Foreign Secretaries
60 People in sitter grouping:
The Foreign Secretary is responsible for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a senior member of Her Majesty's Government. Responsible for foreign affairs, with an emphasis on policy strategy, Whitehall liaison, honours and cyber-security. The position was created in 1782, when a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs handled relations with foreign (non-Commonwealth) countries, while relations with Commonwealth countries and colonies were handled by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs. In 1968, the two positions were merged into a single Department of State.
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
1848-1930Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 136 portraits
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson)
1943-Labour politician; Foreign Secretary and MP for Derby South and Lincoln
Sitter in 1 portrait
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and politician; MP for Wandsworth Central and Woolwich East
Sitter associated with 59 portraits
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
1902-1982Politician; served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary
Sitter in 44 portraits
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
1919-2018Politician; 6th Secretary General of NATO
Sitter in 14 portraits
Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain
1863-1937Politician; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; son of Joseph Chamberlain
Sitter in 55 portraits
George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859-1925Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and Viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 34 portraits
George Alfred Brown, Baron George-Brown
1914-1985Labour politician; Foreign Secretary
Sitter in 22 portraits
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
1759-1834Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 70 portraits
Conservative politician; First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons
Sitter in 2 portraits
