# Lijst van Britse ministers voor Koloniale Zaken
## Ministers voor Koloniale Zaken van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1854–1966)

| Minister voor Koloniale Zaken Secretary of State for the Colonies | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken Secretary of State for the Colonies | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken Secretary of State for the Colonies | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Sir George Grey (1799–1882) | 12 juni 1854 | 6 februari 1855 | Whig Party | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon | |
| | | Baron Herbert van Lea Sidney Herbert (1810–1861) | 6 februari 1855 | 22 februari 1855 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | | Graaf Russell John Russell (1792–1878) | 22 februari 1855 | 20 juli 1855 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | | Sir William Molesworth (1810–1855) | 20 juli 1855 | 22 oktober 1855 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | | Henry Labouchere (1798–1869) | 20 november 1855 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | | Heer Stanley Edward Stanley (1823–1893) | 20 februari 1858 | 5 juni 1858 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| | | Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) | 5 juni 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| | | Hertog van Newcastle Henry Pelham- Clinton (1811–1864) | 12 juni 1859 | 6 april 1864 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| | | Edward Cardwell (1813–1886) | 6 april 1864 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| | | Edward Cardwell (1813–1886) | 6 april 1864 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | |
| | | Graaf van Carnarvon Henry Herbert (1831–1890) | 28 juni 1866 | 8 maart 1867 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| | | Hertog van Buckingham en Chandos Richard Temple- Grenville (1823–1889) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| | | Hertog van Buckingham en Chandos Richard Temple- Grenville (1823–1889) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | |
| | | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 3 december 1868 | 1 juli 1871 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| | | Graaf van Kimberley John Wodehouse (1826–1902) | 1 juli 1871 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| | | Graaf van Carnarvon Henry Herbert (1831–1890) | 20 februari 1874 | 4 februari 1878 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | | Sir Michael Hicks Beach (1837–1916) | 4 februari 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | | Graaf van Kimberley John Wodehouse (1826–1902) | 23 april 1880 | 16 december 1882 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster (1882) |
| | | Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1826–1893) | 16 december 1882 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| | | Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841–1908) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | |
| | | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Edward Stanhope (1840–1893) | 20 juli 1886 | 14 januari 1887 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| | | Sir Henry Holland (1825–1914) | 14 januari 1887 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| | | Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1895) | Gladstone IV | |
| | | Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | |
| | | Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) | 25 juni 1895 | 16 september 1903 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III | |
| | | Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) | 25 juni 1895 | 16 september 1903 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil IV | |
| | | Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) | 25 juni 1895 | 16 september 1903 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| | | Alfred Lyttelton (1857–1913) | 16 september 1903 | 5 december 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| | | Graaf van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 8 april 1908 | 3 november 1910 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I | |
| | | Graaf van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 8 april 1908 | 3 november 1910 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II | |
| | | Lewis Harcourt (1863–1920) | 3 november 1910 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II | |
| | | Lewis Harcourt (1863–1920) | 3 november 1910 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | |
| | | Bonar Law (1858–1923) | 25 mei 1915 | 7 december 1916 | Conservative Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | |
| | | Walter Long (1854–1924) | 7 december 1916 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| | | Walter Long (1854–1924) | 7 december 1916 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Burggraaf Milner Alfred Milner (1865–1948) | 14 januari 1919 | 13 februari 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 13 februari 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Hertog van Devonshire Victor Cavendish (1868–1938) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| | | Hertog van Devonshire Victor Cavendish (1868–1938) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald I | |
| | | Leo Amery (1873–1955) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | | Baron Passfield Sidney Webb (1859–1947) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | National Labour | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | | Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 7 juni 1935 | 22 november 1935 | National Labour | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 22 november 1935 | 22 mei 1936 | National Labour | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | William Ormsby-Gore (1885–1964) | 22 mei 1936 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | William Ormsby-Gore (1885–1964) | 22 mei 1936 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 16 mei 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 16 mei 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | | Baron Lloyd George Lloyd (1879–1941) | 10 mei 1940 | 4 februari 1941 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | | Baron Moyne Walter Guinness (1880–1944) | 8 februari 1941 | 21 februari 1942 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 21 februari 1942 | 22 november 1942 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Oliver Stanley (1896–1950) | 22 november 1942 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | | Oliver Stanley (1896–1950) | 22 november 1942 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | |
| | | George Hall (1881–1965) | 26 juli 1945 | 4 oktober 1946 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Arthur Creech Jones (1891–1964) | 4 oktober 1946 | 28 februari 1950 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Jim Griffiths (1890–1975) | 28 februari 1950 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | Oliver Lyttelton (1893–1952) | 26 oktober 1951 | 28 juli 1954 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Alan Lennox-Boyd (1904–1983) | 28 juli 1954 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Alan Lennox-Boyd (1904–1983) | 28 juli 1954 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Alan Lennox-Boyd (1904–1983) | 28 juli 1954 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| | | Iain Macleod (1913–1970) | 14 oktober 1959 | 9 oktober 1961 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Reginald Maudling (1917–1979) | 9 oktober 1961 | 13 juli 1962 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Duncan Sandys (1908–1987) | 13 juli 1962 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken |
| | | Duncan Sandys (1908–1987) | 13 juli 1962 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken |
| | | Tony Greenwood (1911–1982) | 16 oktober 1964 | 23 december 1965 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| | | Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) | 23 december 1965 | 6 april 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Frederick Lee (1906–1984) | 6 april 1966 | 1 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
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## Ministers voor Dominion en Gemenebest Zaken van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1924–1966)

| Minister voor Dominion Zaken Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Minister voor Dominion Zaken Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Minister voor Dominion Zaken Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Leo Amery (1873–1955) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken |
| | | Baron Passfield Sidney Webb (1859–1947) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 26 augustus 1931 | 22 november 1935 | National Labour | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1931) |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 26 augustus 1931 | 22 november 1935 | National Labour | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| | | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 26 augustus 1931 | 22 november 1935 | National Labour | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 22 november 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | National Labour | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 22 november 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Baron Stanley van Derby Edward Stanley (1894–1938) | 16 mei 1938 | 18 oktober 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1988) | 31 oktober 1938 | 29 januari 1939 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken |
| | | Sir Thomas Inskip (1876–1947) | 29 januari 1939 | 3 september 1939 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 3 september 1939 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| | | Burggraaf Caldecote Thomas Inskip (1876–1947) | 10 mei 1940 | 4 oktober 1940 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 4 oktober 1940 | 19 februari 1942 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Clement Attlee (1883–1967) | 19 februari 1942 | 24 september 1943 | Labour Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Vicepremier |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 24 september 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 24 september 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Burggraaf Addison Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 26 juli 1945 | 7 juli 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Burggraaf Addison Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 7 juli 1947 | 7 oktober 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) | 7 oktober 1947 | 28 februari 1950 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980) | 28 februari 1950 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | General Baron Ismay Hastings Ismay (1887–1965) | 26 oktober 1951 | 12 maart 1952 | Onafhankelijk | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 12 maart 1952 | 24 november 1952 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972) | 24 november 1952 | 5 april 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Graaf van Home Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 5 april 1955 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Graaf van Home Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 5 april 1955 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | Lord President of the Council (1957, 1959–1960) Leader of the House of Lords (1957–1960) |
| | | Graaf van Home Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 5 april 1955 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | Lord President of the Council (1957, 1959–1960) Leader of the House of Lords (1957–1960) |
| | | Duncan Sandys (1908–1987) | 27 juli 1960 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1962–1964) |
| | | Duncan Sandys (1908–1987) | 27 juli 1960 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1962–1964) |
| | | Arthur Bottomley (1907–1995) | 16 oktober 1964 | 1 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| | | Arthur Bottomley (1907–1995) | 16 oktober 1964 | 1 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
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* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Afgetreden
* 1 2 3 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Brits-Indië
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Oorlog
* ↑ Onafhankelijk