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991:Minister of State for the Colonies, 1948–1964
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37:Secretary of State for the Colonies
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1115:Abolished 1964. Thereafter, see
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189:For earlier office-holders see
176:. From there it passed to the
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498:The Duke of Marlborough
1208:Sir Robert Henry Meade
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277:William Edward Forster
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407:George Osborne Morgan
251:The Earl of Carnarvon
35:, subordinate to the
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706:The Earl of Plymouth
472:The Earl of Selborne
446:Baron Henry de Worms
264:Chichester Fortescue
238:Chichester Fortescue
1734:Commonwealth Office
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1351:Sir Cosmo Parkinson
1325:Sir Cosmo Parkinson
1247:Sir Francis Hopwood
1182:Sir Frederic Rogers
836:The Earl of Munster
810:David Rees-Williams
784:Arthur Creech Jones
719:The Earl De La Warr
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1403:Sir Hilton Poynton
615:Hon. E. F. L. Wood
563:The Lord Islington
485:The Earl of Onslow
433:The Earl of Onslow
381:Hon. Evelyn Ashley
111:Christopher D'Oyly
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158:William Knox
141:William Knox
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60:Left office
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