Secretary for Foreign Tongues

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Commonwealth of England office diplomatic post government office propaganda post

The Secretary for Foreign Tongues was a senior diplomatic and propaganda post in Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth government, responsible for handling foreign correspondence and Latin-language state communications.

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Label	Occurrences
Secretary for Foreign Tongues canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth of England office ⓘ diplomatic post ⓘ government office ⓘ propaganda post ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Commonwealth of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland (under Commonwealth rule) Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scotland (under Commonwealth rule) Wales ⓘ
country	English Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of England
dissolved	1660 ⓘ
domain	foreign policy ⓘ international diplomacy ⓘ state propaganda ⓘ
followedBy	Secretary of State (England) ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State (Restoration England)
government	Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ surface form: Protectorate government of Oliver Cromwell
hasPurpose	defence of the regicide and new regime in Latin pamphlets ⓘ management of foreign relations ⓘ presentation of the Commonwealth to foreign powers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	English Commonwealth ⓘ Interregnum ⓘ Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
inception	1649 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
notableWork	Latin defences of the Commonwealth authored by John Milton ⓘ official Latin correspondence with European states ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	centralization of foreign-language propaganda ⓘ management of Latin correspondence with foreign states ⓘ
officeHolder	Andrew Marvell ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Philip Meadows ⓘ
partOf	Commonwealth diplomatic service ⓘ Commonwealth propaganda apparatus ⓘ
precededBy	informal secretarial arrangements for foreign correspondence under the Long Parliament ⓘ
responsibleFor	Latin-language state communications ⓘ drafting diplomatic letters ⓘ foreign correspondence ⓘ preparing manifestos for foreign audiences ⓘ propaganda in Latin ⓘ translating foreign dispatches ⓘ
subordinateTo	Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ Lord Protector ⓘ surface form: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
usedBy	Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ surface form: English Council of State Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
usedMedium	Latin pamphlets ⓘ official letters ⓘ state declarations ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Whitehall ⓘ

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John Milton → positionHeld → Secretary for Foreign Tongues ⓘ

John → positionHeld → Secretary for Foreign Tongues ⓘ

subject surface form: John Milton