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Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon

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On either side an African Lion proper charged on the shoulder with the Head of a Trident Or within a Wreath a two Olive Branches leaved and the Stems crossed in saltire Argent, the whole on a Compartment of Rock in the middle thereof a Pit
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He returned to Cyprus as the last colonial Governor and Commander in Chief on 3 December 1957 until 1960, when Cyprus
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Foot married Florence Sylvia Tod in 1936. She predeceased him in 1985. They had three sons and a daughter together:
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Or on a Chevron engrailed Sable between three Lions' Gambs erect and erased Gules three Wheels Or
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Middle East negotiations. During his tenure as Permanent Representative, he was sworn of the
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Foot died in Plymouth, aged 82, on 5 September 1990. He was survived by his four children.
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Hugh Foot's career in the diplomatic service was both long and distinguished. In
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Permanent Representatives from the United Kingdom to the United Nations
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from 1943 to 1945. After the War, he served as Colonial Secretary of
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Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
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Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
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A Lifetime in Jerusalem: The Memoirs of the Second Viscount Samuel
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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he was appointed as British Military Administrator of
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Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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Index

The Right Honourable
GCMG
KCVO
OBE
PC

Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Elizabeth II
Sir Patrick Dean
Sir Colin Crowe
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Harold Wilson
The Earl of Dundee
Peter Thomas
Joseph Godber
Richard Wood
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life Peerage
Governor of Cyprus
Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
Sir John Harding
Governor of Jamaica
George VI
Elizabeth II
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan

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