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Principal Private Secretary To The Secretary Of State For Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
The principal private secretary to the secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs is the head of the private office of the foreign minister of the His Majesty's Government, and is located in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building. History At the start of the 19th century, the foreign secretary would have had one or two private secretaries, who were often personal appointments of the office-holder. As the complexity of British foreign policy grew significantly, and consequently the size of the private office expanded to provide policy and administrative support; the chief civil servant in the private office became the principal private secretary. Today, he or she is the head of a small department, and the post is a senior and prestigious one, now typically held for a two-year term by an experienced officer from the Diplomatic Service. The post is director grade equivalent in the Civil Service (SCS2), and also equivalent to a rear admiral in the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Office (official)
A private secretary (PS) is a civil servant in a governmental department or ministry, responsible to a secretary of state or minister; or a public servant in a royal household, responsible to a member of the royal family. The role exists in the civil service of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries including Australia, India and New Zealand as well as other countries influenced by the Westminster system. A private secretary is normally of middle management level; however, as the key official responsible for disseminating ministers' decisions and guidance on matters of policy, and as their gatekeeper, the role is of considerably greater significance than their grade would suggest. Depending on the status of the political principal the official works for, they may be aided by an assistant private secretary (APS), or head a private office. A principal private secretary, or senior private secretary, is a senior civil servant who runs a cabinet minister's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of State (United Kingdom)
His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, better known as secretaries of state, are senior ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. Secretaries of state head most major government departments and make up the majority of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. There are currently 16 secretaries of state. They are all also currently members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons, although it is possible for them to be members of the House of Lords. Legal position Under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, a maximum of 21 secretaries of state can receive a salary. Legislation generally refers simply to "the secretary of state" without further elaboration. By virtue of the Interpretation Act 1978, this phrase means "one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State". Despite there only being one secretary of state in law, in practice, each secretary of state will perforce stay within their own portfolio. Secretaries of state, like other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Arthur Russell
Lord Arthur John Edward Russell (13 June 1825 – 4 April 1892) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was born in London on 13 June 1825. He was the second of three sons of Major-General Lord George William Russell and Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, daughter of the Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, himself second son of the 1st Earl of Moira. His elder brother was Francis, later 9th Duke of Bedford and his younger brother was Odo, later 1st Baron Ampthill. He was educated in Germany. From 1849 to 1854 he was private Secretary to his uncle, the Liberal Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Between 1857 and 1885, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock. He only spoke rarely in the Commons, once in reply to an attack on his brother, Odo. On 25 September 1865, Russell married Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Vicomte de Peyronnet. Together they had six children, Harold John Hastings Russell, Flora Russell, Sir Claud Russell (a diplomat), Caroline Russell, Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, (''né'' Ponsonby; 14 March 1824 – 1 December 1915) was an English cricketer and civil servant. He was born in 1824 in Mayfair, the sixth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough. Cricket Ponsonby played for both Middlesex and Surrey, and later administered Somerset and Harrow Cricket Club. He was a nephew of the Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk and had played with William Ward. He took part in the first Canterbury Cricket Week, and was one of the three founders of I Zingari in 1845. He was Treasurer of MCC from 1879 until his death in 1915, by which time he had been a member of the club for 75 years. He several times declined the offer of becoming President. While Treasurer, he began the MCC Collection, subsequently known as the Lord's Museum and Library. Government service Ponsonby joined the Foreign Office in 1840. He was Private Secretary to three Foreign Secretaries: Lord Palmerston 1846–1851, Lord Granville 1851–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Howard (Whig Politician)
The Honourable James Kenneth Howard (5 March 1814 – 7 January 1882), was a British Whig (British political faction), Whig politician. A member of the Howard family, he was the fourth son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, by the Honourable Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne. He succeeded his elder brother Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, Viscount Andover as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Malmesbury in 1841, a seat he held until 1852. From 1851 to 1882 he served as a Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. Howard married Lady Louisa, daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, in 1845. He died in January 1882, aged 67. Lady Louisa died in June 1906. Their grandson was the explorer and politician Charles Howard-Bury. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Greville
Algernon Frederick Greville (29 December 1798 – 15 December 1864) was an English soldier, cricketer, and officer of arms who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington. Life He was commissioned an ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 1 February 1814, and fought with that regiment at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He was also present at the capture of Péronne, and soon after was appointed aide-de-camp to General Sir John Lambert. He later became ADC to the Duke of Wellington, and served on his staff until the end of the occupation of France. The Duke made him his private secretary upon being appointed Master-General of the Ordnance in 1819, and he continued to serve in this capacity when Wellington was made commander-in-chief (1827), prime minister (1828), foreign secretary (1834), and commander-in-chief again (1842). Greville was appointed Bath King of Arms in 1829, and served as secretary to the Cinque Ports while Wellington was Lord Warden. He died in 1864 in Hilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Henry Sulivan
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walpole
Colonel John Walpole (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford. He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos. He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831. Walpole served as private secretary to Lord Palmerston from November 1830 to August 1833, when he was appointed British Consul-General and Plenipotentiary at Santiago in Chile. Walpole was promoted to Chargé d'affaires in May 1841, and retired in March 1849. References 1797 births 1859 deaths Coldstream Guards officers British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars British diplomats Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 Younger sons of earls UK MPs 1830–1831 Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs John John is a common E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Cayley Wrangham
Digby Cayley Wrangham (1805–1863) was an English barrister and politician. Life He was the second son of Francis Wrangham. He graduated B.A. with a double first-class from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1826. After leaving Oxford, he was for some years private secretary to Lord Aberdeen in the Foreign Office. Called to the bar from Gray's Inn in 1831, Wrangham was the same year elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury. He served until 1832, then was created Queen's serjeant in 1847, and became father of the parliamentary bar. Family Wrangham married Amelia, daughter of Walter Fawkes Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes (2 March 1769 – 24 October 1825) was a Yorkshire landowner, writer and Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire from 1806 to 1807. Biography Walter Fawkes was born at Hawkesworth Hall, near Guiseley, into a .... They had two sons and two daughters. Of the sons, Digby Strangeways Wrangham was a clergyman and writer. Notes ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Granville Stapleton
Augustus Granville Stapleton (1800 – 1880) was an English biographer and political pamphleteer. Biography Stapleton was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduating he became private secretary to the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, and remained with him until Canning became Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ... in 1827. Canning died a few months later and Stapleton subsequently published an extensive biography. Publications *''The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning'', 2 volumes, Longman, London, 1831 (second edition, 3 volumes, 1831) *''George Canning and His Times'', John W. Parker & Son, London, 1859 and many pamphlets and contributions to newspapers References 1800 births 1880 deaths Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord George Bentinck
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 180221 September 1848), better known as Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner noted for his role (with Benjamin Disraeli) in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws. Family Bentinck was born into the prominent Bentinck family, the fifth child and third son of William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland and Henrietta (''née'' Scott). His mother was the daughter, and along with her two sisters, the heiress, of the rich General John Scott of Fife. Bentinck was known by the name George, as all the men in his family were given the first name William. He was educated privately and grew up on his father's Welbeck Abbey estate in Nottinghamshire and at Fullarton House, near Troon, Ayrshire, where his father developed the docks. Early career In 1818, Bentinck and his older brother John joined the army, but personal conflicts derailed his military career. As an officer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hamilton Seymour
Sir George Hamilton Seymour (21 September 1797 – 2 February 1880) was a British diplomat. Seymour was the son of Lord George Seymour and his wife Isabella, daughter of Rev. George Hamilton. In 1831 he married Gertrude, daughter of Henry Trevor (who later became General Lord Dacre); they had seven children. His daughter, Augusta Emily Seymour, married Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal (b. 3 Oct 1811, d. 1 Aug 1887). He died in February 1880, aged 82. thepeerage.com References * * * * * *External links *Portrait of Sir George Hamilton Seymour by |
