Foreign Secretary

英國皇家學會（Royal Society）的國際事務主任（Foreign Secretary）一職創設於1723年，比英國政府任命首位外交大臣早六十年左右。（To give an example close to home, the post of Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society was instituted in 1723, nearly 60 years before the British Government appointed its first Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.）（摘自New frontiers in science diplomacy）