UK Foreign Secretary

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UK Foreign Secretary

UK GOVERNMENT OFFICE

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

27-Mar-1782 5-Jul-1782 Charles James Fox

13-Jul-1782 2-Apr-1783 Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham

2-Apr-1783 19-Dec-1783 Charles James Fox

19-Dec-1783 23-Dec-1783 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple

8-Jun-1791 20-Feb-1801 William Wyndham Grenville 1st Lord Grenville

20-Feb-1801 14-May-1804 Robert Banks Jenkinson Lord Hawkesbury

14-May-1804 11-Jan-1805 Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby

11-Jan-1805 7-Feb-1806 Henry Phipps 2nd Baron Mulgrave

7-Feb-1806 13-Sep-1806 Charles James Fox

24-Sep-1806 25-Mar-1807 Charles Grey Viscount Howick

25-Mar-1807 11-Oct-1809 George Canning

11-Oct-1809 6-Dec-1809 Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst

6-Dec-1809 4-Mar-1812 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley

4-Mar-1812 12-Aug-1822 Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh

16-Sep-1822 30-Apr-1827 George Canning

30-Apr-1827 2-Jun-1828 John William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley

2-Jun-1828 22-Nov-1830 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen

22-Nov-1830 15-Nov-1834 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston

15-Nov-1834 18-Apr-1835 Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington

18-Apr-1835 2-Sep-1841 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston

2-Sep-1841 6-Jul-1846 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen

6-Jul-1846 26-Dec-1851 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston

26-Dec-1851 27-Feb-1852 Granville George Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville

27-Feb-1852 28-Dec-1852 James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

28-Dec-1852 21-Feb-1853 Lord John Russell

21-Feb-1853 26-Feb-1858 George William Frederick Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon

26-Feb-1858 18-Jun-1859 James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

18-Jun-1859 3-Nov-1865 John Russell 1st Earl Russell

3-Nov-1865 6-Jul-1866 George William Frederick Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon

6-Jul-1866 9-Dec-1868 Edward Henry Stanley Lord Stanley

9-Dec-1868 6-Jul-1870 George William Frederick Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon

6-Jul-1870 21-Feb-1874 Granville George Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville

21-Feb-1874 2-Apr-1878 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby

2-Apr-1878 28-Apr-1880 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

28-Apr-1880 24-Jun-1885 Granville George Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville

24-Jun-1885 6-Feb-1886 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

6-Feb-1886 3-Aug-1886 Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery

3-Aug-1886 12-Jan-1887 Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

14-Jan-1887 11-Aug-1892 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

18-Aug-1892 11-Mar-1894 Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery

11-Mar-1894 21-Jun-1895 John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley

29-Jun-1895 12-Nov-1900 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

12-Nov-1900 4-Dec-1905 Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

10-Dec-1905 10-Dec-1916 Sir Edward Grey

10-Dec-1916 23-Oct-1919 Arthur Balfour

23-Oct-1919 22-Jan-1924 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon

22-Jan-1924 3-Nov-1924 Ramsay MacDonald

6-Nov-1924 4-Jun-1929 Austen Chamberlain

7-Jun-1929 24-Aug-1931 Arthur Henderson

25-Aug-1931 5-Nov-1931 Rufus Isaacs 1st Marquess of Reading

5-Nov-1931 7-Jun-1935 John Simon

7-Jun-1935 18-Dec-1935 Samuel Hoare

22-Dec-1935 20-Feb-1938 Anthony Eden

21-Feb-1938 22-Dec-1940 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax

22-Dec-1940 26-Jul-1945 Anthony Eden

27-Jul-1945 9-Mar-1951 Ernest Bevin

9-Mar-1951 26-Oct-1951 Herbert Morrison

28-Oct-1951 7-Apr-1955 Anthony Eden

7-Apr-1955 20-Dec-1955 Harold Macmillan

20-Dec-1955 27-Jul-1960 Selwyn Lloyd

27-Jul-1960 20-Oct-1963 Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home

20-Oct-1963 16-Oct-1964 Rab Butler

16-Oct-1964 22-Jan-1965 Patrick Gordon Walker

22-Jan-1965 11-Aug-1966 Michael Stewart

11-Aug-1966 16-Mar-1968 George Brown

16-Mar-1968 17-Oct-1968 Michael Stewart

17-Oct-1968 19-Jun-1970 Michael Stewart

20-Jun-1970 4-Mar-1974 Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home

5-Mar-1974 8-Apr-1976 James Callaghan

8-Apr-1976 19-Feb-1977 Anthony Crosland

22-Feb-1977 4-May-1979 David Owen

5-May-1979 5-Apr-1982 Peter Carington

6-Apr-1982 11-Jun-1983 Francis Pym

11-Jun-1983 24-Jul-1989 Geoffrey Howe

24-Jul-1989 26-Oct-1989 John Major

26-Oct-1989 5-Jul-1995 Douglas Hurd

5-Jul-1995 2-May-1997 Malcolm Rifkind

2-May-1997 8-Jun-2001 Robin Cook

8-Jun-2001 5-May-2006 Jack Straw

5-May-2006 28-Jun-2007 Margaret Beckett

28-Jun-2007 11-May-2010 David Miliband

11-May-2010 14-Jul-2014 William Hague

14-Jul-2014 13-Jul-2016 Philip Hammond

13-Jul-2016 -- Boris Johnson

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