Andrew Wright

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Staff Sergeant The Right Honourable Lord
Andrew E. Wright
GCVO KCMG KBE BA BSc
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Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for the Foreign Office
Assumed office
01 January 2023
MonarchElizabeth III
Prime Minister The Baroness of Lomond
Preceded by The Earl of Stirling
In office
27 April 2022 – 21 August 2022
MonarchWilliam 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
MonarchWilliam 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
MonarchWilliam 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
MonarchWilliam V
DeputyAngus Stewart
Preceded by The Prince Royal
Succeeded by The Duke of Warwick
In office
15 February 2022 – 23 April 2022
MonarchWilliam V
Deputy The Viscount Halifax
Preceded by Sir Joshua Sherwood
Succeeded byCharles 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
as a Hereditary Peer
07 July 2022 – 27 January 2023
MonarchWilliam V and Elizabeth III
Member of Parliament
In office
26 January 2022 – 22 June 2022
Parliamentary group SDLP, CNA
ConstituencyCities of London and Westminster
In office
01 July 2021 – 06 January 2021
Parliamentary group TIG, Ind, SDLP
ConstituencyCities of London and Westminster
In office
12 January 2021 – 02 March 2021
Parliamentary group Ind, Con
ConstituencyCities 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
MonarchWilliam V
Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household
In office
04 May 2022 – 18 January 2023
MonarchWilliam V and Elizabeth III
Gentleman Usher of The Black Rod
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 January 2023
MonarchElizabeth 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
MonarchWIlliam V and Elizabeth III
Deputy Sir Elio Somerset
Preceded byAlbert Wellesley
Succeeded by Sir Elio Somerset
Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation
In office
04 July 2022 – 21 November 2022
MonarchWilliam V and Elizabeth III
Preceded byCharles Wright
Succeeded byYeldon Wright
Deputy Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation
In office
24 March 2022 – 04 July 2022
MonarchWilliam V and Elizabeth III
Director-General Charles Wright
Deputy Home Secretary
In office
17 May 2021 – 28 August 2021
MonarchWilliam V
Prime MinisterAngus Stewart and The Duke of Warwick
In office
06 February 2021 – 02 March 2021
MonarchWilliam V
Prime MinisterHarold Somerset
Personal details
Political partyBritish 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)
SpouseAurora Beaufort (m. 01 July 2022, div. 09 August 2022)
RelationsCharles Wright (brother)
ChildrenYeldon Wright and Martynas Wright
ParentRichard Wright (father)
RelativesClan of Bruce, The Noble House of Wright
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationSecretary of State for the Foreign Office, Lord of Parliament, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
ProfessionPolitician, Civil Servant, Journalist
Cabinet1st J. Sherwood Cabinet, 1st K. Sherwood Cabinet, 1st S. Sherwood Cabinet, 2nd J. Somerset Cabinet, 1st C. Somerset Cabinet, 2nd C. Romefeller Cabinet
Joined04 January 2021
Military service
AllegianceEmpire 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 aristocrat, politician, civil servant and journalist, currently serving as Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Deputy Chair of the British Federation of Labour.