Selwyn Lloyd in United Kingdom

Selwyn Lloyd History

Conservative politician with a distinguished war record in the Second World War. Following a series of junior ministerial posts between 1951-1955, he became Foreign Secretary from 1955-1960 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1960-1962, before being sacked in Macmillan’s ‘Night of the Long Knives’. Speaker of the House of Commons between 1971-1976. Made a Peer in 1976.