The Secretary for Overseas Trade was a junior Ministerial position in the United Kingdom government from 1917 until 1953, subordinate to the President of the Board of Trade. The office was replaced by the Minister of State for Trade on 3 September 1953.
Secretaries for Overseas Trade, 1917-1953
Name Entered office Left officeSir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet 1917 1919 Sir Hamar Greenwood, 1st Baronet 1919 1920 F. G. Kellaway 1920 1921 Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame 1921 1922 Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet 1922 March 1923 Albert Buckley March 1923 November 1923 Vacant November 1923 1924 William Lunn 1924 1924 Arthur Samuel 1924 1927 Douglas Hacking 1927 1929 George Gillett 1929 1931 Sir Hilton Young 1931 1931 John Colville 1931 1935 Euan Wallace 1935 1937 Robert Hudson 1937 1940 Geoffrey Shakespeare 1940 1940 Harcourt Johnstone 1940 1945 Spencer Summers 1945 1945 Hilary Marquand 1945 1947 Harold Wilson 1947 1947 Arthur Bottomley 1947 1951 Henry Hopkinson 1951 1952 Harry Mackeson 1952 3 September 1953