- Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, GCMG KCVO OBE PC (
8 October 1907 –5 September 1990 ) was a British diplomat who oversaw moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to theUnited Nations .Foot was educated at
Leighton Park School inReading, Berkshire , and at St. John's College at theUniversity of Cambridge . He was the son of solicitor and Liberal Party MPIsaac Foot , and brother of the MP Sir Dingle Foot, the life peer Lord Foot, and Labour Party MP and former party leaderMichael Foot . He was the father of the latePaul Foot , a journalist, andOliver Foot , anactor .Foot's career in the diplomatic service was long and distinguished. During the Second World War, he was British Military Administrator of
Cyrenaica , 1943 then Colonial Secretary ofCyprus , 1943-1945. After the War, he served as Colonial Secretary ofJamaica , 1945-1947, Chief Secretary forNigeria , 1947-1950 and Captain General and Governor in Chief of Jamaica, 1951-1957.He returned to Cyprus as the last colonial Governor and Commander in Chief, 1957-1960. In 1961, he became British Ambassador to the United Nations Trusteeship Council. After
Harold Wilson won the 1964 election, Foot became Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and British Ambassador to the United Nations from 1964-1970. After his retirement, he became a Visiting Fellow atHarvard University andPrinceton University .Foot was created a
life peer as Baron Caradon, of St Cleer in the County of Cornwall, in 1964.External links
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before=Sir John Huggins
title=Governor of Jamaica | years=1951–1957
after=SirKenneth Blackburne
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