Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
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The Right Honourable The Lord Stewart of Fulham CH PC |
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| Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 16 March 1968 – 19 June 1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
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In office 22 January 1965 – 11 August 1966 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Patrick Gordon Walker |
| Succeeded by | George Brown |
| First Secretary of State | |
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In office 11 August 1966 – 6 April 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Castle |
| Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | |
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In office 11 August 1966 – 29 August 1967 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shore |
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 16 October 1964 – 22 January 1965 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Quintin Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Crosland |
| Member of Parliament for Fulham |
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In office 26 May 1955 – 3 May 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Martin Stevens |
| Member of Parliament for Fulham East |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 26 May 1955 |
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| Preceded by | William Astor |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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6 November 1906 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Died | 13 March 1990 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Stewart |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Oxford |
| Profession | Member of Parliament |
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham CH PC (6 November 1906 – 13 March 1990) was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.
The son of Robert Wallace Stewart, author and lecturer, and Eva Stewart née Blaxley, Stewart was born in Bromley and educated at Brownhill Road Elementary School, Catford, Christ's Hospital and St. John's College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1929.
While at university, Stewart was President of the Oxford Union, and of St John's Labour Club (1929). He began his career as an official in the Royal Household during 1931. He worked for a short period with the Secretariat of the League of Nations, before becoming a schoolmaster, first at the Merchant Taylors' School in London, then at Coopers' Company's School, Mile End, and then at Frome, Somerset. During World War II, Stewart served in the Middle East, joining the Intelligence Corps in 1942, before transferring to the Army Educational Corps in 1943. He was promoted to captain in 1944.
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