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Edetb Anthony, later Sir Anthony Eden (1954) and 1st Earl of ~von: 'his great job' (Bevin on the .Eden Reforms, 1943) broa~ened the basis ?f recruitment into the new Foreign SeiVlce by the creanon of a self-contained service with pension rights for all, allowances for travel and education of chil~en, and ~ new e?trance examination requiring no speaal p;eparatt~n, e,.g. m languages. The way was opened for candidates With little or no private means to enter the Foreign Service (Lord Avon, The Eden Memoirs, 19381956 3 vols - London: 1960, ,1962, 1965; Robert Rhodes James, Anthony Eden - Loll:don: 1986; Victor Rothwell, Anthony Eden. A Political Biography 1931-57 _. Manchester 1992).
Mar. 1938-Dec 1940 Halifax, 3rd Viscount, later 1st . Earl: · along with Sir Samuel Hoare, he was one of two Foreign Secretaries from the 1930s to end his career as an Ambassador to Washington. At the important Anglo-German mee~ at Berchtesgaden in 1938, he mistook Hitler for a doonnan (Lord Halifax, Fullness of Days - London: 195 7; Andrew Roberts, The Holy Fox. A Biography of Lord Halifaz London: 1991 ). Dec 1940-Jul 1945
Eden, Anthony, later Sir Anthony Eden (1954) and lst Earl of Avon
Jul 1945-Mar 1951
Bevin, Ernest: 'A tum-up in a million' (Bevin ·o n 'himself) (Alan Bullock, Ernest Bevin. Foreiga Secretary - London: . .. 1983; Peter ·Weiler, Ernest Bevin- Manchester 1993).
Mar-Oct
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Morrison, Herbert, later Lord Morrison of Lambeth: did not quite have a diplomatic touch: he once joked 'Foreign policy would be okay except for the bloody foreigners' (B. Donoughue and G. Jones, Herbert Morrison -London: 1973).
Oct 1951-Apr 1955
Eden, Anthony, later Sir Anthony Eden (1954) and 1st Earl of Avon
Apr-Dec 1955
his leading Macmillan, ·Harold, later Lord Stockton: contributions were not made during his brief tenure of the Foreign Office. As Prime Minister his ventures in diplomacy earned him the nickname of 'Superm~' · (Harold Macmillan, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955 - Lond9n: 1969; Alistair Home, MaCJDillan. 1894-1956 - London: 1988).
Dec 1955-Jul 1960
lloyd, .Selwyn later Lor? Seiwvn:-Uoyd: his . contribution was overshadowed by his close mvolvement m the Suez operation, of which he had not been the prime protagonist . (Selwyn lloyd, Suez, 1956 London: 1978; D.R. . Thorpe, Selwyn lloyd - London: 1989).
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