British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916, the longest-serving holder of that office in modern British history. Coefficients dining club member (Quigley AAE Ch 2). Architect of the Anglo-Russian Convention 1907 that completed the Triple Entente. House's London partner during the early Wilson administration. The political face of the Round Table's foreign-policy program 1905-1916. Famously remarked on August 3, 1914 looking at the Whitehall lamps: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
mid-priority person dossier