Secretary of State for the Colonies
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The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's minister in charge of managing the British Empire.
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Colonial Office | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Type | Secretary of state |
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Reports to | Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
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Superseded by | Foreign Secretary |
Deputy | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies |
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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.