The position of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs was created in 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationship with members of the...

 and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....

. The position dealt with British relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

. In 1968 the position was merged with the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to create the new position of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Office Holders

• 1966: Lord Beswick
  Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick
  Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Born in 1911 in Nottingham, Beswick's father was a coal miner. He was educated in Nottingham and then at the Working Men's College in London. He became a journalist and was elected to the London County Council...
  
  
• 1967: William Whitlock
  William Whitlock (politician)
  William Charles "Bill" Whitlock was a British Labour Party politician.Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton. He volunteered for the British Army upon graduation, and soon joined the Hampshires...