Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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Granville Leveson-Gower,
2nd Earl Granville, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1840-1841

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior position in the British government since 1782, subordinate to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and from 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. When the Foreign Office merged with the Commonwealth Office in 1968 the post was renamed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Notably 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 post is not to be confused with the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office

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

Name Term (From - To)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
William Fraser
1782
William Fraser
George Maddison
1782 - 1783
William Fraser
St Andrew St John
1783 - 1789
James Bland Burgess
Dudley Ryder
1789
James Bland Burgess 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 - January, 1822
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 Bourke25 June, 1885 - 28 January, 1886
James Bryce7 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 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

[edit] 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

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