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Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

21Records
1866–1995Date range
17Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1866

Edward Henry Stanley Derby, 15th1866

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term

1874

Edward Henry Stanley Derby, 15th18 February 1874

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

1878

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1878

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1885

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd23 June 1885

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary

1900

Lansdowne Lansdowne, 5th1900

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary

1923

Curzon Kedleston1923

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

1924

Austen Chamberlain1924

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1951

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st27 October 1951

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1955

Selwyn Lloyd1955

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1955

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1960

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1960

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term

1963

Richard Austen Butler Saffron Walden1963

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1970

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1970

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

1979

Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington Carrington, 6th1979

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1982

Francis Pym5 April 1982

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1983

Geoffrey Howe10 June 1983

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

Nicholas Ridley1983

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1989

John Roy Major24 July 1989

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Douglas Richard Hurd26 October 1989

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1990

Douglas Richard Hurd30 November 1990

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary

1995

Malcolm RifkindJuly 1995

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

Names involved

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14thAusten ChamberlainCurzon KedlestonDouglas Richard HurdEdward Henry Stanley Derby, 15thFrancis PymGeoffrey HoweJohn Roy MajorLansdowne Lansdowne, 5thMalcolm RifkindMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1stNicholas RidleyPeter Alexander Rupert Carrington Carrington, 6thRichard Austen Butler Saffron WaldenRobert Anthony Eden Avon, 1stRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rdSelwyn Lloyd

Provenance

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