The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946

by Keith Neilson, T.G. Otte

Overview

Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134231386
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/19/2008
Series:	British Politics and Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	380
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Keith Neilson is Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada.

T.G. Otte is Senior Lecturer in Diplomatic History at the University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

Introduction  1. Edmund Hammond (1854-1873)  2. Lord Tenterden (1873-1882)  3. Sir Julian Pauncefote (1882-1889)  4. Sir Philip Currie (1889-1893)  5. Sir Thomas Sanderson (1894-1906)  6. Sir Charles Hardinge (I) (1906-1910)  7. Sir Arthur Nicolson (1906-1910)  8. Sir Charles Hardinge (II) (1916-1920)  9. Sir Eyre Crowe (1920-1925)  10. Sir William Tyrrell (1925-1928) and Sir Ronald Lindsay (1928-29)  11. Sir Robert Vansittart (1930-1937)  12. Sir Alexander Cadogan (1938-1946).  Conclusion