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Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

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

10Records
1791–1846Date range
8Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1791

Francis Godolphin Osbourne Leeds, 5th23 December 1791

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

George Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rd1791

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1806

Charles Grey Grey, 2nd24 September 1806

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1807

George Canning Canning, 1st25 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, 2nd6 December 1809

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

Henry Apsley Bathurst, 3rd1809

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

Henry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rd1809

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister

1830

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd22 November 1830

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary in Lord Grey's government.

1835

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1835

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

1846

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1846

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term

Names involved

Charles Grey Grey, 2ndColley Wellesley, 2ndFrancis Godolphin Osbourne Leeds, 5thGeorge Canning Canning, 1stGeorge Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rdHenry Apsley Bathurst, 3rdHenry Bathurst Bathurst, 3rdHenry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd

Provenance

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