The Lord Caradon | |
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Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Sir Patrick Dean |
Succeeded by | Sir Colin Crowe |
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign Affairs (1964–1968) | |
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | The Earl of Dundee Peter Thomas |
Succeeded by | Joseph 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 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Sir John Harding |
Succeeded by | Cyprus gained independence |
Governor of Jamaica | |
In office 7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Sir Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Sir John Huggins |
Succeeded by | Sir Kenneth Blackburne |
Personal details | |
Born | Plymouth, England | 8 October 1907
Died | 5 September 1990 Plymouth, England | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Florence Sylvia Tod
(m. 1936; died 1985) |
Children | Paul, Sarah, Oliver, and Benjamin |
Parent(s) | Isaac Foot Eva Mackintosh |
Relatives | Sir Dingle Foot (brother) The Lord Foot (brother) Michael Foot (brother) John Foot (grandson) |
Education | Leighton Park School |
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 was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus.