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- 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.
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4 days ago · 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. After World
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Background. John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd was born on 28 July 1904, at West Kirby, Wirral, the son of Sir John Wesley Lloyd, a dentist, and his wife, Mary Rachel Warhurst. Education. He was raised as a Methodist and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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).
Jun 21, 2018 · June 21, 2018 tillers2214 1 Comment. The Chancellors (21): Selwyn Lloyd. Selwyn Lloyd, 1960-62. Conservative, under Macmillan. You can read about Lloyd’s career up until 1962, and as foreign secretary, here.
He could not continue as Leader of the House of Lords, having ceased to be a member of it, but was made Minister for Education in April 1964. Selwyn Lloyd also returned to the government after a one-year absence, as Leader of the House of Commons. Douglas-Home's government was defeated in the October 1964 general election. He remained party ...
- First: 8 October 1959, Second: 18 October 1963
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The Oxford Companion to British History. 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.
Biographical / Historical. 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. He married Elizabeth Marshall in 1951 (divorced in 1957), with whom he had one daughter.
