Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was a junior position in the British government, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The post is based at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which was created by the merger of the Foreign Office, where the position was initially based, with the Commonwealth Office in 1968 and the Department for International Development in 2020. Notable holders of the office include Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Anthony Eden.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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Incumbent since 11 May 2010Inactive Position | |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The Prime Minister approved and sworn in by the Queen-in-Council |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 1782 |
First holder | William Fraser |
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edit- ^ Jupp, P. J. (September 2004), "Cooke, Edward (bap. 1755, d. 1820)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 March 2009
- ^ Haydn's Book of Dignities
- ^ Created Baron Fitzmaurice in January 1906