The position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British ministerial position, subordinate to that of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State. In 1947 the office was replaced by the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. Under-Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925-47 1925: Earl of Clarendon 1927: Lord Lovat 1929: Earl of Plymouth 1929: Arthur Ponsonby 1929: William Lunn 1931: Malcolm MacDonald 1935: Lord Stanley 1935: Douglas Hacking 1936: Marquess of Hartington 1940: Geoffrey Shakespeare 1942: Paul Emrys-Evans 1945: John Parker 1946: Arthur Bottomley Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925-47 The post lasted as long as the office itself, from 1925 to 1947 with the last Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Sir Eric Machtig, transferring in 1947 to become the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, jointly with A. Carter formerly of the India Office. Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom 1925 establishments in the United Kingdom 1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Foreign Office during World War II