Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs  | |
|---|---|
| Start | 27 March 1782 |
| End | 17 October 1968 |
| Successors | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was a UK employment that was replaced by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 17 October 1968 after the merger of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Bernardino León Gross | 19 April 2004 | 14 April 2008 |
| George Brown | 11 August 1966 | 15 March 1968 |
| Patrick Gordon Walker | 16 October 1964 | 22 January 1965 |
| Rab Butler | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 |
| Selwyn Lloyd | 22 December 1955 | 27 July 1960 |
| Harold Macmillan | 7 April 1955 | 20 December 1955 |
| Anthony Eden | 28 October 1951 | 7 April 1955 |
| Herbert Morrison | 9 March 1951 | 26 October 1951 |
| Ernest Bevin | 27 July 1945 | 9 March 1951 |
| Edward Wood | 21 February 1938 | 22 December 1940 |
| Samuel Hoare | 7 June 1935 | 18 December 1935 |
| Rufus Isaacs | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 |
| George Curzon | 23 October 1919 | 22 January 1924 |
| Edward Grey | 10 December 1905 | 10 December 1916 |
| Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice | 12 November 1900 | 4 December 1905 |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil | 29 June 1895 | 12 November 1900 |
| Archibald Primrose | 18 August 1892 | 10 March 1894 |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil | 14 January 1887 | 11 August 1892 |
| Archibald Primrose | 6 February 1886 | 3 August 1886 |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil | 24 June 1885 | 6 February 1886 |
| Granville Leveson-Gower | 28 April 1880 | 24 June 1885 |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil | 2 April 1878 | 28 April 1880 |
| Granville Leveson-Gower | 6 July 1870 | 21 February 1874 |
| James Harris | 26 February 1858 | 18 June 1859 |
| James Harris | 27 February 1852 | 28 December 1852 |
| Granville Leveson-Gower | 26 December 1851 | 27 February 1852 |
| Henry John Temple | 6 July 1846 | 26 December 1851 |
| George Hamilton-Gordon | 2 September 1841 | 6 July 1846 |
| Henry John Temple | 18 April 1835 | 2 September 1841 |
| Henry John Temple | 22 November 1830 | 15 November 1834 |
| George Hamilton-Gordon | 2 June 1828 | 22 November 1830 |
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