Thomas Rothesay

Thomas Rothesay (born 14 January 2016) is a British politician, businessman, Anglican Bishop, charity worker and diplomat who served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations and is currently the Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs. A member of the Conservative Party, he has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since 2020.

United Nations
Thomas Rothesay was appointed Acting Seretary-General of the United Nations upon creating the organization on the 10th of May, 2020. Sir Thomas resigned from the post on the 27th of June 2020 to make way for proper and fair Secretary General elections. He now acts as a coordinator for the organization.

Member of Parliament
Rothesay was elected to Parliament at the 2020 election to represent Esher and Walton, a now Conservative seat in Surrey.

Foreign Secretary
On 2 July 2020, Kacey Montagu appointed Rothesay Foreign Secretary, succeeding Sam Mountbatten. On arrival at the Foreign Office, Rothesay said: "I'm hugely humbled to take on this role at this time and excited about the opportunities that lie ahead."

Palestinian state
In July 2020, Rothesay wrote that "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel."

Charitable work
Thomas Rothesay founded the Royal British Legion on the 22nd of April, 2020. The non-profit organisation works to provide financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants. Rothesay was able to expand the charity, earning it the recognition of the Royal Household with a patronage from Her Majesty The Queen and a royal charter, allowing the use of the 'Royal' appellate for the charity. Rothesay remains the National President of the Legion to this day.

YouGov plc
Thomas Rothesay is also the Founder and Chairman of YouGov plc, a British international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm, headquartered in the UK, with operations in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Ordained ministry
Thomas Rothesay was ordained in the Church of England as a priest on 24th of April 2020, and installed as Dean of Westminster on 2nd May 2020. The Dean of Westminster frequently helped the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Viscount St Davids in the running of the Church. The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbury as metropolitan).

In mid-June 2020, he was announced as the successor to Viscount St Davids as Archbishop of Canterbury — the senior bishop in the Church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity recognised as primus inter pares ("first among equals") but does not exercise authority in Anglican provinces outside the Church of England.

The Falkland Islands
Thomas Rothesay was appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands and the conjuctively held office of the Commissioner of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on the 11th of June, 2020.