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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

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior ministerial position in the British government.-Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-1968:*1945: William Mabane*1945-1946: Philip Noel-Baker*1946-1950: Hector McNeil*1950-1951: Kenneth Younger...

. The post has been based at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

, 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

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...

, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...

, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, PC, FZL, DL , better known as Sir Edward Grey, Bt, was a British Liberal statesman. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office...

, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...

 and Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

. The current holders are Alistair Burt

Alistair Burt

Alistair James Hendrie Burt is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire...

 and Henry Bellingham.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968

Name	Term (From - To)
Richard Brainsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester...   William Fraser	1782
William Fraser  George Maddison	1782–1783
William Fraser  St Andrew St John	1783–1789
James Bland Burgers James Bland Burgess Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet , born James Burges and known as Sir James Burges, Bt, between 1795 and 1821, was a British author, barrister and Member of Parliament.-Background and education:...   Hon. Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party.-Background and education:...	1789
James Bland Burgers James Bland Burgess Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet , born James Burges and known as Sir James Burges, Bt, between 1795 and 1821, was a British author, barrister and Member of Parliament.-Background and education:...	August 1789 - January 1796
George Canning George Canning George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...	January 1796 - April 1799
John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere PC was an English diplomat and author.Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, the member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and would have been senior wrangler in 1763 but for the competition of William Paley; his mother, Jane,...	April 1799 - September 1800
Edward Fisher	September 1800 - February 1801
Lord Hervey Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol , styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer....	February 1801 - November 1803
Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...	November 1803 - June 1804
William Eliot William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....	June 1804 - February 1805
Robert Ward	February 1805 - February 1806
George Walpole George Walpole (British Army officer) Major-General The Honourable George Walpole , was a British soldier and politician. He gained distinction after suppressing the Maroon insurrection in Jamaica in 1785...   Sir Francis Vincent	February 1806 - March 1807
Viscount FitzHarris	March 1807 - August 1807
Charles Bagot Charles Bagot Sir Charles Bagot, GCB was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the Province of Canada 1841-1843)....	August 1807 - December 1809
Culling Charles Smith	December 1809 - February 1812
Edward Cooke Edward Cooke (British politician) -Family and Early life:He was born at Denham, Buckinghamshire, the third but only surviving son of William Cooke , provost of King's College, Cambridge and his wife, Catherine, the daughter of Richard Sleech, a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor...	February 1812 - 1817.
Joseph Planta Joseph Planta Sir Joseph Planta GCH was a British diplomat and politician of Swiss descent. He was the MP for Hastings, England.Joseph Planta was the son of another Joseph Planta , who moved from Switzerland to England and who became the Principal Librarian of the British Museum in London...	25 July 1817 – 22 January 1822
The Earl of Clanwilliam Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam GCH was a British ambassador.The only son of the 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam , Lord Clanwilliam was educated Eton and afterwards joined the Diplomatic Service.He attended Lord Castlereagh's suite at the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and was...	January 1822 - January 1823
Lord Francis Conyngham Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...	January 1823 - July 1824
Lord Francis Conyngham Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...   The Lord Howard de Walden Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...	July 1824 - January 1826
The Lord Howard de Walden Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...   The Marquess of Clanricarde Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC , styled Lord Dunkellin until 1808 and known as The Earl of Clanricarde between 1808 and 1825, was a British Whig politician.-Background and education:...	January 1826 - 1827
The Lord Howard de Walden Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...	1827 - June 1828
Lord Dunglass	June 1828 - November 1830
Sir George Shee Sir George Shee, 2nd Baronet Sir George Shee, 2nd Baronet was an English diplomat.-Life:George Shee was the eldest son of Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Maria Crisp. He was educated at Sandy Mount, near Dublin, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1811. He was admitted to...	26 November 1830 - 13 November 1834
Viscount Fordwich George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper , styled Viscount Fordwich until 1837, was a British Whig politician...	13 November 1834 - 17 December 1834
Viscount Mahon Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS , styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian...	17 December 1834 - 18 April 1835
William Fox-Strangways William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS , styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat and Whig politician...	18 April 1835 - 7 March 1840
Lord Leveson Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...	7 March 1840 - 4 September 1841
The Viscount Canning Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning KG, GCB, PC , known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.-Background and education:...	4 September 1841 - 27 January 1846
George Smythe George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford , styled The Honourable George Smythe until 1855, was a British Conservative politician, best known for his association with Benjamin Disraeli and the Young England movement...	27 January 1846 - 6 July 1846
Edward Stanley Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley PC , known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician.-Background:...	6 July 1846 - 12 February 1852
Austen Henry Layard Austen Henry Layard Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.-Family:...	12 February 1852 - 18 May 1852
Lord Stanley Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Stanley from 1844 to 1869, was a British statesman...	18 May 1852 - 28 December 1852
The Lord Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...	28 December 1852 - 5 July 1856
Earl of Shelburne Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne KG , styled Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice until 1836 and Earl of Shelburne between 1836 and 1863, was a British politician.-Background and education:...	5 July 1856 - 26 February 1858
William Vesey-FitzGerald	26 February 1858 - 19 June 1859
The Lord Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...	19 June 1859 - 15 August 1861
Austen Henry Layard Austen Henry Layard Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.-Family:...	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 George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford , styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...	9 January 1871 - 23 February 1874
Robert Bourke Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara GCIE, PC was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator...	23 February 1874 - 28 April 1880
Sir Charles Dilke Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet PC was an English Liberal and reformist politician. Touted as a future prime minister, his aspirations to higher political office were effectively terminated in 1885, after a notorious and well-publicised divorce case.-Background and education:Dilke was the...	28 April 1880 - 1 January 1883
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice PC , styled Lord Edmond FitzMaurice from 1863 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1883 to 1885 and again from 1905 to 1908, when he entered the cabinet as Chancellor of the...	1 January 1883 - 25 June 1885
Robert Bourke Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara GCIE, PC was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator...	25 June 1885 - 28 January 1886
James Bryce James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...	7 February 1886 - 20 July 1886
Sir James Fergusson Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet GCSI, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...	4 August 1886 - 22 September 1891
James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921.-Background and education:The son of Hon...	22 September 1891 - 18 August 1892
Sir Edward Grey Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, PC, FZL, DL , better known as Sir Edward Grey, Bt, was a British Liberal statesman. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office...	18 August 1892 - 20 June 1895
George Curzon George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...	20 June 1895 - 15 October 1898
St John Brodrick St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC , known as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as The Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative Party politician....	15 October 1898 - 12 November 1900
Viscount Cranborne James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, CB, PC , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903, was a British statesman.-Background and education:...	12 November 1900 - 9 October 1903
Earl Percy Henry Percy, Earl Percy Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy , styled Lord Warkworth until 1899, was a British Conservative politician...	9 October 1903 - 18 December 1905
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice PC , styled Lord Edmond FitzMaurice from 1863 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1883 to 1885 and again from 1905 to 1908, when he entered the cabinet as Chancellor of the...   (created Baron Fitzmaurice in January 1906)	18 December 1905 - 19 October 1908
Thomas McKinnon Wood Thomas McKinnon Wood Thomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916...	19 October 1908 - 23 October 1911
Francis Dyke Acland	23 October 1911 - 4 February 1915
Neil James Archibald Primrose Neil James Archibald Primrose Captain The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose PC, MC , was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as...	4 February 1915 - 30 May 1915
Lord Robert Cecil Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom...	30 May 1915 - 10 January 1919
Cecil Harmsworth	10 January 1919 - 31 October 1922
Ronald McNeill Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun Ronald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...	31 October 1922 - 23 January 1924
Arthur Ponsonby Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede was a British politician, writer, and social activist. He was the third son of Sir Henry Ponsonby, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria, and the great-grandson of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough...	23 January 1924 - 11 November 1924
Ronald McNeill Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun Ronald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...	11 November 1924 - 7 December 1925
Godfrey Locker-Lampson Godfrey Locker-Lampson Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson MP PC was a British Conservative politician, poet and essayist.-Birth and education:...	7 December 1925 - 11 June 1929
Hugh Dalton Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....	11 June 1929 - 3 September 1931
Anthony Eden Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...	3 September 1931 - 18 January 1934
The Earl Stanhope James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC , styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until 1967, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Stanhope was the eldest son of Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and...	18 January 1934 - 18 June 1935
The Earl Stanhope James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC , styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until 1967, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Stanhope was the eldest son of Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and...   Viscount Cranborne Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...	18 June 1935 - 16 June 1936
Viscount Cranborne Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...	16 June 1936 - 30 July 1936
Viscount Cranborne Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...   The Earl of Plymouth Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....	30 July 1936 - 20 February 1938
The Earl of Plymouth Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....	20 February 1938 - 25 February 1938
The Earl of Plymouth Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....   Rab Butler Rab Butler Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...	25 February 1938 - 10 May 1940
The Earl of Plymouth Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....	10 May 1940 - 12 May 1940
Rab Butler Rab Butler Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...	15 May 1940 - 20 July 1941
Richard Law Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine Richard Kidston Law, 1st Baron Coleraine PC was a British Conservative politician. He was the youngest son of former Conservative Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law and his wife Annie. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St...	20 July 1941 - 25 September 1943
George Henry Hall George Henry Hall George Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall PC was a British Labour politician. He served Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1945 and 1946 and as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1946 and 1951.-Background:...	25 September 1943 - 26 May 1945
Lord Dunglass Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...   The Lord Lovat Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and 4th Baron Lovat DSO, MC, TD was the 25th Chief of the Clan Fraser and a prominent British Commando during the Second World War...	26 May 1945 - 26 July 1945
Hector McNeil Hector McNeil Hector McNeil PC was a Scottish Labour politician.McNeil was educated at Woodside School and the University of Glasgow, trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist on a Scottish national newspaper. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1932-8...	4 August 1945 - 4 October 1946
Christopher Mayhew Christopher Mayhew Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to become a Liberal...	4 October 1946 - 7 June 1948
Christopher Mayhew Christopher Mayhew Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to become a Liberal...   The Lord Henderson William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC , was a British Labour politician.-Background:Henderson was the second son of Arthur Henderson and the elder brother of Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley.-Political career:...	7 June 1948 - 2 March 1950
The Lord Henderson William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC , was a British Labour politician.-Background:Henderson was the second son of Arthur Henderson and the elder brother of Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley.-Political career:...   Ernest Davies Ernest Davies (Labour MP for Enfield) Ernest Albert John Davies was a British journalist, author and Labour Party politician. -Early life:...	2 March 1950 - 26 October 1951
The Marquess of Reading Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading GCMG, CBE, MC, TD, PC, QC , styled Viscount Erleigh from 1917 to 1935, was a British barrister and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...   Anthony Nutting Anthony Nutting Sir Harold Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet was a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician.-Early and private life:...	31 October 1951 - 11 November 1953
Anthony Nutting Anthony Nutting Sir Harold Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet was a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician.-Early and private life:...   Douglas Dodds-Parker Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....	11 November 1953 - 18 October 1954
Robin Turton Robin Turton, Baron Tranmire Robert Hugh Turton, Baron Tranmire KBE, MC, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative Party politician....   Lord John Hope John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon PC , known as Lord John Hope from 1912 to 1964, was a Scottish Tory politician....	18 October 1954 - 20 December 1955
Lord John Hope John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon PC , known as Lord John Hope from 1912 to 1964, was a Scottish Tory politician....   Douglas Dodds-Parker Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....	20 December 1955 - 9 November 1956
Douglas Dodds-Parker Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....   David Ormsby-Gore David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech KCMG PC , known as David Ormsby-Gore until 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...	9 November 1956 - 9 January 1957
The Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford Archibald Alexander John Stanley Acheson 6th Earl of Gosford , styled Viscount Accheson until 1954, was a British Peer....   Ian Harvey Ian Harvey (politician) Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Douglas Harvey RA was an English businessman and politician, serving as a Conservative Member of Parliament and junior Minister until his resignation in 1958.-Early career:...	18 January 1957 - 23 October 1958
Ian Harvey Ian Harvey (politician) Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Douglas Harvey RA was an English businessman and politician, serving as a Conservative Member of Parliament and junior Minister until his resignation in 1958.-Early career:...   The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...	23 October 1958 - 24 November 1958
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...	24 November 1958 - 28 November 1958
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...   John Profumo John Profumo Brigadier John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo CBE , informally known as Jack Profumo , was a British politician. His title, 5th Baron, which he did not use, was Italian. Although Profumo held an increasingly responsible series of political posts in the 1950s, he is best known today for his...	28 November 1958 - 16 January 1959
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...   Robert Allan Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew Robert Alexander Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew DSO, OBE was a British Conservative politician.Allan was Member of Parliament for Paddington South between 1951 and 1966...	16 January 1959 - 7 October 1960
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...	7 October 1960 - 28 October 1960
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...   Joseph Godber Joseph Godber Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister.-Background:...	28 October 1960 - 27 June 1961
The Marquess of Lansdowne George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...   Peter Thomas	27 June 1961 - 20 April 1962
Peter Thomas	20 April 1962 - 16 July 1962
Peter Thomas  Peter Smithers Peter Smithers Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Winchester for 14 years, and a junior Minister in the early 1960s...	16 July 1962 - 27 June 1963
Peter Smithers Peter Smithers Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Winchester for 14 years, and a junior Minister in the early 1960s...	27 June 1963 - 29 January 1964
Robert Mathew Robert Mathew Robert Mathew TD was a British Barrister and politician.From a military family , Mathew went to Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He read for the Bar and was called in 1937...	30 January 1964 - 16 October 1964
The Lord Walston	20 October 1964 - 7 January 1967
Bill Rodgers William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, PC , usually known as William Rodgers but also often known as Bill Rodgers, was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior British Labour Party politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party...	7 January 1967 - 3 July 1968
Maurice Foley Maurice Foley (politician) Maurice Anthony Foley was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich at a by-election in 1963, and represented the constituency until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1973...	3 July 1968 - 17 October 1968

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968-present

Name	Term (From - To)
Maurice Foley Maurice Foley (politician) Maurice Anthony Foley was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich at a by-election in 1963, and represented the constituency until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1973...   William Whitecock William Whitlock (politician) William Charles "Bill" Whitlock was a British Labour Party politician.Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton. He volunteered for the British Army upon graduation, and soon joined the Hampshires...	17 October 1968 - 13 October 1969
Maurice Foley Maurice Foley (politician) Maurice Anthony Foley was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich at a by-election in 1963, and represented the constituency until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1973...   Evan Luard Evan Luard Evan Trant Luard , most commonly known as Evan Luard, was a British Labour and SDP politician....	13 October 1969 - 19 June 1970
The Marquess of Lothian Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO was a British peer, politician and landowner....   Anthony Royle	24 June 1970 - 15 October 1970
The Marquess of Lothian Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO was a British peer, politician and landowner....   Anthony Royle  Anthony Kershaw Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw MC, DL was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, wartime cavalry officer, amateur rugby player and company director.-Early life and education:Kershaw was...	15 October 1970 - 9 April 1972
Anthony Royle  Anthony Kershaw Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw MC, DL was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, wartime cavalry officer, amateur rugby player and company director.-Early life and education:Kershaw was...	9 April 1972 - 5 June 1973
Anthony Royle	5 June 1973 - 8 January 1974
Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC was an English Conservative politician.Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the...	8 January 1974 - 4 March 1974
Joan Lestor Joan Lestor Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles was a British Labour politician.Lestor was educated at Blaenavon Secondary School, Monmouth; William Morris High School, Walthamstow and the University of London. She became a nursery school teacher and a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, but...   The Lord Goronwy-Roberts	8 March 1974 - 12 June 1975
The Lord Goronwy-Roberts  Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...	12 June 1975 - 4 December 1975
Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...	4 December 1975 - 17 March 1976
Ted Rowlands Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands, CBE is a Welsh politician, who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over thirty years and as a junior minister in the 1960s and 1970s.-Education:...   John Tomlinson John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated...	17 March 1976 - 14 April 1976
John Tomlinson John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated...   Evan Luard Evan Luard Evan Trant Luard , most commonly known as Evan Luard, was a British Labour and SDP politician....	14 April 1976 - 4 May 1979
Richard Luce	6 May 1979 - 14 September 1981
The Lord Trefgarne David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, PC , is a British Conservative politician.The son of George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat...	14 September 1981 - 6 April 1982
Malcolm Rifkind Malcolm Rifkind Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG QC MP is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Kensington. He served in various roles as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland , Defence Secretary and...	6 April 1982 - 13 June 1983
Ray Whitney Ray Whitney (UK politician) Sir Raymond William Whitney, known as Ray Whitney, OBE, is a retired Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....	13 June 1983 - 11 September 1984
Tim Renton Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC , is a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Minister of State in both the Foreign Office and the Home Office, and as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. He was promoted to the Cabinet serving as Margaret Thatcher's Chief...	11 September 1984 - 2 September 1985
Timothy Eggar Timothy Eggar Timothy John Crommelin Eggar is a company director, a Governor of Shiplake College, an independent school for boys in the village of Shiplake in Oxfordshire, and is a former British Conservative Member of Parliament....	2 September 1985 - 24 July 1989
Tim Sainsbury Tim Sainsbury Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Sainsbury is the youngest son of Lord Sainsbury and his wife Doreen...	24 July 1989 - 24 July 1990
Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd Mark Lennox-Boyd Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd is a British Conservative politician and a son of the 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton.Lennox-Boyd was MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale from 1979 to 1983, and the Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1983 until his defeat by Labour's Geraldine Smith in 1997...	24 July 1990 - 20 July 1994
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Liam Fox Liam Fox Liam Fox MP is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for North Somerset, and former Secretary of State for Defence....	23 July 1996 - 1 May 1997
Elizabeth Symons Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC is a British life peer and former General Secretary of the FDA Trade Union and a Minister of State...	2 May 1997 - 2005
Meg Munn Meg Munn Margaret Patricia Munn , is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley since 2001.-Early life:...	29 June 2007 - 5 October 2008
Gillian Merron Gillian Merron Gillian Joanna Merron was a British Labour Party politician, who was also the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010 she was Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health at the Department of Health.-Personal life:Merron was born in Ilford, Essex, and...	5 October 2008 - 9 June 2009
Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Christopher John Bryant is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001...	9 June 2009 - 11 May 2010
Alistair Burt Alistair Burt Alistair James Hendrie Burt is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire...   Henry Bellingham	14 May 2010 – present

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