Ministers Concerned With The British Empire and Commonwealth
This office was in charge of the dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State, as well as the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia. The name was changed in 1947 to that of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. This office was combined with that of Secretary of State for the Colonies (previously Secretary of State for War and the Colonies). This new position, called `Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Read more about this topic: List Of Secretaries Of State For Foreign Affairs (UK)
Famous quotes containing the words ministers, concerned, british, empire and/or commonwealth:
“One of the ministers of Truro, when I asked what the fishermen did in the winter, answered that they did nothing but go a- visiting, sit about, and tell stories, though they worked hard in summer. Yet it is not a long vacation they get. I am sorry that I have not been there in winter to hear their yarns.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it.... “Beware of me,” it says, “but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief; above all be brief.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)