Foreign Office Departments
Department Name | Region of Responsibility | Department Alternative Names | Department Head and Tenure |
Western Department | East Germany, Berlin, West Germany | Western and Southern Department,1952-1954 | Sir Nicolas J.A. Cheetham, 1952-1954 |
Western Department, 1954-1962 | Sir Patrick F. Hancock, 1954-1955 | ||
Central Department, 1962-1963 | Sir Charles H. Johnston, 1955-1956 | ||
Western European Department, 1968 onwards | Sir Patrick F. Hancock, 1956-1959 | ||
Sir Edward E. Tomkins, 1959-1962 | |||
Sir W. Bernard J. Ledwidge, 1863-1965 | |||
Sir Alan H. Campbell, 1965-1967 | |||
Hugh T. Morgan, 1967-1970 | |||
John K. Drinkall, 1970-1971 | |||
Sir Cynlais (Kenneth) M. James, 1971-1975 | |||
Sir A. David S. Goodall, 1975-1979 | |||
David A. S. Gladstone, 1979-1982 | |||
Sir Andrew M. Wood, 1982-1983 | |||
Sir Michael J. Llewellyn-Smith, 1983-1985 | |||
Sir David J.M. Dain, 1985-1989 | |||
Sir Hilary N.H. Synnott, 1989-1991 | |||
Northern Department | Soviet Union, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe except for Yugoslavia, Albania, and East Germany | Harry Hohler, 1951-1956 | |
Lord Thomas Brimelow, 1956-1960 | |||
R. Heath Mason, 1960-1963 | |||
Sir J. Nicholas Henderson, 1963 | |||
Sir Howard F.T. Smith, 1964-1968 | |||
Central Department | East Germany, Berlin, West Germany | Central Department, 1952-1954 | Sir W. Dennis Allen, 1952-1953 |
Central Department, 1962-1968 | Sir Patrick F. Hancock, 1953-1954 | ||
Sir Edward E. Tomkins, 1962-1963 | |||
Sir Derek S.L. Dodson, 1963-1966 | |||
Alan E. Davison, 1966-1968 | |||
Eastern European and Soviet Department | Eastern European and Soviet Department, 1968-1983 | Sir C. Sydney R. Giffard, 1968-1971 | |
Eastern European Department, 1983-1991 | Sir Julian L. Bullard, 1971-1975 | ||
Sir Bryan G. Cartledge, 1975-1977 | |||
Sir Kenneth B.A. Scott, 1977-1979 | |||
Sir Christopher L.G. Mallaby, 1979-1980 | |||
Sir Brian J.P. Fall, 1980-1981 | |||
Sir Nigel H.R.A. Broomfield, 1981-1983 | |||
Sir John A. Birch, 1983-1986 | |||
Sir Anthony St.J. H. Figgis, 1986-1988 | |||
Christopher Hulse, 1988-1992 | |||
Soviet Department | Soviet Union | Soviet Department, 1983-1992 | Sir Nigel H.R.A. Broomfield, 1983-1985 |
Sir Michael J. Llewellyn-Smith, 1985-1987 | |||
Simon N.P. Hemans 1987-1990 | |||
Southern Department | Albania, Yugoslavia | Southern Department, 1954-1961 | William H. Young, 1954-1957 |
Southern Europe, 1968-1974 | Sir John M. Addis, 1957-1960 | ||
Southern Europe, 1975-2001 | Sir Roderick F.G. Sarell, 1960-1961 | ||
Robert H.G. Edmonds, 1968-1969 | |||
Sir Reginald L. Seconde, 1969-1972 | |||
Alan Brooke Turner, 1972-1973 | |||
Sir Alan C. Goodison, 1973-1976 | |||
Ian S. Winchester, 1976-1978 | |||
Sir Timothy L.A. Daunt, 1978-1981 | |||
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, 1981-1984 | |||
Richard A. Neilson, 1984-1987 | |||
Sir Michael C.S. Weston, 1987-1990 | |||
Information Research Department | Information Research Department, 1948-1977 | Sir F. Ralph H. Murray, 1948-1951 | |
Overseas Information, 1977-1980 | Sir John H. Peck, 1951-1953 | ||
Information, 1980-2000 | Sir John O. Rennie, 1953-1980 | ||
Sir Donald C. Hopson, 1958-1962 | |||
Christopher F.R. Barclay, 1962-1966 | |||
Nigel D. Clive, 1966-1969 | |||
Kenneth R. Crook, 1969-1971 | |||
Thomas C. Barker, 1971-1975 | |||
Sir Raymond W. Whitney, 1976-1980 | |||
James N. Allan, 1978-1980 | |||
Keith G. MacInnes, 1980-1983 | |||
Sir Terence J. Clark, 1983-1985 | |||
Peter R.M. Hinchcliffe, 1985-1987 | |||
Richard J.S. Muir, 1987-1990 |