Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1955
Appointed Secretary of State for the Commonwealth
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Secretary of State for the Commonwealth
Appointed Commonwealth Secretary
The Government introduces a Bill to reduce Commonwealth Immigration. Commonwealth Immigrants must have a job to come or have useful qualifications
Britain had to accept the Merger Treaty & all decisions taken since the 2nd application & resolve problems of adaptation, ie the Commonwealth
1st Commonwealth Conference to be held in Africa, Rhodesia is the main subject. 1-8 August, attends the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference at Lusaka
Arrives in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Conference
Attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting
Appointed a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Opposes sanctions on South Africa at the Nassau Commonwealth Conference. 16-23 October, attends the Commonwealth Prime Minister's conference
Thatcher refuses to join Commonwealth sanctions against South Africa
Attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, opposes South African sanctions
The Commonwealth Conference makes the Harare Declaration on good Government. Attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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