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Secretary of State for the Colonies

British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies
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Secretary of State for the Colonies

Summary

Secretary of State for the Colonies is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Secretary of State for the Colonies is in the country of Kingdom of Great Britain[3].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[4].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's instance of is recorded as position[6].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 201622139[7].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's GND ID is recorded as 5069614-2[8].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's subclass of is recorded as Secretary of State[9].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's subclass of is recorded as minister of the Colonies[10].
  • +1768-02-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Secretary of State for the Colonies[11].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gpsc[12].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Kingdom of Great Britain[13].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 2071041[14].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's replaces is recorded as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies[15].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's replaced by is recorded as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs[16].
  • Secretary of State for the Colonies's substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder is recorded as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies[17].

Why It Matters

Secretary of State for the Colonies ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner Bonar Law Edward Bulwer-Lytton John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Joseph Chamberlain Kingdom of Great Britain Sidney Webb United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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