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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was a special job in the British government. It was a junior role, meaning it was below other more senior positions like the Foreign Secretary and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

This role was based at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This important government department was created by combining the old Foreign Office with the Commonwealth Office in 1968, and later with the Department for International Development in 2020.

Many important people held this junior position before moving on to bigger roles. Some famous examples 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. The position was active from 1782 until it was merged into another role in 2010.

Quick facts for kids Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Royal Arms of HM Government
Incumbent Inactive Position since 11 May 2010
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Reports to	Foreign Secretary
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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William Fraser
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
George Maddison
St Andrew St John
Hon. Dudley Ryder
Sir James Burges, Bt
George Canning
John Hookham Frere
Edward Fisher
Lord Hervey
Charles Arbuthnot
William Eliot
Robert Ward
George Walpole
Sir Francis Vincent
The Viscount FitzHarris
Charles Bagot
Culling Charles Smith
Edward Cooke
Joseph Planta
The Earl of Clanwilliam
Lord Francis Conyngham
The Lord Howard de Walden
The Marquess of Clanricarde
Lord Dunglass
Sir George Shee
The Viscount Fordwich
The Viscount Mahon
William Fox-Strangways
Lord Leveson
The Viscount Canning
George Smythe
Edward Stanley
Austen Henry Layard
Lord Stanley
The Lord Wodehouse
The Earl of Shelburne
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Austen Henry Layard
Edward Egerton
Arthur Otway
The Viscount Enfield
Robert Bourke
Sir Charles Dilke
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
James Bryce
Sir James Fergusson
James Lowther
Sir Edward Grey
George Curzon
St John Brodrick
The Viscount Cranborne
Earl Percy
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
Thomas McKinnon Wood
Francis Dyke Acland
Neil Primrose
Lord Robert Cecil
Cecil Harmsworth
Ronald McNeill
Arthur Ponsonby
Godfrey Locker-Lampson
Hugh Dalton
Anthony Eden
The Earl Stanhope
The Viscount Cranborne
The Earl of Plymouth
Rab Butler
Richard Law
George Hall
Lord Dunglass
The Lord Lovat
Hector McNeil
Christopher Mayhew
The Lord Henderson
Ernest Davies
The Marquess of Reading
Anthony Nutting
Douglas Dodds-Parker
Robin Turton
Lord John Hope
David Ormsby-Gore
Ian Harvey
The Earl of Gosford
The Marquess of Lansdowne
John Profumo
Robert Allan
Joseph Godber
Peter Thomas
Peter Smithers
Robert Mathew
The Lord Walston
Bill Rodgers
Maurice Foley
William Whitlock
Evan Luard
Anthony Royle
The Marquess of Lothian
Anthony Kershaw
Peter Blaker
The Lord Goronwy-Roberts
Joan Lestor
Ted Rowlands
John Tomlinson
Richard Luce
The Lord Trefgarne
Malcolm Rifkind
Ray Whitney
Tim Renton
Timothy Eggar
Tim Sainsbury
Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd
Liam Fox
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
The Baroness Amos
Ben Bradshaw
Mike O'Brien
Bill Rammell
Chris Mullin
The Lord Triesman
Meg Munn
Gillian Merron
Chris Bryant

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