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John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, PC, QC, DL (28 July 1904 – 17 May 1978) [1] [2] was a British politician. Born and raised in Cheshire, he was an active Liberal as a young man in the 1920s.
Jul 24, 2024 · Selwyn Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who was foreign secretary during Britain’s diplomatic humiliation in the Suez crisis of 1956 and later chancellor of the exchequer under Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Selwyn Lloyd. (1904—1978) speaker of the House of Commons. Quick Reference. (b. West Kirby, Wirral, 28 July 1904; d. Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 17 May 1978)
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Few could have predicted that Selwyn Lloyd would be the author of dramatic change in British media. He had only recently entered Parliament as a Conservative, having been an unremarkable lawyer and a mid-ranking Army officer in the war.
Jun 21, 2018 · Selwyn Lloyd, 1960-62. Conservative, under Macmillan. You can read about Lloyd’s career up until 1962, and as foreign secretary, here. As Macmillan’s third chancellor, Lloyd was being handed a poisoned chalice, after Derick Heathcoat-Amory’s pre-election splurge in 1959, and he knew it.
Lloyd, Selwyn (1904–78). Despite high office, Lloyd never fully emerged as a public figure of the first rank. A successful lawyer, he entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1945. Appointed to junior office in 1951, he rose steadily and was a surprise choice as foreign secretary in December 1955.
May 18, 1978 · LONDON, May 17 — Lord Selwyn•Lloyd, who as Foreign Secretary in 1956 was a key figure in the attack on the Suez Canal by British, French and Israeli forces, died today at his home in Oxfordshire.
John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, PC, QC, DL (28 July 1904 – 18 May 1978) was a British politician. Born and raised in Cheshire, he was an active Liberal as a young man in the 1920s.
Appointed by Churchill, the Foreign Secretary during the Suez Crisis was Selwyn Lloyd. His inexperience plays a key part in the Crisis and his role is discussed by Vernon Bogdanor in this short clip.
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd was born at West Kirby on 28 July 1904, the son of John Wesley (Jack) Lloyd and Mary Rachel Warhurst. He was educated at the Leas School, Hoylake; Fettes College, Edinburgh; and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
