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May 13, 2024 · Selwyn Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who was foreign secretary during Britain’s diplomatic humiliation in the Suez crisis of 1956 and later chancellor of the exchequer under Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Lloyd studied law at Cambridge and was called to the bar in 1930.
British; Foreign Secretary 1955–60, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1960–3, Speaker of the House of Commons 1971–6; Baron (life peer) 1976 The son of a doctor, Lloyd was educated at Fettes College and Magdalene College, Cambridge (president of the Cambridge Union 1927).
Education. He was raised as a Methodist and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was president of the Cambridge Students’ Union in 1927, became a barrister in 1930, and built up a general common law practice on the northern circuit.
Jun 21, 2018 · Selwyn Lloyd, 1960-62. Conservative, under Macmillan. You can read about Lloyd’s career up until 1962, and as foreign secretary, here. As Macmillan’s third chancellor, Lloyd was being handed a poisoned chalice, after Derick Heathcoat-Amory’s pre-election splurge in 1959, and he knew it.
Lloyd, Selwyn (1904–78). Despite high office, Lloyd never fully emerged as a public figure of the first rank. A successful lawyer, he entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1945. Appointed to junior office in 1951, he rose steadily and was a surprise choice as foreign secretary in December 1955.
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd was born at West Kirby on 28 July 1904, the son of John Wesley (Jack) Lloyd and Mary Rachel Warhurst. He was educated at the Leas School, Hoylake; Fettes College, Edinburgh; and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Nov 10, 2015 · Appointed by Churchill, the Foreign Secretary during the Suez Crisis was Selwyn Lloyd. His inexperience plays a key part in the Crisis and his role is discussed by Vernon Bogdanor in this short clip.
