Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
This article is about a junior ministerial role in Britain's Foreign & Commonwealth Office. For the senior civil servant in that department, see Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Granville Leveson-Gower,
2nd Earl Granville, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1840–1841
2nd Earl Granville, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1840–1841
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been a junior position in the British government since 1782, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The post has been based at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which was created in 1968, by the merger of the Foreign Office, where the position was initially based, and the Commonwealth Office. Notable holders of the office include Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and Anthony Eden. The current holders are Alistair Burt and Henry Bellingham.
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782–1968
| Name | Term (From – To) |
|---|---|
| Richard Brainsley Sheridan William Fraser | 1782 |
| William Fraser George Maddison | 1782–1783 |
| William Fraser St Andrew St John | 1783–1789 |
| James Bland Burgers Hon. Dudley Ryder | 1789 |
| James Bland Burgers | August 1789 – January 1796 |
| George Canning | January 1796 – April 1799 |
| John Hookham Frere | April 1799 – September 1800 |
| Edward Fisher | September 1800 – February 1801 |
| Lord Hervey | February 1801 – November 1803 |
| Charles Arbuthnot | November 1803 – June 1804 |
| William Eliot | June 1804 – February 1805 |
| Robert Ward | February 1805 – February 1806 |
| George Walpole Sir Francis Vincent | February 1806 – March 1807 |
| Viscount FitzHarris | March 1807 – August 1807 |
| Charles Bagot | August 1807 – December 1809 |
| Culling Charles Smith | December 1809 – February 1812 |
| Edward Cooke | February 1812 – 1817.[1] |
| Joseph Planta | 25 July 1817 – 22 January 1822[2] |
| The Earl of Clanwilliam | January 1822 – January 1823 |
| Lord Francis Conyngham | January 1823 – July 1824 |
| Lord Francis Conyngham The Lord Howard de Walden | July 1824 – January 1826 |
| The Lord Howard de Walden The Marquess of Clanricarde | January 1826 – 1827 |
| The Lord Howard de Walden | 1827 – June 1828 |
| Lord Dunglass | June 1828 – November 1830 |
| Sir George Shee | 26 November 1830 – 13 November 1834 |
| Viscount Fordwich | 13 November 1834 – 17 December 1834 |
| Viscount Mahon | 17 December 1834 – 18 April 1835 |
| William Fox-Strangways | 18 April 1835 – 7 March 1840 |
| Lord Leveson | 7 March 1840 – 4 September 1841 |
| The Viscount Canning | 4 September 1841 – 27 January 1846 |
| George Smythe | 27 January 1846 – 6 July 1846 |
| Edward Stanley | 6 July 1846 – 12 February 1852 |
| Austen Henry Layard | 12 February 1852 – 18 May 1852 |
| Lord Stanley | 18 May 1852 – 28 December 1852 |
| The Lord Wodehouse | 28 December 1852 – 5 July 1856 |
| Earl of Shelburne | 5 July 1856 – 26 February 1858 |
| William Vesey-FitzGerald | 26 February 1858 – 19 June 1859 |
| The Lord Wodehouse | 19 June 1859 – 15 August 1861 |
| Austen Henry Layard | 15 August 1861 – 6 July 1866 |
| Edward Christopher Egerton | 6 July 1866 – 12 December 1868 |
| Arthur Otway | 12 December 1868 – 9 January 1871 |
| Viscount Enfield | 9 January 1871 – 23 February 1874 |
| Robert Bourke | 23 February 1874 – 28 April 1880 |
| Sir Charles Dilke | 28 April 1880 – 1 January 1883 |
| Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice | 1 January 1883 – 25 June 1885 |
| Robert Bourke | 25 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
| James Bryce | 7 February 1886 – 20 July 1886 |
| Sir James Fergusson | 4 August 1886 – 22 September 1891 |
| James Lowther | 22 September 1891 – 18 August 1892 |
| Sir Edward Grey | 18 August 1892 – 20 June 1895 |
| George Curzon | 20 June 1895 – 15 October 1898 |
| St John Brodrick | 15 October 1898 – 12 November 1900 |
| Viscount Cranborne | 12 November 1900 – 9 October 1903 |
| Earl Percy | 9 October 1903 – 18 December 1905 |
| Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice (created Baron Fitzmaurice in January 1906) | 18 December 1905 – 19 October 1908 |
| Thomas McKinnon Wood | 19 October 1908 – 23 October 1911 |
| Francis Dyke Acland | 23 October 1911 – 4 February 1915 |
| Neil James Archibald Primrose | 4 February 1915 – 30 May 1915 |
| Lord Robert Cecil | 30 May 1915 – 10 January 1919 |
| Cecil Harmsworth | 10 January 1919 – 31 October 1922 |
| Ronald McNeill | 31 October 1922 – 23 January 1924 |
| Arthur Ponsonby | 23 January 1924 – 11 November 1924 |
| Ronald McNeill | 11 November 1924 – 7 December 1925 |
| Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 7 December 1925 – 11 June 1929 |
| Hugh Dalton | 11 June 1929 – 3 September 1931 |
| Anthony Eden | 3 September 1931 – 18 January 1934 |
| The Earl Stanhope | 18 January 1934 – 18 June 1935 |
| The Earl Stanhope Viscount Cranborne | 18 June 1935 – 16 June 1936 |
| Viscount Cranborne | 16 June 1936 – 30 July 1936 |
| Viscount Cranborne The Earl of Plymouth | 30 July 1936 – 20 February 1938 |
| The Earl of Plymouth | 20 February 1938 – 25 February 1938 |
| The Earl of Plymouth Rab Butler | 25 February 1938 – 10 May 1940 |
| The Earl of Plymouth | 10 May 1940 – 12 May 1940 |
| Rab Butler | 15 May 1940 – 20 July 1941 |
| Richard Law | 20 July 1941 – 25 September 1943 |
| George Henry Hall | 25 September 1943 – 26 May 1945 |
| Lord Dunglass The Lord Lovat | 26 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 |
| Hector McNeil | 4 August 1945 – 4 October 1946 |
| Christopher Mayhew | 4 October 1946 – 7 June 1948 |
| Christopher Mayhew The Lord Henderson | 7 June 1948 – 2 March 1950 |
| The Lord Henderson Ernest Davies | 2 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 |
| The Marquess of Reading Anthony Nutting | 31 October 1951 – 11 November 1953 |
| Anthony Nutting Douglas Dodds-Parker | 11 November 1953 – 18 October 1954 |
| Robin Turton Lord John Hope | 18 October 1954 – 20 December 1955 |
| Lord John Hope Douglas Dodds-Parker | 20 December 1955 – 9 November 1956 |
| Douglas Dodds-Parker David Ormsby-Gore | 9 November 1956 – 9 January 1957 |
| The Earl of Gosford Ian Harvey | 18 January 1957 – 23 October 1958 |
| Ian Harvey The Marquess of Lansdowne | 23 October 1958 – 24 November 1958 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne | 24 November 1958 – 28 November 1958 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne John Profumo | 28 November 1958 – 16 January 1959 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne Robert Allan | 16 January 1959 – 7 October 1960 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne | 7 October 1960 – 28 October 1960 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne Joseph Godber | 28 October 1960 – 27 June 1961 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne Peter Thomas | 27 June 1961 – 20 April 1962 |
| Peter Thomas | 20 April 1962 – 16 July 1962 |
| Peter Thomas Peter Smithers | 16 July 1962 – 27 June 1963 |
| Peter Smithers | 27 June 1963 – 29 January 1964 |
| Robert Mathew | 30 January 1964 – 16 October 1964 |
| The Lord Walston | 20 October 1964 – 7 January 1967 |
| Bill Rodgers | 7 January 1967 – 3 July 1968 |
| Maurice Foley | 3 July 1968 – 17 October 1968 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968–present
| Name | Term (From – To) |
|---|---|
| Maurice Foley William Whitlock | 17 October 1968 – 13 October 1969 |
| Maurice Foley Evan Luard | 13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 |
| The Marquess of Lothian Anthony Royle | 24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 |
| The Marquess of Lothian Anthony Royle Anthony Kershaw | 15 October 1970 – 9 April 1972 |
| Anthony Royle Anthony Kershaw | 9 April 1972 – 5 June 1973 |
| Anthony Royle | 5 June 1973 – 8 January 1974 |
| Peter Blaker | 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 |
| Joan Lestor The Lord Goronwy-Roberts | 8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975 |
| The Lord Goronwy-Roberts Ted Rowlands | 12 June 1975 – 4 December 1975 |
| Ted Rowlands | 4 December 1975 – 17 March 1976 |
| Ted Rowlands John Tomlinson | 17 March 1976 – 14 April 1976 |
| John Tomlinson Evan Luard | 14 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
| Richard Luce | 6 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 |
| The Lord Trefgarne | 14 September 1981 – 6 April 1982 |
| Malcolm Rifkind | 6 April 1982 – 13 June 1983 |
| Ray Whitney | 13 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 |
| Tim Renton | 11 September 1984 – 2 September 1985 |
| Timothy Eggar | 2 September 1985 – 24 July 1989 |
| Tim Sainsbury | 24 July 1989 – 24 July 1990 |
| Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd | 24 July 1990 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Liam Fox | 23 July 1996 – 1 May 1997 |
| Elizabeth Symons | 2 May 1997 – 2005 |
| Meg Munn | 29 June 2007 – 5 October 2008 |
| Gillian Merron | 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009 |
| Chris Bryant | 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
| Alistair Burt | 14 May 2010 – 7 Oct 2013 |
| Henry Bellingham | 14 May 2010 – 5 Sep 2012 |
| Mark Simmonds | 5 Sep 2012-11 August 2014 [3] |
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References
- ↑ Jupp, P. J. (September 2004), "Cooke, Edward (bap. 1755, d. 1820)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edn, Jan 2008 ed.) (Oxford University Press), retrieved 15 March 2009
- ↑ Haydn's Book of Dignities
- ↑ "Our ministers". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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