Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1768–1782

• 1768: R. Phillipps and J. Pownall
• 1772: W. Knox
• 1776: C. D'Oyly
• 1778: T. De Grey
• 1780: B. Thompson

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1854–1966

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Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1825 and 1854–1966

• 1825: R.W. Hay
• 1854: H. Merivale
• 1859: Sir F. Rogers, later Lord Blachford
• 1871: (Sir) R.G.W. Herbert
• 1892: Sir R.H. Meade
• 1897: (Sir) E. Wingfield
• 1900: (Sir) M. Ommanney
• 1907: Sir F. Hopwood
• 1911: Sir J. Anderson
• 1916: Sir G. Fiddes
• 1921: Sir J. Masterton-Smith
• 1925: Sir S. Wilson
• 1933: Sir J. Maffey
• 1937: Sir C. Parkinson
• 1940: Sir G. Gater
• 1940: Sir C. Parkinson
• 1942: Sir G. Gater
• 1947: Sir T. Lloyd
• 1956: Sir J. Macpherson
• 1959: Sir H. Poynton