Secretaries of State for the Colonies
The FCO: Policy, people and places - Secretaries of State for the Colonies 1854-1966
- Jun 1854-Feb 1855 - Grey, Sir George
- Feb-Mar 1855 - Herbert, Sidney, later Lord Herbert of Lea
- Mar-Jul 1855 - Russell, Lord John, later Earl Russell
- Jul-Nov 1855 - Molesworth, Sir William
- Nov 1855-Feb 1858 - Labouchere, Henry, later Lord Taunton
- Feb-May 1858 - Stanley, Lord, later 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley
- May 1858-Jun 1859 - Bulwer Lytton, Sir Edward, later Lord Lytton
- Jun 1859-Apr 1864 - Newcastle, Duke of, Henry Clinton
- Apr 1864-Jul 1866 - Cardwell, Edward, later Viscount Cardwell
- Jul 1866-Mar 1867 - Carnarvon, Earl of, Henry Herbert
- Mar 1867-Dec 1868 - Buckingham & Chandos, Duke of, Richard Grenville
- Dec 1868-Jul 1870 - Granville, Earl, George Leveson-Gower
- Jul 1870-Feb 1874 - Kimberley, Earl of
- Feb 1874-Feb 1878 - Carnarvon, Earl of, Henry Herbert
- Feb 1878-Apr 1880 - Hicks-Beach, Sir Michael, later Earl St. Aldwyn
- Apr 1880-Dec 1882 - Kimberley, Earl of
- Dec 1882-Jun 1885 - Stanley, Lord, later 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley
- Jun 1885-Feb 1886 - Stanley, Colonel F.A., later Lord Stanley of Preston and subsequently Earl of Derby
- Feb-Aug 1886 - Granville, Earl, George Leveson-Gower
- Aug 1886-Jan 1887 - Stanhope, Edward
- Jan 1887-Aug 1892 - Thurston Holland, Sir Henry, later Baron Knutsford and subsequently Viscount Knutsford
- Aug 1892-Jun 1895 - Ripon, Marquess of
- Jun 1895-Oct 1903 - Chamberlain, Joseph
- Oct 1903-Dec 1905 - Lyttleton, Alfred
- Dec 1905-Apr 1908 - Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of
- Apr 1908-Nov 1910 - Crewe, Earl of, later Marquess of Crewe
- Nov 1910-May 1915 - Harcourt, Lewis, later Viscount Harcourt
- May 1915-Dec 1916 - Bonar Law, Andrew
- Dec 1916-Jan 1919 - Long, W.H., later Viscount Long of Wraxall
- Jan 1919-Feb 1921 - Milner, Viscount
- Feb 1921-Oct 1922 - Churchill, Winston S.
- Oct 1922-Jan 1924 - Devonshire, Duke of
- Jan-Nov 1924 - Thomas, James H.
- Nov 1924-Jun 1929 - Amery, Leopold (also Secretary of State for the Dominions from June 1925)
- Jun 1929-Aug 1931 - Passfield, Lord, Sidney Webb (also Secretary of State for the Dominions to 1930)
- Aug-Nov 1931 - Thomas, James H.
- Nov 1931-Jun 1935 - Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip, later Viscount Swinton and Earl of Swinton
- Jun-Nov 1935 - MacDonald, Malcolm
- Nov 1935-May 1936 - Thomas, James H.
- May 1936-May 1938 - Ormsby-Gore, W.G.A., later Lord Harlech
- May 1938-May 1940 - MacDonald, Malcolm
- May 1940-Feb 1941 - Lloyd, Lord
- Feb 1941-Feb 1942 - Moyne, Lord
- Feb-Nov 1942 - Cranborne, Viscount, later Marquess of Salisbury
- Nov 1942-Aug 1945 - Stanley, Oliver
- Aug 1945-Oct 1946 - Hall, George, later Viscount Hall
- Oct 1946-Mar 1950 - Creech-Jones, Arthur.
- Mar 1950-Oct 1951 - Griffiths, James
- Oct 1951-Jul 1954 - Lyttleton, Oliver, later Viscount Chandos
- Jul 1954-Oct 1959 - Lennox-Boyd, Alan, later Viscount Boyd
- Oct 1959-Oct 1961 - Macleod, Iain
- Oct 1961-Jul 1962 - Maudling, Reginald
- Jul 1962-Oct 1962 - Sandys, Duncan (also Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from July 1962)
- Oct 1964-Dec 1965 - Greenwood, Anthony
- Dec 1965-Apr 1966 - Longford, Earl of
- Apr-Aug 1966 - Lee, Frederick
