The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the

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was a

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assigned to assist the Board of Trade and its

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with administration and liaison with Parliament. It replaced the

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. From September 1953, a more senior ministerial post, the Minister of State for Trade also existed. At times, the Parliamentary Secretary post was then filled by a member of the House of Lords. On 20 October 1970, the Board of Trade was merged with the

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to create the modern Department of Trade and Industry. The role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade therefore ceased to have practical application beyond that date. The closest successor can be found in the role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Trade and Industry.

Past Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Trade

{{Expand list, date=February 2014 * 1868–1871 George Shaw-Lefevre * 1871–1874

Arthur Wellesley Peel Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, (3 August 182924 October 1912) was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised to the ...

* 1874–1875

George Cavendish-Bentinck George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (9 July 1821 – 9 April 1891), known as George Bentinck and scored in cricket as GAFC Bentinck, was a British barrister, Conservative politician, and cricketer. A member of parliament from 1859 to ...

* 1875–1878 Edward Stanhope * 1878–1880

John Gilbert Talbot John Gilbert Talbot (24 February 1835 – 1 February 1910), was a British Conservative Party politician. Background Talbot was the son of the Honourable John Chetwynd-Talbot, the fourth son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot. His mot ...

* 1880–1882 Evelyn Ashley * 1882–1885 John Holms * 1885–1888 Baron Henry de Worms * 1888–1889

Earl of Onslow Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon Park in the County of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow. History The Onslow family descends ...

* 1889–1892 The Lord Balfour of Burleigh * 1892–1895

Thomas Burt Thomas Burt PC (12 November 1837 – 12 April 1922) was a British trade unionist and one of the first working-class Members of Parliament. Career Burt became secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association in 1863, then, in 1874, was retu ...

* 1895–1902 The Earl of Dudley * 1902–1905 Bonar Law * 1905-1909 Hudson Kearley * 1909–1911 Harold Tennant * 1911–1915

John M. Robertson John Mackinnon Robertson (14 November 1856 – 5 January 1933) was a prolific Scottish journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918. Robertson was best known as an advocat ...

* 1915–1916

E. G. Pretyman Ernest George Pretyman, (13 November 1859 – 26 November 1931), known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Born on 13 November 1859 and christened on 1 January 1860 at Great C ...

* 1916–1917

George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice. Biography He was born on 27 July 1868. At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich. He ...

* 1917–1919

George Wardle George James Wardle CH (15 May 1865 – 18 June 1947) was a British politician. Biography He was born on 15 May 1865. He was editor of the ''Railway Review'' and, in 1906, was elected a Labour Member of Parliament for Stockport. At the 191 ...

* 1919–1920 William Bridgeman * 1920–1921 Philip Lloyd-Graeme * 1921–1922 William Mitchell-Thomson * 1922–1924 Viscount Wolmer * 1924-1924 A. V. Alexander * 1924–1928 Sir

Robert Burton-Chadwick Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, 1st Baronet (20 June 1869 – 21 May 1951) was a shipping magnate and an English Conservative Party politician. Chadwick was born at Oxton, Cheshire, the son of Joseph Chadwick, being baptised with the name of Robert ...

* 1928–1929 Herbert Williams * 1929–1931

Walter Robert Smith Walter Robert Smith (7 May 1872 – 25 February 1942) was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Wellingborough and Norwich. He was an organiser with the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives. Early career Smith was president ...

* 1931-1931 Gwilym Lloyd George * 1931–1932

Leslie Hore-Belisha Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He proved highly su ...

* 1931–1937 Leslie Burgin * 1937–1938 Euan Wallace * 1938–1939 Ronald Cross * 1939–1941 Gwilym Lloyd George * 1941–1945 Charles Waterhouse * 1945–1946 Ellis Smith * 1946–1949 John Belcher * 1949–1950

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* 1950–1951 Hervey Rhodes * 1951–1955 Henry Strauss * 1955-1955 Donald Kaberry * 1955–1956

Derek Walker-Smith Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne, (13 April 1910 – 22 January 1992), known as Sir Derek Walker-Smith, Bt, from 1960 to 1983, was a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Sir Jonah Walker-Smith (1874–1964) and his ...

* 1956–1958 Frederick Erroll * 1958–1960

John Rodgers John Rodgers may refer to: Military * John Rodgers (1728–1791), colonel during the Revolutionary War and owner of Rodgers Tavern, Perryville, Maryland * John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772), U.S. naval officer during the War of 1812, first ...

* 1960–1962 Niall Macpherson * 1962–1964 David Price * 1964–1967 Lord Rhodes * 1967-1967 Lord Walston * 1967–1970

Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February ...

* 1970 Anthony Grant Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom