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Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Index Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

This is a list of Permanent Under-Secretaries in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (and its predecessors) since 1790. [1]

39 relations: Alexander Cadogan, Antony Acland, Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, Charles Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, David Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield, Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow, Donald Gainer, Edmund Hammond, 1st Baron Hammond, Eyre Crowe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra, George Hammond (diplomat), Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia, Henry Unwin Addington, Ivone Kirkpatrick, John Backhouse, John Coles (diplomat), John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, Joseph Planta, Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote, Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, Michael Palliser, Orme Sargent, Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, Permanent Secretary, Peter Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie, Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, Ronald Lindsay, Simon Fraser (diplomat), Simon McDonald (diplomat), Thomas Brimelow, Baron Brimelow, Thomas Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, William Richard Hamilton, William Strang, 1st Baron Strang, William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell.

Alexander Cadogan

Sir Alexander Montagu George Cadogan (25 November 1884 – 9 July 1968) was a British diplomat and civil servant.

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Antony Acland

Sir Antony Arthur Acland (born 12 March 1930) is a former British diplomat and Provost of Eton College.

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Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock

Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, (19 September 1849 – 5 November 1928), known as Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet, from 1899 to 1916, was a British diplomat and politician during the last quarter of the 19th century to the middle of World War I.

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Charles Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden

Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden KCB (26 December 1834 – 22 September 1882), was a British diplomat.

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Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, (20 June 1858 – 2 August 1944) was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1910–16.

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David Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield

David Howe Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield, GCMG,(16 August 1934 – 20 March 1999) was a British diplomat.

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Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow

Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow (1913–2000) was the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Diplomatic Service from 1969 to 1973; a respected expert on the US, Europe and the Soviet Union, he was actively involved in setting postwar Britain's role in the world in a new direction, away from its imperial past and a compliant involvement with the United States towards a more active engagement in Europe.

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Donald Gainer

Sir Donald Gainer (18 October 1891 – 30 July 1966) was a British diplomat who was successively Ambassador to Venezuela, Brazil and Poland.

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Edmund Hammond, 1st Baron Hammond

Edmund Hammond, 1st Baron Hammond (25 June 1802 – 29 April 1890), was a British diplomat and civil servant.

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Eyre Crowe

Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe (30 July 1864 – 28 April 1925) was a British diplomat.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), commonly called the Foreign Office, is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra

Frederick Robert Hoyer Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra (6 June 1900 – 16 October 1989), was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to West Germany from 1955 to 1956.

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George Hammond (diplomat)

George Hammond (1763–1853) was a British diplomat and one of the first British envoys to the United States from 1791 to 1795.

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Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia

Harold Anthony Caccia, Baron Caccia (21 December 1905 Pachmarhi, India – 31 October 1990 Builth Wells, Wales) was a British diplomat.

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Henry Unwin Addington

Henry Unwin Addington (24 March 1790 – 6 March 1870) was a British diplomat and civil servant.

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Ivone Kirkpatrick

Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick (1897 – 25 May 1964) was a British diplomat who served as the British High Commissioner in Germany after World War II, and as the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the highest-ranking civil servant in the Foreign Office).

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John Backhouse

Sir John Backhouse KB (1584 – 9 October 1649) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629.

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John Coles (diplomat)

Sir Arthur John Coles, GCMG (born 13 November 1937) is a retired British diplomat.

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John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard

John Olav Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard (born 22 February 1942), is a former diplomat, now Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

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Joseph Planta

Joseph Planta GCH (1787–1847) was a British diplomat and politician of Romansh-Swiss descent.

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Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote

Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote (13 September 1828 – 24 May 1902), known as Sir Julian Pauncefote between 1874 and 1899, was a British barrister, judge and diplomat.

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Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme

Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born 19 June 1946) is a British politician and former diplomat.

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Michael Palliser

Sir Arthur Michael Palliser (9 April 1922 – 19 June 2012) was the vice chairman of the Salzburg Seminar's Board of Directors and a senior British diplomat.

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Orme Sargent

Sir Harold Orme Garton Sargent (31 October 1884 – 23 October 1962) was a British diplomat and civil servant.

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Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond

Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond (born 28 June 1931) is a retired British diplomat and former Head of HM Diplomatic Service.

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Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth

Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (3 February 1909 – 29 June 1984) was a British diplomat.

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Permanent Secretary

The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-secretary of State or PUS (although the full title is rarely used), is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis.

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Peter Ricketts, Baron Ricketts

Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, (born 30 September 1952) is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer.

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Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie

Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, 1st Baron Currie (13 October 1834 – 12 May 1906), known as Sir Philip Currie between 1885 and 1899, was a British diplomat.

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Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart

Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War.

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Ronald Lindsay

Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay (3 May 1877 – 21 August 1945) was a British civil servant and diplomat.

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Simon Fraser (diplomat)

Sir Simon James Fraser (born 3 June 1958) is a British former diplomat who served as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2010 to July 2015, having served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2009 to August 2010.

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Simon McDonald (diplomat)

Sir Simon Gerard McDonald (born 9 March 1961) is a British diplomat who is Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.

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Thomas Brimelow, Baron Brimelow

Thomas Brimelow, Baron Brimelow (25 October 1915 – 2 August 1995, London, United Kingdom) was a British diplomat.

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Thomas Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson

Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson (11 January 1841 – 21 March 1923) was a British civil servant.

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Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been a junior position in the British government since 1782, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

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William Richard Hamilton

William Richard Hamilton, FRS, (1777–1859) was a British antiquarian, traveller and diplomat.

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William Strang, 1st Baron Strang

William Strang, 1st Baron Strang GCB, GCMG, MBE (2 January 1893 – 27 May 1978) was a British diplomat who served as a leading adviser to the British Government from the 1930s to the 1950s and as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1949 to 1953.

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William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell

William George Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell, (17 August 1866 – 14 March 1947) was a British civil servant and diplomat.

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Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Ofice, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs

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