Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
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The Right Honourable The Lord Caradon GCMG KCVO OBE PC |
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| British Permanent Representative to the United Nations | |
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In office 1964–1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Patrick Dean |
| Succeeded by | Sir Colin Crowe |
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Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign Affairs (1964–1968) |
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In office 1964–1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by |
The Earl of Dundee Peter Thomas |
| Succeeded by |
Joseph Godber Richard Wood |
| Governor of Cyprus | |
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In office 3 December 1957 – 16 August 1960 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Sir John Harding |
| Succeeded by | Cyprus gained independence |
| Governor of Jamaica | |
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In office 7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Sir Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Sir John Huggins |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kenneth Blackburne |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 October 1907 Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 September 1990 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon GCMG KCVO OBE PC (8 October 1907 – 5 September 1990) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who presided over moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to the United Nations.
Hugh Mackintosh Foot was born in Plymouth on 8 October 1907. Foot was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading, Berkshire, and then at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929. He was President of the Cambridge Union and also of the Cambridge University Liberal Club. His three politically active brothers, Dingle, John and Michael, were all educated at Oxford and all became Presidents of the Oxford Union.
Foot's career in the diplomatic service was both long and distinguished. During the Second World War, he was appointed as British Military Administrator of Cyrenaica, then was Colonial Secretary of Cyprus from 1943 to 1945. After the War, he served as Colonial Secretary of Jamaica, 1945–1947, Chief Secretary for Nigeria, 1947–1950 and was appointed to be the Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica in 1951, a post he held until 1957.
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