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{{Use British English|date=November 2011}} {{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
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* 2 September 2020<br />{{small|(as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)}} * 2 September 2020<br/>{{small|(as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)}}
| salary = £106,363 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref> | salary = £106,363 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
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{{PoliticsUK}} {{PoliticsUK}}
The '''secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs''', also known as the '''foreign secretary''', is a ] in the ] of the ], with responsibility for the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-affairs|access-date=30 June 2021|website=]|language=}}</ref> The role is seen as one of the most senior ministers in the UK Government and is a ]. The incumbent is a member of the ] and National Security Council, and reports directly to the ]. The '''secretary of state for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs''', also known as the '''foreign secretary''', is a ] in the ] of the ], with responsibility for the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-affairs|access-date=30 June 2021|website=]|language=}}</ref> The role is seen as one of the most senior ministers in the UK Government and is a ]. The incumbent is a member of the ] and National Security Council, and reports directly to the ].


The officeholder works alongside the other ]. The corresponding ] is the ]. The ] also evaluates the secretary of state's performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58393309 |title=Afghanistan: The questions facing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab |work=BBC News|date=1 September 2021|access-date=4 September 2021 |quote=Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over his handling of the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan.}}</ref> The officeholder works alongside the other ]. The corresponding ] is the ]. The ] also evaluates the secretary of state's performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58393309 |title=Afghanistan: The questions facing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab |work=BBC News|date=1 September 2021|access-date=4 September 2021 |quote=Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over his handling of the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan.}}</ref>


On the 5th July 2024, ], was appointed as foreign secretary by Prime Minister ]. The current foreign secretary is ]. He was appointed by Prime Minister ] on 5 July 2024.


==Responsibilities== ==Responsibilities==
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==History== ==History==
{{Uk-fco-history}} {{Uk-fco-history}}
The title ] dates back to the early 17th century. The position of secretary of state for foreign affairs was created in the ], in which the ] and ]s became the ] and ] respectively.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Sainty|first=J. C.|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol2/pp1-21#h3-0008|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 – Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660–1782|via=British History Online|publisher=University of London|year=1973|pages=1–21|language=en|chapter=Introduction|quote=At the Restoration 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.}}</ref> The ] which, like the ] and the ], had been a constituent predecessor department of the Foreign Office, was closed down in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG93149#|title=India Office|publisher=British Museum|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> The title of ] dates back to the early 17th century. The position of secretary of state for foreign affairs was created in the ], in which the ] and ] became the ] and ] respectively.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Sainty|first=J. C.|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol2/pp1-21#h3-0008|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 – Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660–1782|via=British History Online|publisher=University of London|year=1973|pages=1–21|language=en|chapter=Introduction|quote=At the Restoration 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.}}</ref> The ] was closed down in 1947. It had been a constituent predecessor department of the Foreign Office, like the ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG93149#|title=India Office|publisher=British Museum|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>


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 ] into a single ]. ], ] by ], was the first woman to have held the post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/margaret-beckett/|title= Margaret Beckett|publisher=European Leadership Network|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> 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 ] into a single ]. ], ] by ], was the first woman to hold the post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/margaret-beckett/|title= Margaret Beckett|publisher=European Leadership Network|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>


The post of secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs was created in 2020 when position holder ] absorbed the responsibilities of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmfaff/809/80902.htm|title=Merging success: Bringing together the FCO and DFID : Government Response to Committee's Second Report|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> The post of secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs was created in 2020 when position holder ] absorbed the responsibilities of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmfaff/809/80902.htm|title=Merging success: Bringing together the FCO and DFID : Government Response to Committee's Second Report|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
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| rowspan=4 | ] | rowspan=4 | ]
| rowspan=4 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ] | rowspan=4 | ]<br/>MP for ]
| rowspan=4 | 10 December 1905 | rowspan=4 | 10 December 1905
| rowspan=4 | 10 December 1916 | rowspan=4 | 10 December 1916
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for the ] | ''']'''<br/>MP for the ]
| 10 December 1916 | 10 December 1916
| 23 October 1919 | 23 October 1919
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| rowspan=3 | 23 October 1919 | rowspan=3 | 23 October 1919
| rowspan=3 | 22 January 1924 | rowspan=3 | 22 January 1924
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 22 January 1924 | 22 January 1924
| 3 November 1924 | 3 November 1924
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 6 November 1924 | 6 November 1924
| 4 June 1929 | 4 June 1929
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 7 June 1929 | 7 June 1929
| 24 August 1931 | 24 August 1931
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}} | ]
| 25 August 1931 | 25 August 1931
| 5 November 1931 | 5 November 1931
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ] | ]<br/>MP for ]
| 5 November 1931 | 5 November 1931
| 7 June 1935 | 7 June 1935
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ] | ]<br/>MP for ]
| 7 June 1935 | 7 June 1935
| 18 December 1935 | 18 December 1935
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| rowspan=4 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | rowspan=4 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=4 | 22 December 1935 | rowspan=4 | 22 December 1935
| rowspan=4 | 20 February 1938 | rowspan=4 | 20 February 1938
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| rowspan=3 | ] | rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ]{{R|gov.uk}} | rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | 21 February 1938 | rowspan=3 | 21 February 1938
| rowspan=3 | 22 December 1940 | rowspan=3 | 22 December 1940
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| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 22 December 1940 | rowspan=2 | 22 December 1940
| rowspan=2 | 26 July 1945 | rowspan=2 | 26 July 1945
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1782}}<br/>}}}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1782}}<br/>}}}}
| 27 July 1945 | 27 July 1945
| 9 March 1951 | 9 March 1951
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 9 March 1951 | 9 March 1951
| 26 October 1951 | 26 October 1951
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| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 28 October 1951 | rowspan=2 | 28 October 1951
| rowspan=2 | 7 April 1955 | rowspan=2 | 7 April 1955
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 7 April 1955 | 7 April 1955
| 20 December 1955 | 20 December 1955
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| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 20 December 1955 | rowspan=2 | 20 December 1955
| rowspan=2 | 27 July 1960 | rowspan=2 | 27 July 1960
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}} | ]
| 27 July 1960 | 27 July 1960
| 18 October 1963 | 18 October 1963
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 20 October 1963 | 20 October 1963
| 16 October 1964 | 16 October 1964
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| 16 October 1964 | 16 October 1964
| 22 January 1965 | 22 January 1965
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 22 January 1965 | 22 January 1965
| 11 August 1966 | 11 August 1966
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 11 August 1966 | 11 August 1966
| 16 March 1968 | 16 March 1968
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}} | ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 16 March 1968 | 16 March 1968
| 17 October 1968 | 17 October 1968
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|+ Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |+ Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs{{R|gov.uk}}


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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1906{{Ndash}}1990)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1906{{Ndash}}1990)}}
| 17 October 1968 | 17 October 1968
| 19 June 1970 | 19 June 1970
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1903{{Ndash}}1995)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1903{{Ndash}}1995)}}
| 20 June 1970 | 20 June 1970
| 4 March 1974 | 4 March 1974
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1912{{Ndash}}2005)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1912{{Ndash}}2005)}}
| 5 March 1974 | 5 March 1974
| 5 April 1976 | 5 April 1976
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1918{{Ndash}}1977)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1918{{Ndash}}1977)}}
| 8 April 1976 | 8 April 1976
| 19 February 1977{{Ref|Died|†}} | 19 February 1977{{Ref|Died|†}}
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1938)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1938)}}
| 22 February 1977 | 22 February 1977
| 4 May 1979 | 4 May 1979
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| ] | ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|(1919{{Ndash}}2018)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|(1919{{Ndash}}2018)}}
| 4 May 1979 | 4 May 1979
| 5 April 1982 | 5 April 1982
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1922{{Ndash}}2008)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1922{{Ndash}}2008)}}
| 6 April 1982 | 6 April 1982
| 11 June 1983 | 11 June 1983
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1926{{Ndash}}2015)}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1926{{Ndash}}2015)}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 June 1983 | rowspan=2 | 11 June 1983
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 1989 | rowspan=2 | 24 July 1989
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1943)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1943)}}
| 24 July 1989 | 24 July 1989
| 26 October 1989 | 26 October 1989
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}} ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 | ] | rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1930)}} | rowspan=3 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1930)}}
| rowspan=3 | 26 October 1989 | rowspan=3 | 26 October 1989
| rowspan=3 | 5 July 1995 | rowspan=3 | 5 July 1995
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1946)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1946)}}
| 5 July 1995 | 5 July 1995
| 2 May 1997 | 2 May 1997
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1946{{Ndash}}2005)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(1946{{Ndash}}2005)}}
| 2 May 1997 | 2 May 1997
| 8 June 2001 | 8 June 2001
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| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1946)}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1946)}}
| rowspan=2 | 8 June 2001 | rowspan=2 | 8 June 2001
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1943)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1943)}}
| ] | ]
| 27 June 2007 | 27 June 2007
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1965)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1965)}}
| 28 June 2007 | 28 June 2007
| 11 May 2010 | 11 May 2010
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| ] | ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1961)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1961)}}
| 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010
| ] | ]
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|- |-
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| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1955)}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1955)}}
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016 | rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
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|- |-
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|- |-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<ref name="bbcgone">{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44770847| title=Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit| date=9 July 2018| website=]}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1964)}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref name="bbcgone">{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44770847| title=Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit| date=9 July 2018| website=]}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1964)}}
{{small|'']''}}
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016 | rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ] | ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44774702| title=Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary| date=9 July 2018| website=]}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1966)}} | ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44774702| title=Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary| date=9 July 2018| website=]}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1966)}}
| ] | ]
| 24 July 2019 | 24 July 2019
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! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" | ! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref name="RaabGuardian">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2019/jul/24/boris-johnson-prepares-to-enter-downing-st-and-name-cabinet-theresa-may-prime-minister-live-news |title=Raab appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state |author=Andrew Sparrow |newspaper=] |date=24 July 2019 |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1974)}} | rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref name="RaabGuardian">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2019/jul/24/boris-johnson-prepares-to-enter-downing-st-and-name-cabinet-theresa-may-prime-minister-live-news |title=Raab appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state |author=Andrew Sparrow |newspaper=] |date=24 July 2019 |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1974)}}
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019 | rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019
| rowspan=2 | ] | rowspan=2 | ]
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! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}| ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|
| ] | ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1974)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1974)}}
| ] | ]
| ] | ]
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! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}| ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|
| ] | ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1975)}} | ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1975)}}
| ] | ]
| 6 September 2022 | 6 September 2022
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|- style="height:1em" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}| ! rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|
| rowspan=3 | ] | rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1969)}} | rowspan=3 | ''']'''<br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1969)}}
| rowspan=3 | 6 September 2022 | rowspan=3 | 6 September 2022
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|- style="height:1em" |- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}| ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|
| ] | ]
| rowspan=1 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|Sits in the House of Lords<br/>(born 1966)}}
| rowspan=1 | ]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |title=Explainer: He's not an MP, so how can David Cameron return to the cabinet? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/13/hes-not-an-mp-so-how-can-david-cameron-return-to-the-cabinet |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=] |date=13 November 2023}}<br/>PC<br/></ref><br/>{{Small|(born 1966)}}
{{small|'']''}}
| rowspan=1 | ] | rowspan=1 | ]
| rowspan=1 | 5 July 2024 | rowspan=1 | 5 July 2024
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! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}| ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|
| ] | ]
| rowspan=1 | ''']''' <br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1972)}} | rowspan=1 | ''']''' <br/>{{small|MP for ]<br/>(born 1972)}}
| rowspan=1 | 5 July 2024 | rowspan=1 | 5 July 2024
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Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

This article is about Foreign secretary of the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Foreign secretary.
United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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Incumbent
David Lammy
since 5 July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style
TypeMinister of the Crown
StatusSecretary of State
Great Office of State
Member of
Reports toThe Prime Minister
Residence
SeatKing Charles Street
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation
  • 27 March 1782
    (as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)
  • 2 September 2020
    (as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)
First holderCharles James Fox
(as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)
Salary£106,363 per annum (2022)
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The secretary of state for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, also known as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The role is seen as one of the most senior ministers in the UK Government and is a Great Office of State. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and National Security Council, and reports directly to the prime minister.

The officeholder works alongside the other Foreign Office ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow foreign secretary. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee also evaluates the secretary of state's performance.

The current foreign secretary is David Lammy. He was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July 2024.

Responsibilities

In contrast to what is generally known as a foreign minister in many other countries, the Foreign Secretary's remit includes:

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 from 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 — Undersecretaries 		Southern Department
1660–1768
Secretaries — Undersecretaries 		—
Southern Department
1768–1782
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office 		Colonial Office
1768–1782
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Foreign Office
1782–1968
Secretaries — Ministers — 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 		India Office
1858–1937
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Colonial Office
1925–1966
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries 		Dominions Office
1925–1947
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
India Office and Burma Office
1937–1947
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Commonwealth Relations Office
1947–1966
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Commonwealth Office
1966–1968
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1968–2020
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Since 2020
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries

The title of 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 Department and Southern Department became the Foreign Office and Home Office respectively. The India Office was closed down in 1947. It had been a constituent predecessor department of the Foreign Office, like the Colonial Office and the Dominions Office.

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. Margaret Beckett, appointed in 2006 by Tony Blair, was the first woman to hold 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
Portrait Name Term of office Party Ministry Monarch
(Reign)
Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster 		27 March 1782 5 July 1782 Whig Rockingham II George III

(1760–1820)
Thomas Robinson
2nd Baron Grantham 		13 July 1782 2 April 1783 Whig Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster 		2 April 1783 19 December 1783 Whig Fox–North
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
3rd Earl Temple 		19 December 1783 23 December 1783 Tory Pitt I
His Grace
Francis Osborne
5th Duke of Leeds 		23 December 1783 May 1791 Tory
William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville 		8 June 1791 20 February 1801 Tory
​ Robert Jenkinson
2nd Earl of Liverpool
MP for Rye 		20 February 1801 14 May 1804 Tory
Addington
Dudley Ryder
2nd Baron Harrowby 		14 May 1804 11 January 1805 Tory Pitt II
Henry Phipps
3rd Baron Mulgrave 		11 January 1805 7 February 1806 Tory
Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster 		7 February 1806 13 September 1806 Whig All the Talents
(Whig–Tory)
Charles Grey
Viscount Howick
MP for Northumberland 		24 September 1806 25 March 1807 Whig

George Canning
MP for Newtown (Isle of Wight) →
Hastings
 25 March 1807 11 October 1809 Tory Portland II
Henry Bathurst
3rd Earl Bathurst 		11 October 1809 6 December 1809 Tory Perceval
Richard Wellesley
1st Marquess Wellesley 		6 December 1809 4 March 1812 Independent
Robert Stewart
2nd Marquess of Londonderry 		4 March 1812 12 August 1822 Tory Liverpool
George IV
George Canning
MP for 3 constituencies respectively 		16 September 1822 30 April 1827 Tory
John Ward
1st Earl of Dudley 		30 April 1827 2 June 1828 Tory Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
Goderich
​ Wellington–Peel
George Hamilton-Gordon
4th Earl of Aberdeen 		2 June 1828 22 November 1830 Tory
William IV
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for 3 constituencies respectively 		22 November 1830 14 November 1834 Whig Grey
Melbourne I
Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington 		14 November 1834 18 April 1835 Tory Wellington Caretaker
Conservative Peel I
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton 		18 April 1835 2 September 1841 Whig Melbourne II
Victoria

(1837–1901)
George Hamilton-Gordon
4th Earl of Aberdeen 		2 September 1841 6 July 1846 Conservative Peel II
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton 		6 July 1846 26 December 1851 Whig Russell I
Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville 		26 December 1851 27 February 1852 Whig
James Howard Harris
3rd Earl of Malmesbury 		27 February 1852 28 December 1852 Conservative Who? Who?
Lord John Russell
MP for the City of London 		28 December 1852 21 February 1853 Whig Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
​ George Villiers
4th Earl of Clarendon 		21 February 1853 26 February 1858 Whig
Palmerston I
James Howard Harris
3rd Earl of Malmesbury 		26 February 1858 18 June 1859 Conservative Derby–Disraeli II
John Russell
1st Earl Russell 		18 June 1859 3 November 1865 Liberal Palmerston II
George Villiers
4th Earl of Clarendon 		3 November 1865 6 July 1866 Liberal Russell II
Edward Stanley
Lord Stanley
MP for King's Lynn 		6 July 1866 9 December 1868 Conservative Derby–Disraeli III
George Villiers
4th Earl of Clarendon 		9 December 1868 6 July 1870 Liberal Gladstone I
Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville 		6 July 1870 21 February 1874 Liberal
Edward Stanley
15th Earl of Derby 		21 February 1874 2 April 1878 Conservative Disraeli II
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury 		2 April 1878 28 April 1880 Conservative
Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville 		28 April 1880 24 June 1885 Liberal Gladstone II
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury 		24 June 1885 6 February 1886 Conservative Salisbury I
Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery 		6 February 1886 3 August 1886 Liberal Gladstone III
Stafford Northcote
1st Earl of Iddesleigh 		3 August 1886 12 January 1887 Conservative Salisbury II
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury 		14 January 1887 11 August 1892 Conservative
Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery 		18 August 1892 11 March 1894 Liberal Gladstone IV
John Wodehouse
1st Earl of Kimberley 		11 March 1894 21 June 1895 Liberal Rosebery
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury 		29 June 1895 12 November 1900 Conservative Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
​ Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
5th Marquess of Lansdowne 		12 November 1900 4 December 1905 Liberal Unionist
​ Edward VII

(1901–1910)
Balfour
Edward Grey
MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 		10 December 1905 10 December 1916 Liberal Campbell-Bannerman
​ Asquith
(I–III)
​ George V
Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–et al.)
Arthur Balfour
MP for the City of London 		10 December 1916 23 October 1919 Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
​ George Curzon
1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 		23 October 1919 22 January 1924 Conservative
Law
Baldwin I
Ramsay MacDonald
MP for Aberavon 		22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour MacDonald I
Austen Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West 		6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Baldwin II
Arthur Henderson
MP for Burnley 		7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour MacDonald II
Rufus Isaacs
1st Marquess of Reading 		25 August 1931 5 November 1931 Liberal National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
John Simon
MP for Spen Valley 		5 November 1931 7 June 1935 Liberal National National II
Samuel Hoare
MP for Chelsea 		7 June 1935 18 December 1935 Conservative National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
​ Anthony Eden
MP for Warwick & Leamington 		22 December 1935 20 February 1938 Conservative
Edward VIII

(1936)
​ George VI
​ National IV
​ Edward Wood
3rd Viscount Halifax 		21 February 1938 22 December 1940 Conservative
Chamberlain War
Churchill War
(All parties)
Anthony Eden
MP for Warwick & Leamington 		22 December 1940 26 July 1945 Conservative
Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–Lib.N.)
Ernest Bevin
MP for Wandsworth Central →
Woolwich East
 27 July 1945 9 March 1951 Labour Attlee
(I & II)
Herbert Morrison
MP for Lewisham South 		9 March 1951 26 October 1951 Labour
Anthony Eden
MP for Warwick & Leamington 		28 October 1951 7 April 1955 Conservative Churchill III
Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
MP for Bromley 		7 April 1955 20 December 1955 Conservative Eden
Selwyn Lloyd
MP for Wirral 		20 December 1955 27 July 1960 Conservative
Macmillan
(I & II)
Alec Douglas-Home
14th Earl of Home 		27 July 1960 18 October 1963 Conservative
Richard Austen Butler
MP for Saffron Walden 		20 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Douglas-Home
President John F. Kennedy with Member of Parliament of Great Britain, Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg Patrick Gordon Walker
Neither an MP nor a Lord 		16 October 1964 22 January 1965 Labour Wilson
(I & II)
Michael Stewart
MP for Fulham 		22 January 1965 11 August 1966 Labour
George Brown
MP for Belper 		11 August 1966 16 March 1968 Labour
Michael Stewart
MP for Fulham 		16 March 1968 17 October 1968 Labour
^† Died in office.
  1. The Prince of Wales served as prince regent from 5 February 1811.
  2. Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in November 1803.
  3. Elected to a new constituency in the 1807 general election.
  4. Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.
  5. 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
Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Party Ministry Sovereign
(Reign)
Michael Stewart
MP for Fulham
(1906–1990) 		17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson
(I & II) 		Elizabeth II

(1952–2022)
Alec Douglas-Home
MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire
(1903–1995) 		20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative Heath
James Callaghan
MP for Cardiff South East
(1912–2005) 		5 March 1974 5 April 1976 Labour Wilson
(III & IV)
Anthony Crosland
MP for Great Grimsby
(1918–1977) 		8 April 1976 19 February 1977 Labour Callaghan
David Owen
MP for Plymouth Devonport
(born 1938) 		22 February 1977 4 May 1979 Labour
Peter Carington
6th Baron Carrington
(1919–2018) 		4 May 1979 5 April 1982 Conservative Thatcher I
Francis Pym
MP for Cambridgeshire
(1922–2008) 		6 April 1982 11 June 1983 Conservative
Geoffrey Howe
MP for East Surrey
(1926–2015) 		11 June 1983 24 July 1989 Conservative Thatcher II
​ Thatcher III
John Major
MP for Huntingdon
(born 1943) 		24 July 1989 26 October 1989 Conservative
​ Douglas Hurd
MP for Witney
(born 1930) 		26 October 1989 5 July 1995 Conservative
Major I
​ Major II
Malcolm Rifkind
MP for Edinburgh Pentlands
(born 1946) 		5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative
Robin Cook
MP for Livingston
(1946–2005) 		2 May 1997 8 June 2001 Labour Blair I
Jack Straw
MP for Blackburn
(born 1946) 		8 June 2001 5 May 2006 Labour Blair II
​ Blair III
Margaret Beckett
MP for Derby South
(born 1943) 		5 May 2006 27 June 2007 Labour
David Miliband
MP for South Shields
(born 1965) 		28 June 2007 11 May 2010 Labour Brown
William Hague
MP for Richmond (Yorks)
(born 1961) 		12 May 2010 14 July 2014 Conservative Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)
​ Philip Hammond
MP for Runnymede and Weybridge
(born 1955) 		14 July 2014 13 July 2016 Conservative
Cameron II
Boris Johnson
MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
(born 1964)

Tenure

13 July 2016 9 July 2018 Conservative May I
​ May II
Jeremy Hunt
MP for South West Surrey
(born 1966) 		9 July 2018 24 July 2019 Conservative
Dominic Raab
MP for Esher and Walton
(born 1974) 		24 July 2019 2 September 2020 Conservative Johnson I
​ Johnson II

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.

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Ministry Sovereign
(Reign)
Dominic Raab
MP for Esher and Walton
(born 1974) 		2 September 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative Johnson II Elizabeth II

(1952–2022)
Liz Truss
MP for South West Norfolk
(born 1975) 		15 September 2021 6 September 2022 Conservative
James Cleverly
MP for Braintree
(born 1969) 		6 September 2022 13 November 2023 Conservative Truss
Charles III

(2022–present)
Sunak
David Cameron
Sits in the House of Lords
(born 1966)

Tenure

13 November 2023 5 July 2024 Conservative
David Lammy
MP for Tottenham
(born 1972) 		5 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Starmer

Timeline

David LammyDavid CameronJames CleverlyLiz TrussDominic RaabJeremy HuntBoris JohnsonPhilip HammondWilliam HagueDavid MilibandMargaret BeckettJack StrawRobin CookMalcolm RifkindDouglas HurdJohn MajorGeoffrey HoweFrancis PymPeter CaringtonDavid OwenAnthony CroslandJames CallaghanGeorge Brown, Baron George-BrownMichael Stewart, Baron Stewart of FulhamPatrick Gordon WalkerRab ButlerAlec Douglas-HomeSelwyn LloydHarold MacmillanHerbert MorrisonErnest BevinEdward Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxAnthony EdenSamuel Hoare, 1st Viscount TemplewoodJohn Simon, 1st Viscount SimonRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of ReadingArthur HendersonAusten ChamberlainRamsay MacDonaldGeorge Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonArthur BalfourEdward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonHenry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of LansdowneJohn Wodehouse, 1st Earl of KimberlyStafford NorthcoteArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of SalisburyEdward Stanley, 15th Earl of DerbyGeorge Villiers, 4th Earl of ClarendonJohn Russell, 1st Earl RussellJames Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of MalmesburyGranville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl GranvilleArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonHenry John TempleGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenJohn Ward, 1st Earl of DudleyRobert Stewart, Viscount CastlereaghRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess WellesleyHenry Bathurst, 3nd Earl BathurstGeorge CanningCharles Grey, 2nd Earl GreyHenry Phipps, 3rd Baron MulgraveDudley Ryder, 2nd Baron HarrowbyRobert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolWilliam GrenvilleFrancis Osborne, 5th Duke of LeedsGeorge Nugent-Temple-GrenvilleThomas Robinson, 2nd Baron GranthamCharles James Fox

See also

References

  1. "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
  2. "Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs". gov.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. Archives, The National. "Senior Cabinet posts". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  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. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2017. Day-to-day ministerial responsibility for GCHQ lies with the Foreign Secretary.
  7. "Written Answers to Questions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 1 Carlton Gardens". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 6 May 2009. col. 165W.
  8. "Dominic Raab and Liz Truss agree to share 115-room mansion". BBC News. 13 October 2021.
  9. Hughes, Laura (25 December 2021). "Britain's Foreign Office has badly lost its way, say critics". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. Sainty, J. C. (1973). "Introduction". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 – Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660–1782. University of London. pp. 1–21 – via British History Online. At the Restoration 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.
  11. "India Office". British Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  12. "Margaret Beckett". European Leadership Network. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  13. "Merging success: Bringing together the FCO and DFID : Government Response to Committee's Second Report". UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Past Foreign Secretaries". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
  16. ^ Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
  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.
  19. Andrew Sparrow (24 July 2019). "Raab appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

Further reading

  • Cecil, Algernon. British foreign secretaries, 1807–1916: studies in personality and policy (1927). pp. 89–130. online
  • Goodman, Sam. The Imperial Premiership: The Role of the Modern Prime Minister in Foreign Policy Making, 1964–2015 (Oxford UP, 2016).
  • Hughes, Michael. British Foreign Secretaries in an Uncertain World, 1919–1939. (Routledge, 2004).
  • Johnson, Gaynor. "Introduction: The Foreign Office and British Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century", Contemporary British History, (2004) 18:3, 1–12, doi:10.1080/1361946042000259279
  • Neilson, Keith, and Thomas G. Otte. The permanent under-secretary for foreign affairs, 1854–1946 (Routledge, 2008).
  • Otte, Thomas G. The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865–1914 (Cambridge UP, 2011).
  • Seldon, Anthony. The Impossible Office? The History of the British Prime Minister (2021) excerpt major scholarly history. Covers the relations with Prime Minister in Chapter 8.
  • Steiner, Zara. The Foreign Office and Foreign Policy, 1898–1914 (1986).
  • Temperley, Harold. "British Secret Diplomacy from Canning to Grey." Cambridge Historical Journal 6.1 (1938): 1–32.
  • Theakston, Kevin, ed. British foreign secretaries since 1974 (Routledge, 2004).
  • Wilson, Keith M., ed. British foreign secretaries and foreign policy: from Crimean War to First World War (1987).

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