Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Charles James Fox 	27 March 1782 	5 July 1782 	Whig 	
The Lord Grantham 	13 July 1782 	2 April 1783 	Whig 	
Charles James Fox 	2 April 1783 	19 December 1783 	Whig 	
The Earl Temple 	19 December 1783 	23 December 1783 	Pittite 	
Marquess of Carmarthen later The Duke of Leeds 	23 December 1783 	May 1791 	Pittite/Tory 	
The Lord Grenville 	8 June 1791 	20 February 1801 	Tory 	
Lord Hawkesbury later The Lord Hawkesbury 	20 February 1801 	14 May 1804 	Tory 	
The Lord Harrowby 	14 May 1804 	11 January 1805 	Tory 	
The Lord Mulgrave 	11 January 1805 	7 February 1806 	Tory 	
Charles James Fox 	7 February 1806 	13 September 1806	Whig 	
Viscount Howick 	24 September 1806	25 March 1807 	Whig 	
George Canning 	25 March 1807 	11 October 1809 	Tory 	
The Earl Bathurst 	11 October 1809 	6 December 1809 	Tory 	
The Marquess Wellesley 	6 December 1809 	4 March 1812 	Tory 	
Viscount Castlereagh later The Marquess of Londonderry 	4 March 1812 	12 August 1822 	Tory 	
George Canning 	16 September 1822	30 April 1827 	Tory 	
The Viscount Dudley and Ward later The Earl of Dudley 	30 April 1827 	2 June 1828 	Tory 	
The Earl of Aberdeen 	2 June 1828 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
The Viscount Palmerston 	22 November 1830 	15 November 1834 	Canningite/Whig 	
The Duke of Wellington 	15 November 1834 	18 April 1835 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Palmerston 	18 April 1835 	2 September 1841 	Whig 	
The Earl of Aberdeen 	2 September 1841 	6 July 1846 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Palmerston 	6 July 1846 	26 December 1851 	Whig 	
The Earl Granville 	26 December 1851 	27 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Earl of Malmesbury 	27 February 1852 	28 December 1852 	Conservative 	
Lord John Russell 	28 December 1852 	21 February 1853 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Clarendon 	21 February 1853 	26 February 1858 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Malmesbury 	26 February 1858 	18 June 1859 	Conservative 	
Lord John Russell later The Earl Russell 	18 June 1859 	3 November 1865 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Clarendon 	3 November 1865 	6 July 1866 	Liberal 	
Lord Stanley 	6 July 1866 	9 December 1868 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Clarendon 	9 December 1868 	6 July 1870 	Liberal 	
The Earl Granville 	6 July 1870 	21 February 1874 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Derby 	21 February 1874 	2 April 1878 	Conservative 	previously foreign secretary as Lord Stanley
The Marquess of Salisbury 	2 April 1878 	28 April 1880 	Conservative 	
The Earl Granville 	28 April 1880 	24 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	24 June 1885 	6 February 1886 	Conservative 	also Prime Minister
The Earl of Rosebery 	6 February 1886 	3 August 1886 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Iddesleigh 	3 August 1886 	12 January 1887 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	14 January 1887 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	also Prime Minister
The Earl of Rosebery 	18 August 1892 	11 March 1894 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	11 March 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	29 June 1895 	12 November 1900 	Conservative 	also Prime Minister
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	12 November 1900 	4 December 1905 	Liberal Unionist 	
Sir Edward Grey, Bt., later The Viscount Grey of Fallodon 	10 December 1905 	10 December 1916 	Liberal 	
Arthur Balfour 	10 December 1916 	23 October 1919 	Unionist 	
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston later The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	23 October 1919 	22 January 1924 	Unionist/Conservative	
Ramsay MacDonald 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	also Prime Minister
Austen Chamberlain later Sir Austen Chamberlain 	6 November 1924 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Arthur Henderson 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
The Marquess of Reading 	25 August 1931 	5 November 1931 	Liberal 	
Sir John Simon 	5 November 1931 	7 June 1935 	Liberal National 	
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt. 	7 June 1935 	18 December 1935 	Conservative 	
Anthony Eden 	22 December 1935 	20 February 1938 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Halifax 	21 February 1938 	22 December 1940 	Conservative 	
Anthony Eden 	22 December 1940 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	
Ernest Bevin 	27 July 1945 	9 March 1951 	Labour 	
Herbert Morrison 	9 March 1951 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
Anthony Eden later Sir Anthony Eden 	28 October 1951 	7 April 1955 	Conservative 	
Harold Macmillan 	7 April 1955 	20 December 1955 	Conservative 	
Selwyn Lloyd 	20 December 1955 	27 July 1960 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Home 	27 July 1960 	20 October 1963 	Conservative 	
Richard Austen Butler 	20 October 1963 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	
Patrick Gordon Walker 	16 October 1964 	22 January 1965 	Labour 	
Michael Stewart 	22 January 1965 	11 August 1966 	Labour 	
George Brown 	11 August 1966 	16 March 1968 	Labour 	
Michael Stewart 	16 March 1968 	17 October 1968 	Labour 	became Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs