The Archive · 1939

Earl of Plymouth

Resigns London, May 12 AL ig officially announced here to day that, for reasons of health, the Earl of Plymouth has resigned from his post "as Under-Secretary for Foreign" Affairs. "He is to undergo immediate period of rest and treatment, is considered unlikely that a sue-cessor will be appointed. 'The practice of having an' Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs in each House was convenient when there was no Foreign Secretary inthe House of Lords. 'Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, now in the House of Lords and) Mr, R.A. Butler, Under' Secretary for. Foreign Affairs, in the House of "Commons, however, the appointment of a Fee-

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