Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon

The Right Honourable
The Lord Caradon
GCMG KCVO OBE PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Caradon GCMG KCVO OBE PC
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
	In office; 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Patrick Dean
Succeeded by	Sir Colin Crowe
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Foreign Affairs (1964–1968)
	In office; 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	The Earl of Dundee; Peter Thomas
Succeeded by	Joseph Godber; Richard Wood
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 27 October 1964 – 5 September 1990; Life Peerage
Governor of Cyprus
	In office; 3 December 1957 – 16 August 1960
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Sir John Harding
Succeeded by	Cyprus gained independence
Governor of Jamaica
	In office; 7 April 1951 – 18 November 1957
Monarchs	George VI; Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Sir Winston Churchill; Sir Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Sir John Huggins
Succeeded by	Sir Kenneth Blackburne
Personal details
Born	8 October 1907; Plymouth, England
Died	5 September 1990 (aged 82); Plymouth, England
Spouse	Florence Sylvia Tod (m. 1936; died 1985)
Children	Paul, Sarah, Oliver, and Benjamin
Parent(s)	Isaac Foot; Eva Mackintosh
Relatives	Sir Dingle Foot (brother); The Lord Foot (brother); Michael Foot (brother); John Foot (grandson)
Education	Leighton Park School
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon GCMG KCVO OBE PC (8 October 1907 – 5 September 1990) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus.

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