Foreign Secretary of The United Kingdom
In 1801 the Act of Union unified Great Britain and Ireland and the position of Foreign Secretary of Great Britain gave way to that of Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.
| Name | Portrait | Name and Party of Prime Minister | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Hawkesbury | Henry Addington (Tory) | 20 February 1801 | 14 May 1804 | Tory | ||
| The Earl of Harrowby | William Pitt the Younger (Tory) | 14 May 1804 | 11 January 1805 | Tory | ||
| The Lord Mulgrave | William Pitt the Younger (Tory) | 11 January 1805 | 7 February 1806 | Tory | ||
| Charles James Fox | The Lord Grenville (Whig) | 7 February | 13 September 1806 | Whig | ||
| The Viscount Howick | The Lord Grenville (Whig) | 24 September 1806 | 25 March 1807 | Whig | ||
| George Canning | The Duke of Portland (Tory) | 25 March 1807 | 11 October 1809 | Tory | ||
| The Earl Bathurst | Spencer Perceval (Tory) | 11 October 1809 | 6 December 1809 | Tory | ||
| The Marquess Wellesley | Spencer Perceval (Tory) | 6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 | Tory | ||
| The Viscount Castlereagh | Spencer Perceval (Tory) The Earl of Liverpool (Tory) |
4 March 1812 | 12 August 1822 | Tory | ||
| George Canning | The Earl of Liverpool (Tory) | 16 September 1822 | 30 April 1827 | Tory | ||
| The Earl of Dudley | George Canning (Tory) The Viscount Goderich (Tory) The Duke of Wellington (Tory) |
30 April 1827 | 2 June 1828 | Tory | ||
| The Earl of Aberdeen | The Duke of Wellington (Tory) | 2 June 1828 | 22 November 1830 | Tory | ||
| The Viscount Palmerston | The Earl Grey (Whig) The Viscount Melbourne (Whig) |
22 November 1830 | 15 November 1834 | Whig | ||
| The Duke of Wellington | Himself (caretaker government) Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart. (Conservative) |
15 November 1834 | 18 April 1835 | Tory | ||
| The Viscount Palmerston | The Viscount Melbourne (Whig) | 18 April 1835 | 2 September 1841 | Whig | ||
| The Earl of Aberdeen | Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart. (Conservative) | 2 September 1841 | 6 July 1846 | Conservative | ||
| The Viscount Palmerston | Lord John Russell (Whig) | 6 July 1846 | 26 December 1851 | Whig | ||
| The Earl Granville | Lord John Russell (Whig) | 26 December 1851 | 27 February 1852 | Whig | ||
| The Earl of Malmesbury | The Earl of Derby (Conservative) | 27 February 1852 | 28 December 1852 | Conservative | ||
| Lord John Russell | The Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite) | 28 December 1852 | 21 February 1853 | Whig | ||
| The Earl of Clarendon | The Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite) The Viscount Palmerston (Whig) |
21 February 1853 | 26 February 1858 | Whig | ||
| The Earl of Malmesbury | The Earl of Derby (Conservative) | 26 February 1858 | 18 June 1859 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl Russell | The Viscount Palmerston (Liberal) | 18 June 1859 | 3 November 1865 | Liberal | ||
| The Earl of Clarendon | The Earl Russell (Liberal) | 3 November 1865 | 6 July 1866 | Liberal | ||
| The Lord Stanley | The Earl of Derby (Conservative) Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) |
6 July 1866 | 9 December 1868 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl of Clarendon | William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) | 9 December 1868 | 6 July 1870 | Liberal | ||
| The Earl Granville | William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) | 6 July 1870 | 21 February 1874 | Liberal | ||
| The Lord Stanley | Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) | 21 February 1874 | 2 April 1878 | Conservative | ||
| The Marquess of Salisbury | Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) | 2 April 1878 | 28 April 1880 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl Granville | William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) | 28 April 1880 | 24 June 1885 | Liberal | ||
| The Marquess of Salisbury | Himself | 24 June 1885 | 6 February 1886 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl of Rosebery | William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) | 6 February 1886 | 3 August 1886 | Liberal | ||
| The Earl of Iddesleigh | The Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) | 3 August 1886 | 12 January 1887 | Conservative | ||
| The Marquess of Salisbury | Himself | 14 January 1887 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl of Rosebery | William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) | 18 August 1892 | 11 March 1894 | Liberal | ||
| The Earl of Kimberley | The Earl of Rosebery (Liberal) | 11 March 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Liberal | ||
| The Marquess of Salisbury | Himself | 29 June 1895 | 12 November 1900 | Conservative | ||
| The Marquess of Lansdowne | The Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) Arthur James Balfour (Conservative) |
12 November 1900 | 4 December 1905 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| Sir Edward Grey | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) H.H. Asquith (Liberal) |
10 December 1905 | 10 December 1916 | Liberal | ||
| Arthur Balfour | David Lloyd George (Liberal) | 10 December 1916 | 23 October 1919 | Conservative | ||
| The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | David Lloyd George (Liberal) Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative) Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) |
23 October 1919 | 22 January 1924 | Conservative | ||
| Ramsay MacDonald | Himself | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | Labour | ||
| Sir Austen Chamberlain | Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | Conservative | ||
| Arthur Henderson | Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1930 | Labour | ||
| The Marquess of Reading | Ramsay MacDonald (National Labour) | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 | Liberal | ||
| Sir John Simon | Ramsay MacDonald (National Labour) | 5 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 | Liberal National | ||
| Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Bart. | Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) | 7 June 1935 | 18 December 1935 | Conservative | ||
| Anthony Eden | Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) |
22 December 1935 | 20 February 1938 | Conservative | ||
| The Viscount Halifax | Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) Winston Churchill (Conservative) |
21 February 1938 | 22 December 1940 | Conservative | ||
| Anthony Eden | Winston Churchill (Conservative) | 22 December 1940 | 26 July 1945 | Conservative | ||
| Ernest Bevin | Clement Attlee (Labour) | 27 July 1945 | 9 March 1951 | Labour | ||
| Herbert Morrison | Clement Attlee (Labour) | 9 March 1951 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | ||
| Sir Anthony Eden | Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative) | 28 October 1951 | 7 April 1955 | Conservative | ||
| Harold Macmillan | Anthony Eden (Conservative) | 7 April 1955 | 20 December 1955 | Conservative | ||
| Selwyn Lloyd | Anthony Eden (Conservative) Harold Macmillan (Conservative) |
20 December 1955 | 27 July 1960 | Conservative | ||
| The Earl of Home | Harold Macmillan (Conservative) | 27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 | Conservative | ||
| R.A. Butler | Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative) | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | ||
| Patrick Gordon Walker | Harold Wilson (Labour) | 16 October 1964 | 22 January 1965 | Labour | ||
| Michael Stewart | Harold Wilson (Labour) | 22 January 1965 | 11 August 1966 | Labour | ||
| George Brown | Harold Wilson (Labour) | 11 August 1966 | 16 March 1968 | Labour | ||
| Michael Stewart | Harold Wilson (Labour) | 16 March 1968 | 17 October 1968 | Labour | ||
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