Foreign Secretary

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
	Royal Arms of HM Government
	Incumbent; Liz Truss; since 15 September 2021
	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style	The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Member of	Cabinet; Privy Council; National Security Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister
Residence	No. 1 Carlton Gardens; (official); Chevening; (country house);
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Crown; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At HM Pleasure
Formation	27 March 1782; 239 years ago
First holder	Charles James Fox
Website	www.gov.uk

The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also referred to as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.^[1] Seen as one of the most senior ministers in the government and a Great Office of State, the incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, fourth in the ministerial ranking.^[2]

The office holder works alongside the other Foreign Office ministers. The corresponding shadow ministers are the shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs and the shadow secretary of state for international development. The performance of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.^[3]

The foreign secretary position is currently held by Liz Truss MP after her appointment in the September 2021 cabinet reshuffle.

Responsibilities[]

Corresponding to what is generally known as a foreign minister in many other countries, the foreign secretary's remit includes:

British relations with foreign countries and governments^[4]
Promotion of British interests abroad.^[5]
Matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the Overseas Territories^[5]
Oversight for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).^[6]

Residence[]

The official residence of the foreign secretary is 1 Carlton Gardens, in London. The foreign secretary also has the use of Chevening House, a country house in Kent, South East England and works out of the Foreign Office in Whitehall.

History[]

History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries		Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries							Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2020 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries	Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War and Colonial Office 1801–1854 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries		Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries	Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries		Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.					India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries

The title secretary of state in the government of England dates back to the early 17th century. The position of secretary of state for foreign affairs was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Foreign Office and Home Office respectively.^[7] Eventually, the position of secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs came into existence in 1968 with the merger of the functions of secretary of the state for foreign affairs and the secretary of state for Commonwealth affairs into a single department of state. The India Office was a constituent predecessor department of the Foreign Office, as were the Colonial Office and the Dominions Office. Margaret Beckett, appointed in 2006 by Tony Blair, was the first woman to have held the post. The post of secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs was created in 2020 when position holder Dominic Raab absorbed the responsibilities of the secretary of state for international development.

List of foreign secretaries[]

Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)[]

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs^[8]
Name^[9] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	27 March 1782	5 July 1782	Whig	Rockingham II	George III (1760–1820) ^{[1782 1]}	^[8]
The Right Honourable Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham PC (1738–1786)	13 July 1782	2 April 1783	Whig	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Whig	Fox–North		^[8]
The Right Honourable George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple PC (1753–1813)	19 December 1783	23 December 1783	Tory	Pitt I		^[8]
His Grace Francis Osborne 5th Duke of Leeds KGPC (1751–1799)	23 December 1783	May 1791	Tory			^[8]
The Right Honourable William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PCPC (Ire) (1759–1834)	8 June 1791	20 February 1801	Tory			^[8]
The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baron Hawkesbury PCFRS MP for Rye^{[1782 2]} (1770–1828)	20 February 1801	14 May 1804	Tory			^[8]
	20 February 1801	14 May 1804	Tory	Addington		^[8]
The Right Honourable Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby PCFSA (1762–1847)	14 May 1804	11 January 1805	Tory	Pitt II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave PC (1755–1831)	11 January 1805	7 February 1806	Tory	Pitt II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	7 February 1806	13 September 1806^†	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Charles Grey Viscount Howick PC MP for Northumberland (1764–1845)	24 September 1806	25 March 1807	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)		^[8]
The Right Honourable George Canning MP for Newtown (Isle of Wight) → Hastings^{[1782 3]} (1770–1827)	25 March 1807	11 October 1809	Tory	Portland II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst PC (1762–1834)	11 October 1809	6 December 1809	Tory	Perceval		^[8]
The Most Honourable Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley KGPCPC (Ire) (1760–1842)	6 December 1809	4 March 1812	Independent	Perceval		^[8]
The Most Honourable Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess of Londonderry KGGCHPCPC (Ire) (1769–1822)	4 March 1812	12 August 1822^†	Tory	Liverpool		^[8]
	4 March 1812	12 August 1822^†	Tory		George IV (1820–1830)	^[8]
The Right Honourable George Canning FRS MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1770–1827)	16 September 1822	30 April 1827	Tory			^[8]
The Right Honourable John Ward 1st Earl of Dudley PCFRS (1781–1833)	30 April 1827	2 June 1828	Tory	Canning (Canningite–Whig)		^[8]
				Goderich
				Wellington–Peel
The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen KTFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)	2 June 1828	22 November 1830	Tory			^[8]
	2 June 1828	22 November 1830	Tory		William IV (1830–1837)	^[8]
The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1784–1865)	22 November 1830	14 November 1834	Whig	Grey		^[8]
	22 November 1830	14 November 1834	Whig	Melbourne I		^[8]
Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)	14 November 1834	18 April 1835	Tory	Wellington Caretaker		^[8]
	14 November 1834	18 April 1835	Conservative	Peel I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	18 April 1835	2 September 1841	Whig	Melbourne II		^[8]
	18 April 1835	2 September 1841	Whig	Melbourne II	Victoria (1837–1901)	^[8]
The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen KTFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)	2 September 1841	6 July 1846	Conservative	Peel II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	6 July 1846	26 December 1851	Whig	Russell I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville PC (1815–1891)	26 December 1851	27 February 1852	Whig	Russell I		^[8]
The Right Honourable James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury PC (1807–1889)	27 February 1852	28 December 1852	Conservative	Who? Who?		^[8]
The Right Honourable Lord John Russell FRS MP for the City of London (1792–1878)	28 December 1852	21 February 1853	Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)		^[8]
The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	21 February 1853	26 February 1858	Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)		^[8]
	21 February 1853	26 February 1858	Whig	Palmerston I		^[8]
The Right Honourable James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury GCBPC (1807–1889)	26 February 1858	18 June 1859	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II		^[8]
The Right Honourable John Russell 1st Earl Russell KGPCFRS (1792–1878)	18 June 1859	3 November 1865	Liberal	Palmerston II		^[8]
The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	3 November 1865	6 July 1866	Liberal	Russell II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Edward Stanley Lord Stanley PCFRS MP for King's Lynn (1826–1893)	6 July 1866	9 December 1868	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III		^[8]
The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	9 December 1868	6 July 1870	Liberal	Gladstone I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville KGPCFRS (1815–1891)	6 July 1870	21 February 1874	Liberal	Gladstone I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Edward Stanley 15th Earl of Derby PCFRS (1826–1893)	21 February 1874	2 April 1878	Conservative	Disraeli II		^[8]
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	2 April 1878	28 April 1880	Conservative	Disraeli II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville KGPCFRS (1815–1891)	28 April 1880	24 June 1885	Liberal	Gladstone II		^[8]
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	24 June 1885	6 February 1886	Conservative	Salisbury I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery PCFRS (1847–1929)	6 February 1886	3 August 1886	Liberal	Gladstone III		^[8]
The Right Honourable Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCBPCFRS (1818–1887)	3 August 1886	12 January 1887^†	Conservative	Salisbury II		^[8]
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	14 January 1887	11 August 1892	Conservative	Salisbury II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery KGPCFRS (1847–1929)	18 August 1892	11 March 1894	Liberal	Gladstone IV		^[8]
The Right Honourable John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley KGPCDL (1826–1902)	11 March 1894	21 June 1895	Liberal	Rosebery		^[8]
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	29 June 1895	12 November 1900	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)		^[8]
The Most Honourable Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KGGCSIGCMGGCIEPC (1845–1927)	12 November 1900	4 December 1905	Liberal Unionist			^[8]
					Edward VII (1901–1910)
				Balfour
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey BtDL MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed (1862–1933)	10 December 1905	10 December 1916	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman		^[8]
				Asquith (I–III)
				Asquith (I–III)	George V (1910–1936)
				Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)
The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour OMFRSDL MP for the City of London (1848–1930)	10 December 1916	23 October 1919	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)		^[8]
The Most Honourable George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston KGGCSIGCIEPC (1859–1925)	23 October 1919	22 January 1924	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)		^[8]
				Law
				Baldwin I
The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonald MP for Aberavon (1866–1937)	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	MacDonald I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir Austen Chamberlain KG MP for Birmingham West (1863–1937)	6 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative	Baldwin II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Arthur Henderson MP for Burnley (1863–1935)	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour	MacDonald II		^[8]
The Most Honourable Rufus Isaacs 1st Marquess of Reading GCBGCSIGCIEGCVOPC (1860–1935)	25 August 1931	5 November 1931	Liberal	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir John Simon GCSIOBE MP for Spen Valley (1873–1954)	5 November 1931	7 June 1935	Liberal National	National II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Hoare BtGCSIGBECMGJP MP for Chelsea (1880–1959)	7 June 1935	18 December 1935	Conservative	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Anthony Eden MC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	22 December 1935	20 February 1938	Conservative			^[8]
					Edward VIII (1936)
					George VI (1936–1952)
				National IV
The Right Honourable Edward Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax PC (1881–1959)	21 February 1938	22 December 1940	Conservative	National IV		^[8]
				Chamberlain War
				Churchill War (All parties)
The Right Honourable Anthony Eden MC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	22 December 1940	26 July 1945	Conservative	Churchill War (All parties)		^[8]
	22 December 1940	26 July 1945	Conservative	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Ernest Bevin MP for Wandsworth Central → Woolwich East^{[1782 4]} (1881–1951)	27 July 1945	9 March 1951	Labour	Attlee (I & II)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Herbert Morrison MP for Lewisham South (1888–1965)	9 March 1951	26 October 1951	Labour	Attlee (I & II)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Eden KGMC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	28 October 1951	7 April 1955	Conservative	Churchill III		^[8]
	28 October 1951	7 April 1955	Conservative	Churchill III	Elizabeth II (1952–present)	^[8]
The Right Honourable Harold Macmillan MP for Bromley (1894–1986)	7 April 1955	20 December 1955	Conservative	Eden		^[8]
The Right Honourable Selwyn Lloyd CBEQC MP for Wirral (1904–1978)	20 December 1955	27 July 1960	Conservative	Eden		^[8]
	20 December 1955	27 July 1960	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home PC (1903–1995)	27 July 1960	18 October 1963	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Richard Austen Butler CH MP for Saffron Walden (1902–1982)	20 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative	Douglas-Home		^[8]
The Right Honourable Patrick Gordon Walker Neither an MP nor a Lord^{[1782 5]} (1907–1980)	16 October 1964	22 January 1965	Labour	Wilson (I & II)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	22 January 1965	11 August 1966	Labour			^[8]
The Right Honourable George Brown MP for Belper (1914–1985)	11 August 1966	16 March 1968	Labour			^[8]
The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	16 March 1968	17 October 1968	Labour			^[8]

^[10]^[11]

^† Died in office.

^ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
^ Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in November 1803.
^ Elected to a new constituency in the 1807 general election.
^ Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.
^ Walker was the MP for Smethwick and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary, prior to the 1964 general election. He lost his seat in the election but was appointed to the post anyway. He resigned after fighting and losing a 1965 by-election in Leyton.

Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–2020)[]

Post created through the merger of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Name^[9] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Sovereign (Reign)	Ref.
The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	17 October 1968	19 June 1970	Labour	Wilson (I & II)	Elizabeth II (1952–present)	^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir Alec Douglas-Home KT MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire (1903–1995)	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative	Heath		^[8]
The Right Honourable James Callaghan MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	5 March 1974	5 April 1976	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Anthony Crosland MP for Great Grimsby (1918–1977)	8 April 1976	19 February 1977^†	Labour	Callaghan		^[8]
The Right Honourable David Owen MP for Plymouth Devonport (born 1938)	22 February 1977	4 May 1979	Labour	Callaghan		^[8]
The Right Honourable Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington KCMGMCPCDL (1919–2018)	4 May 1979	5 April 1982	Conservative	Thatcher I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008)	6 April 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative	Thatcher I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Howe QC MP for East Surrey (1926–2015)	11 June 1983	24 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher II		^[8]
	11 June 1983	24 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher III		^[8]
The Right Honourable John Major MP for Huntingdon (born 1943)	24 July 1989	26 October 1989	Conservative			^[8]
The Right Honourable Douglas Hurd CBE MP for Witney (born 1930)	26 October 1989	5 July 1995	Conservative			^[8]
				Major I
				Major II
The Right Honourable Malcolm Rifkind QC MP for Edinburgh Pentlands (born 1946)	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative	Major II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Robin Cook MP for Livingston (1946–2005)	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Blair I		^[8]
The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP for Blackburn (born 1946)	8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair II		^[8]
	8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair III		^[8]
The Right Honourable Margaret Beckett MP for Derby South (born 1943)	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour	Blair III		^[8]
The Right Honourable David Miliband MP for South Shields (born 1965)	28 June 2007	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown		^[8]
The Right Honourable William Hague FRSL MP for Richmond (Yorks) (born 1961)	12 May 2010	14 July 2014	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)		^[8]
The Right Honourable Philip Hammond MP for Runnymede and Weybridge (born 1955)	14 July 2014	13 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)		^[8]
	14 July 2014	13 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II		^[8]
The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (born 1964)	13 July 2016	9 July 2018	Conservative	May I		^[8]^[12]
	13 July 2016	9 July 2018	Conservative	May II		^[8]^[12]
The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP for South West Surrey (born 1966)	9 July 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative	May II		^[13]
The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton (born 1974)	24 July 2019	2 September 2020	Conservative	Johnson I		^[14]
	24 July 2019	2 September 2020	Conservative	Johnson II		^[14]

Secretaries of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (2020–present)[]

Post created through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Portrait		Name^[9] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Sovereign (Reign)	Ref.
		The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton (born 1974)	2 September 2020	15 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson II	Elizabeth II (1952–present)
		The Right Honourable Liz Truss MP for South West Norfolk (born 1975)	15 September 2021	Incumbent	Conservative	Johnson II	Elizabeth II (1952–present)

References[]

^ "Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet". parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Afghanistan: The questions facing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab". BBC News. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over his handling of the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
^ "Senior Cabinet posts".
^ ^a ^b "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Ministerial responsibility". GCHQ. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017. Day-to-day ministerial responsibility for GCHQ lies with the Foreign Secretary.
^ Sainty, J. C. (1973). "Introduction". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 - Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660-1782. British History Online. University of London. pp. 1–21. At the Restoration [in 1660] the practice of appointing two Secretaries of State, which was well established before the Civil War, was resumed. Apart from the modifications which were made necessary by the occasional existence of a third secretaryship, the organisation of the secretariat underwent no fundamental change from that time until the reforms of 1782 which resulted in the emergence of the Home and Foreign departments. ... English domestic affairs remained the responsibility of both Secretaries throughout the period. In the field of foreign affairs there was a division into a Northern and a Southern Department, each of which was the responsibility of one Secretary. The distinction between the two departments emerged only gradually. It was not until after 1689 that their names passed into general currency. Nevertheless the division of foreign business itself can, in its broad outlines, be detected in the early years of the reign of Charles II.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch "Past Foreign Secretaries". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
^ "Sök lediga jobb i Platsbanken". Arbetsförmedlingen.
^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
^ "Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit". BBC News. 9 July 2018.
^ "Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary". BBC News. 9 July 2018.
^ Andrew Sparrow (24 July 2019). "Raab appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

External links[]

FCO website

[10] The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.

[11] Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in November 1803.

[12] Elected to a new constituency in the 1807 general election.

[13] Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.

[14] Walker was the MP for Smethwick and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary, prior to the 1964 general election. He lost his seat in the election but was appointed to the post anyway. He resigned after fighting and losing a 1965 by-election in Leyton.

[1] "Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[2] "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet". parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[3] "Afghanistan: The questions facing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab". BBC News. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over his handling of the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan.

[4] "Senior Cabinet posts".

[Government_of_the_United_Kingdom-5] "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[6] "Ministerial responsibility". GCHQ. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017. Day-to-day ministerial responsibility for GCHQ lies with the Foreign Secretary.

[:4-7] Sainty, J. C. (1973). "Introduction". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 - Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660-1782. British History Online. University of London. pp. 1–21. At the Restoration [in 1660] the practice of appointing two Secretaries of State, which was well established before the Civil War, was resumed. Apart from the modifications which were made necessary by the occasional existence of a third secretaryship, the organisation of the secretariat underwent no fundamental change from that time until the reforms of 1782 which resulted in the emergence of the Home and Foreign departments. ... English domestic affairs remained the responsibility of both Secretaries throughout the period. In the field of foreign affairs there was a division into a Northern and a Southern Department, each of which was the responsibility of one Secretary. The distinction between the two departments emerged only gradually. It was not until after 1689 that their names passed into general currency. Nevertheless the division of foreign business itself can, in its broad outlines, be detected in the early years of the reign of Charles II.

[gov.uk-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch "Past Foreign Secretaries". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[Name-9] Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.

[15] "Sök lediga jobb i Platsbanken". Arbetsförmedlingen.

[16] "Google Maps". Google Maps.

[bbcgone-17] "Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit". BBC News. 9 July 2018.

[18] "Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary". BBC News. 9 July 2018.

[RaabGuardian-19] Andrew Sparrow (24 July 2019). "Raab appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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v Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Headquarters: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building Hanslope Park Lancaster House
Ministers	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment Minister of State for Asia Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth Minister for Africa Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas
Executive agencies	Wilton Park
Executive non-departmental public bodies	British Council Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK Great Britain–China Centre Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Other bodies	Independent Commission for Aid Impact BBC World Service CDC Group Chevening Scholarship Programme FCDO Services Government Communications Headquarters Secret Intelligence Service
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v t UK cabinet portfolios
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Cabinet ministers	Prime Minister / First Lord of the Treasury / Minister for the Union / Minister for the Civil Service Deputy Prime Minister / Justice Secretary / Lord Chancellor Chancellor of the Exchequer Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary / Minister for Women and Equalities Home Secretary Defence Secretary Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary / Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Health and Social Care Secretary Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster / Minister for the Cabinet Office Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary President for COP26 International Trade Secretary / President of the Board of Trade Work and Pensions Secretary Education Secretary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Transport Secretary Northern Ireland Secretary Scotland Secretary Wales Secretary Leader of the House of Lords / Lord Privy Seal Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Minister without portfolio
Also attending Cabinet	Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lord President of the Council / Leader of the House of Commons Chief Whip Attorney General Minister of State for Crime and Policing Minister of State for Universities