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| 1791 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1791 | Grenville, William Wyndham | |
| Feb Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1791 | Osbourne, Francis Godolphin | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1801 | Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1806 | Grey, Charles | |
| 24th Sep Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1807 | Canning, George | |
| 25th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term, given key responsibilities for the country's diplomacy in the Napoleonic Wars |
| 1809 | Apsley, Henry | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1809 | Bathurst, Henry | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1809 | Colley | |
| 6th Dec Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1812 | Stewart | |
| 4th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister under Lord Liverpool |
| 1822 | Canning, George | |
| Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| 16th Sep Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1828 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 2nd June Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1830 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 22nd Nov Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1835 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1841 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1846 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1852 | Russell | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1853 | Villiers | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1853 | Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1859 | Russell | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1865 | Villiers | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1865 | Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1866 | Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1868 | Villiers | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1868 | Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1874 | Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| 18th Feb Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1878 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1885 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 23rd June Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1886 | Primrose | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1892 | Primrose | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1900 | Lansdowne | |
| Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1905 | Grey, Edward | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1915 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1916 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 11th Dec Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1919 | Curzon | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1920 | Vansittart | |
| Appointed Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Curzon |
| 1923 | Curzon | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1924 | Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1924 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| 22nd Jan London Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1929 | Henderson, Arthur | |
| Appointed Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| 8th June Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1931 | Simon | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1935 | Hoare, Samuel | |
| Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1937 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1938 | Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| 16th April Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1940 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1945 | Bevin, Ernest | |
| Appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
| 1951 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 27th Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1951 | Morrison | |
| 12th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1955 | Lloyd, Selwyn | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1955 | MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1960 | Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1963 | Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1964 | Gordon-Walker, Patrick | |
| 16th Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1964 | Walker, Gordon | |
| Jan Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1965 | Stewart, Michael | |
| 22nd Jan Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1966 | Brown, George | |
| 11th Aug Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1968 | Stewart, Michael | |
| 16th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1970 | Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1974 | Callaghan, James | |
| 5th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1976 | Crosland, Charles Anthony Raven | |
| Appointed Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs |
| 1977 | Owen, David | |
| 21st Feb Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1979 | Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1982 | Crosland, Charles Anthony Raven | |
| 8th April Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1982 | Pym, Francis | |
| 5th April Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1983 | Howe, Geoffrey | |
| 10th June Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1983 | Ridley, Nicholas | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1989 | Hurd, Douglas Richard | |
| 26th Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1989 | Major, John Roy | |
| 24th July Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1990 | Hurd, Douglas | |
| 30th Nov Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1992 | Hurd, Douglas | |
| 11th April Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| 1995 | Rifkind, Malcolm | |
| July Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1997 | Cook, Robin Finlayson | |
| Appointed Foreign Secretary |
| Appointed Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs |
| 2001 | Straw, Jack | |
| Appointed Foreign Secretary |
