§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many appointments were made to the senior branch of the Foreign Service in each of the years from 1946 to 1953, inclusive; and, respectively, for each year, of which universities the appointees were graduates.
§ Mr. TurtonThe total number of appointments to the senior branch of the Foreign Service (excluding the Legal Advisers) in each of the years from 1946 to 1953 was as follows:
1946 … … … … 100 1947 … … … … 89 1948 … … … … 40 1949 … … … … 55 1950 … … … … 46 1951 … … … … 25 1952 … … … … 20 1953 … … … … 21 Those appointed were graduates of the following universities:
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1946 Oxford 42 Cambridge 34 London 8 Leeds 1 Liverpool 1 Birmingham 1 Glasgow 2 Foreign 1 None 10 = 100 1947 Oxford 39 Cambridge 31 London 2 Leeds 1 Edinburgh 2 Aberdeen 1 Glasgow 2 St. Andrews 1 Trinity College Dublin 1 New Zealand 1 None 8 = 89 1948 Oxford 15 Cambridge 13 London 3 Edinburgh 2 New Zealand 1 None 6 = 40 1949 Oxford 30 Cambridge 13 London 3 Southampton 1 Aberdeen 1 Glasgow 2 St. Andrews 1 National University of Ireland 1 None 3 = 55
1950 Oxford 22 Cambridge 16 Liverpool 1 Edinburgh 1 Glasgow 1 None 5 = 46 1951 Oxford 18 Cambridge 4 London 1 Glasgow 1 None 1 = 25 1952 Oxford 11 Cambridge 5 London 2 Edinburgh 1 New Zealand 1 = 20 1953 Oxford 14 Cambridge 6 None 1 = 21