The under-secretary of state for the colonies was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the secretary of state for the colonies and, from 1948, also to a minister of state.
Under-secretaries of state for the colonies, 1768–1782
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Phelps | 1768 | 1768 |
| John Pownall | 1768 | 1770 |
| John Pownall and William Knox | 1770 | 1776 |
| William Knox and Christopher D'Oyly | 1776 | 1778 |
| William Knox and Thomas De Grey | 1778 | 1780 |
| William Knox and Benjamin Thompson | 1780 | 1781 |
| William Knox and John Fisher | 1781 | 1782 |
In 1782, following the loss of the American colonies, the office was abolished, and its duties given to the home secretary. From there it passed to the War Office, which was later renamed the War and Colonial Office. In 1854 this office was split, and the Colonial Office reestablished.
Parliamentary under-secretaries of state for the colonies, 1854–1966
For earlier office-holders see Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Peel | 1854 | 1855 |
| John Ball | 1855 | 1857 |
| Chichester Fortescue | 1857 | 1858 |
| Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon | 1858 | 1859 |
| Chichester Fortescue | 1859 | 1865 |
| William Edward Forster | 1865 | 1866 |
| Charles Adderley | 1866 | 1868 |
| William Monsell | 1868 | 1871 |
| Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen | 1871 | 1874 |
| James Lowther | 1874 | 1878 |
| George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan | 1878 | 1880 |
| M. E. Grant Duff | 1880 | 1881 |
| Leonard Courtney | 1881 | 1882 |
| Evelyn Ashley | 1882 | 1885 |
| Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 1885 | 1886 |
| George Osborne Morgan | 1886 | 1886 |
| Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 1886 | 1887 |
| William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow | 1887 | 1888 |
| Baron Henry de Worms | 1888 | 1892 |
| Sydney Buxton | 1892 | 1895 |
| William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne | 1895 | 1900 |
| William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow | 1900 | 1903 |
| Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough | 1903 | 1905 |
| Winston Churchill | 1905 | 1908 |
| J. E. B. Seely | 1908 | 1911 |
| Auberon Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell | 1911 | 1911 |
| Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott | 1911 | 1914 |
| John Poynder Dickson, 1st Baron Islington | 1914 | 1915 |
| Arthur Steel-Maitland | 1915 | 1917 |
| William Hewins | 1917 | 1919 |
| Leo Amery | 1919 | 1921 |
| E. F. L. Wood | 1921 | 1922 |
| William Ormsby-Gore | 1922 | 1924 |
| Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold | 1924 | 1924 |
| William Ormsby-Gore | 1924 | 1929 |
| William Lunn | 1929 | 1929 |
| Drummond Shiels | 1929 | 1931 |
| Robert William Hamilton | 1931 | 1932 |
| Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth | 1932 | 1936 |
| Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr | 1936 | 1937 |
| Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | 1937 | 1940 |
| George Hall | 1940 | 1942 |
| Harold Macmillan | 1942 | 1943 |
| Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire | 1943 | 1945 |
| Arthur Creech Jones | 1945 | 1946 |
| Ivor Thomas | 1946 | 1947 |
| David Rees-Williams | 1947 | 1950 |
| Thomas Fotheringham-Cook | 1950 | 1951 |
| Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster | 1951 | 1951 |
| Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd | 1951 | 1957 |
| John Profumo | 1957 | 1958 |
| Julian Amery | 1958 | 1960 |
| Hugh Fraser | 1960 | 1962 |
| Nigel Fisher | 16 July 1962 | 24 October 1963 |
| Nigel Fisher and Richard Hornby | 24 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 |
| Eirene White and Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor | 20 October 1964 | 11 October 1965 |
| Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor and Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick | 11 October 1965 | 11 April 1966 |
| Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick | 11 April 1966 | 1 August 1966 |
Abolished 1966. Thereafter, see Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Minister of state for the colonies, 1948–1964
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel | 1948 | 1950 |
| John Dugdale | 1950 | 1951 |
| Alan Lennox-Boyd | 1951 | 1952 |
| Henry Hopkinson | 1952 | 1955 |
| John Hare | 1955 | 1956 |
| John Maclay | 1956 | 1957 |
| John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth | 1957 | 1962 |
| George Petty-FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne | 1962 | 1964 |
Abolished 1964. Thereafter, see Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Permanent under-secretaries of state for the colonies, 1825 and 1854–1966
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Robert Hay | 1825 | 1836 |
| Sir James Stephen | 1836 | 1847 |
| Herman Merivale | 1848 | 1859 |
| Sir Frederic Rogers | 1859 | 1871 |
| Sir Robert Herbert | 1871 | 1892 |
| Sir Robert Henry Meade | 1892 | 1897 |
| Edward Wingfield | 1897 | 1900 |
| Montagu Ommanney | 1900 | 1907 |
| Sir Francis Hopwood | 1907 | 1911 |
| Sir John Anderson | 1911 | 1916 |
| Sir George Fiddes | 1916 | 1921 |
| Sir James Masterton-Smith | 1921 | 1925 |
| Sir Samuel Wilson | 1925 | 1933 |
| Sir John Maffey | 1933 | 1937 |
| Sir Cosmo Parkinson | 1937 | 1940 |
| Sir George Gater | 1940 | 1940 |
| Sir Cosmo Parkinson | 1940 | 1942 |
| Sir George Gater | 1942 | 1947 |
| Sir Thomas Lloyd | 1947 | 1956 |
| Sir John Macpherson | 1956 | 1959 |
| Sir Hilton Poynton | 1959 | 1966 |
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