23 MARCH 1951, Page 18

Mr. Bevin's Record

SIR.—In the leading article in last week's Spectator it is stated that Mr. Kevin occupied the Foreign Office longer than any predecessor since Sir Edward Grey. Did not Mr. Eden in fact occupy it longer 7—Yours

Hampstead. N.W.3.

[Mr. Eden's two terms of office were certainly longer than Mr. Kevin's one. It should have been made clear that the reference was to unbroken spells.—EDITOR, Spectator.]