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Selwyn Lloyd. John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, PC, QC, DL (28 July 1904 – 18 May 1978) was a British politician. Born and raised in Cheshire, he was an active Liberal as a young man in the 1920s.
May 13, 2024 · Selwyn Lloyd (born July 28, 1904, Liverpool, Eng.—died May 17, 1978, Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire) 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.
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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.
John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, PC, QC, DL (28 July 1904 – 18 May 1978) was a British politician. Born and raised in Cheshire, he was an active Liberal as a young man in the 1920s. In the following decade, he practised as a barrister and served on Hoylake Urban District Council, by which time he had become a ...
Overview. Selwyn Lloyd. (1904—1978) speaker of the House of Commons. Quick Reference. (b. West Kirby, Wirral, 28 July 1904; d. Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 17 May 1978)
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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.
May 18, 1978 · LONDON, May 17 — Lord Selwyn•Lloyd, who as Foreign Secretary in 1956 was a key figure in the attack on the Suez Canal by British, French and Israeli forces, died today at his home in...
