John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd,
was a notable British politician.
During the Second World War he rose to be
Deputy Chief of Staff of Second Army, playing
an important role in planning sea transport to
the Normandy beachhead and reaching the
acting rank of brigadier.
Elected to Parliament in 1945, he held ministerial
office from 1951, eventually rising to be Foreign
Secretary under Prime Minister Anthony Eden
from April 1955. His tenure coincided with the
Suez Crisis, for which he at first attempted to
negotiate a peaceful settlement, before reluctantly
assisting with Eden's wish to negotiate collusion
with France and Israel as a prelude to military action.
He continued as Foreign Secretary under the
premiership of Harold Macmillan until July 1960,
when he was moved to the job of Chancellor
of the Exchequer. He returned to office under
Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home as Leader
of the House of Commons (1963–64), and was
elected Speaker of the House of Commons
from 1971 until his retirement in 1976.