Isaac Foot (23 February 1880 – 13 December 1960) was a British Liberal politician and solicitor.
Early life
Isaac Foot was born in Plymouth, the son of a carpenter and undertaker who was also named Isaac Foot, He then worked at the Admiralty in London, but returned to Plymouth to train as a solicitor.
He became a member of the Liberal Party, and in 1907 was elected to Plymouth City Council, of which he remained a member for twenty years, serving as Deputy Mayor in 1920.
In 1931 he became Secretary for Mines in the National Government, but resigned the following year in protest at the protectionist Ottawa Agreements. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1937.
