Colonial Secretary may refer to:
- Secretary of State for the Colonies, the British Cabinet minister who headed the Colonial Office, commonly referred to as Colonial Secretary
- Chief Secretary, originally Colonial Secretary, the official in many British Colonies who headed the day-to-day functions of the colony's government, deputy to the Governor
- Colonial Secretary (New Zealand), the chief administrator of New Zealand from 1840 to 1907
Famous quotes containing the words colonial and/or secretary:
“The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
—Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)