Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon

The Lord Caradon
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office
16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Patrick Dean
Succeeded bySir Colin Crowe
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Foreign Affairs (1964–1968)
In office
16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThe Earl of Dundee
Peter Thomas
Succeeded byJoseph Godber
Richard Wood
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
27 October 1964 – 5 September 1990
Life Peerage
Governor of Cyprus
In office
3 December 1957 – 16 August 1960
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded bySir John Harding
Succeeded byCyprus gained independence
Governor of Jamaica
In office
7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Sir Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded bySir John Huggins
Succeeded bySir Kenneth Blackburne
Personal details
Born(1907-10-08)8 October 1907
Plymouth, England
Died5 September 1990(1990-09-05) (aged 82)
Plymouth, England
Spouse
Florence Sylvia Tod
(m. 1936; died 1985)
ChildrenPaul, Sarah, Oliver, and Benjamin
Parent(s)Isaac Foot
Eva Mackintosh
RelativesSir Dingle Foot (brother)
The Lord Foot (brother)
Michael Foot (brother)
John Foot (grandson)
EducationLeighton Park School
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon GCMG KCVO OBE PC (8 October 1907 – 5 September 1990) was an English colonial administrator and diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus.