The position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British ministerial position, subordinate to that of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State.
In 1947 the office was replaced by the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
Under-Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925–1947
1925: George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon 1927: Simon Joseph Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat 1929: Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 1929: Arthur Ponsonby 1929: William Lunn 1931: Malcolm MacDonald 1935: Edward Stanley, Baron Stanley 1935: Douglas Hacking 1936: Edward Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 1940: Geoffrey Shakespeare 1942: Paul Emrys-Evans 1945: John Parker 1946: Arthur Bottomley
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925–1947 The post lasted as long as the office itself, from 1925 to 1947 with the last Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Sir Eric Machtig, transferring in 1947 to become the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, jointly with A. Carter formerly of the India Office.
Name Entered office Left officeSir Charles Davis 1925 1930Sir Edward Harding 1930 1939Sir Eric Machtig (acting) 1939 1940Sir Cosmo Parkinson 1940 1940Sir Eric Machtig 1940 1947