Selwyn Lloyd

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John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH CBE TD PC (28 July 1904 – 18 May 1978) known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960 then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962. He was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 1971 serving until his retirement in 1976.

active years end date

1955-04-07, 1955-12-20, 1960-07-27, 1962-07-13, 1964-10-16, 1965-08-04, 1976-02-03, 1976-03-11

active years start date

1945-07-05, 1954-10-18, 1955-04-07, 1955-12-20, 1960-07-27, 1963-10-18, 1964-10-16

alma mater

Fettes College, Magdalene College Cambridge

birth date

1904-07-28

birth place

Cheshire, England, Wirral Rural District, West Kirby

death date

1978-05-18

death place

Oxfordshire

LCCN Id

nr/89/14688

monarch

Elizabeth II

nationality

British people

office

Member of Parliament, Minister of Defence, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, for Wirral, Minister of Supply

order in office

Speaker of the House of Commons

party

Conservative Party (UK)

prime minister

Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Macmillan, Anthony Eden

religion

Methodism

successor

Reginald Maudling, David Hunt Baron Hunt of Wirral, Fred Peart Baron Peart, Walter Monckton 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Alec Douglas-Home, George Thomas 1st Viscount Tonypandy, Herbert Bowden Baron Aylestone