Andrew Wright

Staff Sergeant The Right Honourable Lord Andrew E. Wright GCVO KCMG KBE BA BSc
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for the Foreign Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 01 January 2023
Monarch	Elizabeth III
Prime Minister	The Baroness of Lomond
Preceded by	The Earl of Stirling
In office 27 April 2022 – 21 August 2022
Monarch	William V
Prime Minister	The Viscount Halifax, The Duke of Warwick, Charles Wright
Preceded by	The Duke of Warwick
Succeeded by	The Earl of Stirling
In office 28 August 2021 – 09 January 2022
Monarch	William V
Prime Minister	The Duke of Warwick, The Duchess of Manitoba
Preceded by	The Earl of Merioneth
Succeeded by	The Prince of Wales
Parliamentary Offices Lord Speaker In office 17 August 2022 – 06 October 2022 Monarch William V and Elizabeth III Deputy The Viscount Halifax Preceded by The Prince of Wales Succeeded by The Prince of Wales Speaker of the House of Commons In office 26 January 2021 – 02 March 2021 Monarch William V Deputy Angus Stewart Preceded by The Prince Royal Succeeded by The Duke of Warwick In office 15 February 2022 – 23 April 2022 Monarch William V Deputy The Viscount Halifax Preceded by Sir Joshua Sherwood Succeeded by Charles Wright Chairman of Ways and Means In office 24 August 2021 – 06 January 2022 Speaker Sir Xavier Sherwood In office 02 July 2021 – 16 August 2021 Speaker The Earl of Merioneth Lord of Parliament Lord Temporal Assumed office 07 July 2022 Monarch William V and Elizabeth III Member of Parliament In office 26 January 2022 – 22 June 2022 Parliamentary group SDLP, CNA Constituency Cities of London and Westminster In office 01 July 2021 – 06 January 2021 Parliamentary group TIG, Ind, SDLP Constituency Cities of London and Westminster In office 12 January 2021 – 02 March 2021 Parliamentary group Ind, Con Constituency Cities of London and Westminster
Senior Political Offices Deputy Chair of the British Federation of Labour Incumbent Assumed office 22 January 2023 Chair The Baroness Lomond Party Permanent Secretary The Viscount Halifax Chairman of the Commonwealth Non-Aligned ALliance In office 13 June 2022 – 21 August 2022 Leader Charles Wright Chairman of the Conservative Party In office 21 February 2021 – 02 March 2021 Leader Harold Somerset Leader of the Independent Group In office 07 May 2021 – 20 June 2021 Deputy Leader of the Independent Group In office 30 April 2021 – 07 May 2021 Leader Sir James Stephenson
Other Offices Privy Councillor to Queen Elizabeth III In office 01 October 2022 – 06 October 2022 Privy Councillor to King William V In office 26 January 2021 – 02 March 2021 In office 15 February 2022 – 26 April 2022 Lord Advocate In office 07 February 2021 – 01 March 2021 Monarch William V Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household In office 04 May 2022 – 18 January 2023 Monarch William V and Elizabeth III Gentleman Usher of The Black Rod Incumbent Assumed office 18 January 2023 Monarch Elizabeth III Principal Private Secretary to King William V In office 14 November 2021 – 04 May 2022 Chancellor of the Oxford University In office 05 July 2022 – 21 November 2022 Monarch WIlliam V and Elizabeth III Deputy Sir Elio Somerset Preceded by Albert Wellesley Succeeded by Sir Elio Somerset Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation In office 04 July 2022 – 21 November 2022 Monarch William V and Elizabeth III Preceded by Charles Wright Succeeded by Yeldon Wright Deputy Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation In office 24 March 2022 – 04 July 2022 Monarch William V and Elizabeth III Director-General Charles Wright Deputy Home Secretary In office 17 May 2021 – 28 August 2021 Monarch William V Prime Minister Angus Stewart and The Duke of Warwick In office 06 February 2021 – 02 March 2021 Monarch William V Prime Minister Harold Somerset
Personal details
Political party	British Federation of Labour
Other political affiliations	Democratic Unionist Party (formerly), Commonwealth Non-Aligned Alliance (formerly), Socialist-Democratic and Labour Party (formerly), Liberal Democrat Party (formerly), The Independent Group (formerly), Conservative Party (formerly)
Spouse	Aurora Beaufort (m. 01 July 2022, div. 09 August 2022)
Relations	Charles Wright (brother)
Children	Yeldon Wright and Martynas Wright
Parent	Richard Wright (father)
Relatives	Clan of Bruce, The Noble House of Wright
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, Lord of Parliament, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Profession	Politician, Civil Servant, Journalist
Cabinet	1st J. Sherwood Cabinet, 1st K. Sherwood Cabinet, 1st S. Sherwood Cabinet, 2nd J. Somerset Cabinet, 1st C. Somerset Cabinet, 2nd C. Romefeller Cabinet
Joined	04 January 2021
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Great Britain

Andrew Edward Wright, The Viscount Islington (joined 04 January 2021), also known as Andrew E. Wright or Lord Islington, is a British hereditary peer, politician, civil servant and journalist, currently serving as Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, Lord of Parliament, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Deputy Chair of the British Federation of Labour.