World History Database › Factsheets › Factsheet archive › Great Britain › Government › Whig Party Government › Foreign Secretary of Great Britain Permanent historical factsheet Foreign Secretary of Great Britain Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
10 Records
1791–1846 Date range
8 Named people
0 Places
Chronological records 1791 Francis Godolphin Osbourne Leeds, 5th 23 December 1791
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
George Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rd 1791
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
1806 Charles Grey Grey, 2nd 24 September 1806
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
1807 George Canning Canning, 1st 25 March 1807
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term, given key responsibilities for the countrys diplomacy in the Napoleonic Wars
1809 Colley Wellesley, 2nd 6 December 1809
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
Henry Apsley Bathurst, 3rd 1809
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
Henry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rd 1809
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister
1830 Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd 22 November 1830
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Secretary in Lord Grey's government.
1835 Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd 1835
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
1846 Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd 1846
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term
Names involved Charles Grey Grey, 2nd Colley Wellesley, 2nd Francis Godolphin Osbourne Leeds, 5th George Canning Canning, 1st George Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rd Henry Apsley Bathurst, 3rd Henry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rd Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd
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