The position of Secretary for Mines was an office in the United Kingdom Government, associated with the

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. In 1929, the department took over responsibility for petroleum. In 1940, the department was divided with Geoffrey Lloyd and Sir Alfred Faulkner becoming respectively Secretary and Permanent Under- Secretary for Petroleum and David Grenfell and Sir Alfred Hurst respectively Secretary and Permanent Under-Secretary for Mines. On 11 June 1942, both these sub-departments of the Board of Trade were transferred to the new Ministry of Fuel and Power, which itself has been merged into later departments.

Secretaries for Mines, 1920–1945

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