State for the Colonies 1768 1782 2 2 Secretaries of State for the Colonies 1854 1966 3 Secretaries from the Colonies 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe position was first created in 1768 to deal with the increasingly troublesome North American colonies following passage of the Townsend Acts Previously colonial responsibilities were held jointly by the lords of trade and plantations and the secretary of state for the Southern Department 1 who was responsible for Ireland the American colonies and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe as well as being jointly responsible for domestic affairs with the Secretary of State for the Northern Department 2 Joint responsibility continued under the secretary of state for the colonies but led to a diminution of the board s status and it became an adjunct to the new secretary s department 3 Following the loss of the American colonies both the board and the short lived secretaryship were dismissed by the king on 2 May 1782 both were abolished later by the Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 22 Geo 3 c 82 4 Following this colonial duties were given to the Home Secretary then Lord Sydney Following the Treaty of Paris 1783 a new board named the Committee of Council on Trade and Plantations later known as the First Committee was established under William Pitt the Younger by an Order in Council in 1784 3 In 1794 a new office was created for Henry Dundas the secretary of state for war which now took responsibility for the Colonies and was renamed the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in 1801 In 1854 military reforms led to the colonial and military responsibilities of this secretary of state being split into two separate offices with Sir George Grey becoming the first secretary of state for the colonies under the new arrangement In the latter part of the nineteenth century Britain gained control over a number of territories with the status of protectorate The ministerial responsibility for these territories was initially held by the Foreign Secretary However by the early years of the twentieth century the responsibility for each of these territories had been transferred to the colonial secretary as well The League of Nations mandated territories acquired as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 became a further responsibility of the Colonial Office in the aftermath of the First World War In 1925 part of the Colonial Office was separated out as the Dominions Office with its own secretary of state The new office was responsible for dealing with the Dominions together with a small number of other territories most notably Southern Rhodesia In the twenty years following the end of the Second World War much of the British Empire was dismantled as its various territories gained independence In consequence the Colonial Office was merged in 1966 with the Commonwealth Relations Office which until 1947 had been the Dominions Office to form the Commonwealth Office while ministerial responsibility was transferred to the secretary of state for Commonwealth affairs previously known as the secretary of state for Commonwealth relations In 1968 the Commonwealth Office was subsumed into the Foreign Office which was renamed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO The colonial secretary never had responsibility for the provinces and princely states of India which had its own secretary of state From 1768 until 1966 the secretary of state was supported by an under secretary of state for the colonies at times an under secretary of state for war and the colonies and latterly by a minister of state List of secretaries of state for the colonies EditSecretaries of State for the Colonies 1768 1782 Edit Sometimes referred to as Secretary of State for the American Colonies Secretary of State for the Colonies 5 Secretary Term of office Ministry Monarch Reign Wills Hill1st Earl of Hillsborough 27 February 1768 27 August 1772 Grafton George III 1760 1820 North William Legge2nd Earl of Dartmouth 27 August 1772 10 November 1775 George GermainMP for East Grinstead 10 November 1775 February 1782 Welbore EllisMP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis February 1782 8 March 1782Office abolished in 1782 after the loss of the American Colonies 6 Responsibility for the Colonies thereafter held by Home Secretary 1782 1801 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1801 1854 Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1854Secretaries of State for the Colonies 1854 1966 Edit Secretary of State for the Colonies Term of office Party Ministry Monarch Reign George GreyMP for Morpeth 12 June 1854 8 February 1855 Whig Aberdeen Peelite Whig Victoria 1837 1901 Sidney HerbertMP for South Wiltshire 8 February 1855 23 February 1855 Whig Palmerston I Lord John RussellMP for City of London 23 February 1855 21 July 1855 Whig William MolesworthMP for Southwark 21 July 1855 21 November 1855 Radical Henry LabouchereMP for Taunton 21 November 1855 21 February 1858 Whig Edward StanleyLord StanleyMP for King s Lynn 26 February 1858 5 June 1858 Conservative Derby Disraeli II Edward Bulwer LyttonMP for Hertfordshire 5 June 1858 11 June 1859 Conservative His Grace Henry Pelham Clinton5th Duke of Newcastle 1811 1864 18 June 1859 7 April 1864 Liberal Palmerston II Edward CardwellMP for Oxford 7 April 1864 26 June 1866 LiberalRussell II Henry Herbert4th Earl of Carnarvon 1831 1890 6 July 1866 8 March 1867 Conservative Derby Disraeli III His Grace Richard Temple Grenville3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1823 1889 8 March 1867 1 December 1868 Conservative Granville Leveson Gower2nd Earl Granville 1815 1891 9 December 1868 6 July 1870 Liberal Gladstone I John Wodehouse1st Earl of Kimberley 1826 1902 6 July 1870 17 February 1874 Liberal Henry Herbert4th Earl of Carnarvon 21 February 1874 4 February 1878 Conservative Disraeli II Michael Hicks BeachMP for Gloucestershire East 4 February 1878 21 April 1880 Conservative John Wodehouse1st Earl of Kimberley 1826 1902 21 April 1880 16 December 1882 Liberal Gladstone II Edward Stanley15th Earl of Derby 1826 1893 16 December 1882 9 June 1885 Liberal Frederick StanleyMP for Blackpool 24 June 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative Salisbury I Granville Leveson Gower2nd Earl Granville 1815 1891 6 February 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal Gladstone III Edward StanhopeMP for Horncastle 3 August 1886 14 January 1887 Conservative Salisbury II Henry Holland1st Baron Knutsford 14 January 1887 11 August 1892 Conservative George Robinson1st Marquess of Ripon 1827 1909 18 August 1892 21 June 1895 Liberal Gladstone IVRosebery Joseph ChamberlainMP for Birmingham West 29 June 1895 16 September 1903 Liberal Unionist Salisbury III amp IV Con Lib U Edward VII 1901 1910 Balfour Con Lib U Alfred LytteltonMP for Warwick and Leamington 11 October 1903 4 December 1905 Liberal Unionist Victor Bruce9th Earl of Elgin 1849 1917 10 December 1905 12 April 1908 Liberal Campbell Bannerman Robert Crewe Milnes1st Marquess of Crewe 1858 1945 12 April 1908 3 November 1910 Liberal Asquith I III George V 1910 1936 Lewis Vernon HarcourtMP for Rossendale 3 November 1910 25 May 1915 Liberal Bonar LawMP for Bootle 25 May 1915 10 December 1916 Conservative Asquith Coalition Lib Con Lab Walter LongMP for Westminster St George s nb 1 1854 1924 10 December 1916 10 January 1919 Conservative Lloyd George I amp II Lib Con Lab Alfred Milner1st Viscount Milner 1854 1925 10 January 1919 13 February 1921 Liberal Winston ChurchillMP for Dundee 13 February 1921 19 October 1922 Liberal His Grace Victor Cavendish9th Duke of Devonshire 1868 1938 24 October 1922 22 January 1924 Conservative LawBaldwin I James Henry ThomasMP for Derby 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour MacDonald I Leo AmeryMP for Birmingham Sparkbrook 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Baldwin II Sidney Webb1st Baron Passfield 1859 1947 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour MacDonald II James Henry ThomasMP for Derby 25 August 1931 5 November 1931 National Labour National I N Lab Con Lib N Lib Philip Cunliffe ListerMP for Hendon 5 November 1931 7 June 1935 Conservative National II N Lab Con Lib N Lib Malcolm MacDonaldMP for Bassetlaw 7 June 1935 22 November 1935 National Labour National III Con N Lab Lib N James Henry ThomasMP for Derby 22 November 1935 22 May 1936 National LabourEdward VIII 1936 William Ormsby GoreMP for Stafford 28 May 1936 16 May 1938 ConservativeGeorge VI 1936 1952 National IV Con N Lab Lib N Malcolm MacDonaldMP for Ross and Cromarty 16 May 1938 12 May 1940 National LabourChamberlain War Con N Lab Lib N George Lloyd1st Baron Lloyd 1879 1941 12 May 1940 4 February 1941 Conservative Churchill War All parties Walter Guinness1st Baron Moyne 1880 1944 8 February 1941 22 February 1942 Conservative Robert Gascoyne CecilViscount CranborneMP for South Dorset 22 February 1942 22 November 1942 Conservative Oliver StanleyMP for Westmorland 22 November 1942 26 July 1945 ConservativeChurchill Caretaker Con N Lib George Henry HallMP for Aberdare 3 August 1945 4 October 1946 Labour Attlee I amp II Arthur Creech JonesMP for Shipley 4 October 1946 28 February 1950 Labour Jim GriffithsMP for Llanelli 28 February 1950 26 October 1951 Labour Oliver LytteltonMP for Aldershot 28 October 1951 28 July 1954 Conservative Churchill IIIElizabeth II 1952 2022 Alan Lennox BoydMP for Mid Bedfordshire 28 July 1954 14 October 1959 ConservativeEdenMacmillan I amp II Iain MacleodMP for Enfield West 14 October 1959 9 October 1961 ConservativeReginald MaudlingMP for Barnet 9 October 1961 13 July 1962 Conservative Duncan SandysMP for Streatham 13 July 1962 16 October 1964 ConservativeDouglas Home Anthony GreenwoodMP for Rossendale 18 October 1964 23 December 1965 Labour Wilson I amp II Frank Pakenham7th Earl of Longford 1905 2001 23 December 1965 6 April 1966 Labour Frederick LeeMP for Newton 6 April 1966 1 August 1966 LabourResponsibility for the colonies held by Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs 1966 1968 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968 presentFollowing the British Nationality Act 1981 the term colony ceased to be used Britain s rule over Hong Kong the last significant colony ceased in 1997 Britain retains certain overseas territories Notes MP for Strand until 1918 thereafter MP for Westminster St George s Secretaries from the Colonies EditA few title holders were born in colonies under their portfolio and some beyond Bonar Law born in pre Canada colony of New Brunswick and later moved to the United Kingdom Victor Bruce 9th Earl of Elgin born in Canada during his father s James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin term as Governor General of Canada and a British appointee Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner born in Grand Duchy of Hesse now in Germany to Charles Milner who had English roots from his father Leo Amery born in British India to an English father serving in IndiaSee also EditColonial Land and Emigration CommissionReferences Edit American and West Indian colonies before 1782 National Archives Thomson Mark A 1932 The Secretaries of State 1681 1782 London Frank Cass p 2 a b Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Department code BT The National Archives Council of trade and plantations 1696 1782 in Office Holders in Modern Britain Volume 3 Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660 1870 pp 28 37 University of London London 1974 Chris Cook and John Stevenson British Historical Facts 1830 1900 Macmillan Press 1980 29 E B Fryde and others Handbook of British Chronology 3rd edn Cambridge University Press 1986 125 History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies dominions and the Commonwealth Northern Department1660 1782Secretaries Undersecretaries Southern Department1660 1768Secretaries Undersecretaries Colonial Office1768 1782Secretaries Undersecretaries Southern Department1768 1782Secretaries UndersecretariesForeign Office1782 1968Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries Home Office1782 1794Secretaries UndersecretariesWar Office1794 1801Secretaries UndersecretariesWar and Colonial Office1801 1854Secretaries UndersecretariesColonial Office1854 1925Secretaries Undersecretaries India Office1858 1937Secretaries UndersecretariesColonial Office1925 1966Secretaries 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