Colonial Secretary
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Colonial Secretary may refer to:
- Secretary of State for the ColoniesSecretary of State for the ColoniesThe Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....
, British Cabinet minister who headed the Colonial Office, commonly referred to as Colonial Secretary - Chief SecretaryChief SecretaryThe Chief Secretary is the title of a senior civil servant in members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and, historically, in the British Empire. Prior to the dissolution of the colonies, the Chief Secretary was the second most important official in a colony of the British Empire after the...
, originally Colonial Secretary, official in many British Colonies who headed the day-to-day functions of the colony's government, deputy to the Governor