The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. The position was first created in 1768 to deal with the increasingly troublesome North American colonies. Previously those responsibilities had fallen to the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.
In 1854, military reforms led to the War Office and Colonial Office being split up, and the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies was recreated. Its holders were as follows:
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or ColonialSecretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies.
Previously those responsibilities had fallen to the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.
In 1966, with most of the colonies gone, the office was merged with that of the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations to create the new office of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
The ColonialSecretary of Western Australia was one of the most important and powerful public offices in Western Australia, in the time when Western Australia was a British colony.
The ColonialSecretary was the representative of the British Colonial Office in Western Australia, and was usually appointed from Britain.
Since Western Australia was no longer a British colony after 1890, the office of ColonialSecretary was misnamed after this date.
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