Foreign Secretary in United Kingdom

Foreign Secretary in the History

The Foreign secretary’s responsibilities include all things relating to foreign countries and the commonwealth/overseas British territories – e.g The Falklands. Douglas Hurd became the Foreign Secretary in the last few months of Thatcher’s turbulent last year in office. Buoyed by a successful performance in the Home Office before this, Hurd ran in the leadership election following Thatcher’s resignation. He shared the centre right with John Major but lost out graciously. It was Hurd’s grace in defeat that saw him reinstated at the Foreign Office following Major’s election.

History of the Foreign Secretary

The following commentary about Foreign Secretary in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): Cabinet Minister in charge of the Foreign Office, and with responsibility for foreign affairs.