North ministry

North ministry
North ministry
1770–1782
	North by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Date formed	28 January 1770
Date dissolved	27 March 1782
People and organisations
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Lord North
Total no. of members	33 appointments
Member parties	Bedfordites; Grenvillites; Tory Party;
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) (1770–1774) ; 292 / 558 ; ; Majority (1774–1782) ; 343 / 558 (1774-1780); ; 282 / 558 (1780-1782); ;
Opposition party	Rockingham Whigs
History
Election(s)	1774 general election; 1780 general election;
Legislature term(s)	14th GB Parliament; 15th GB Parliament; lost a vote of confidence;
Predecessor	Grafton ministry
Successor	Second Rockingham ministry

Lord North was appointed to lead the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by George III from 1770 to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis (1770), the Gordon Riots (1780) and the outbreak of the American War of Independence.^[3]

Ministers[]


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord North*	28 January 1770 (1770-01-28)	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)	Tory
Lord Chancellor	The Earl Bathurst	23 January 1771 (1771-01-23)	3 June 1778 (1778-06-03)	Tory
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Thurlow	3 June 1778 (1778-06-03)	7 April 1783 (1783-04-07)	Tory
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Gower	22 December 1767 (1767-12-22)	24 November 1779 (1779-11-24)	Tory
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Bathurst	24 November 1779 (1779-11-24)	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)	Tory
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Halifax	26 February 1770 (1770-02-26)	22 January 1771 (1771-01-22)	Tory
	The Earl of Suffolk	22 January 1771 (1771-01-22)	12 June 1771 (1771-06-12)	Independent
	The Duke of Grafton	12 June 1771 (1771-06-12)	4 November 1775 (1775-11-04)	Whig
	The Earl of Dartmouth	4 November 1775 (1775-11-04)	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)	Independent
Lord Steward	The Earl Talbot	1761 (1761)	27 April 1782 (1782-04-27)	Independent
Lord Chamberlain	The Earl of Hertford	1766 (1766)	1782 (1782)	Independent
Secretary of State for the Southern Department	The Viscount Weymouth	21 October 1768 (1768-10-21)	12 December 1770 (1770-12-12)	Tory
	The Earl of Rochford	19 December 1770 (1770-12-19)	9 November 1775 (1775-11-09)	Independent
	The Viscount Weymouth	9 November 1775 (1775-11-09)	24 November 1779 (1779-11-24)	Tory
	The Earl of Hillsborough	24 November 1779 (1779-11-24)	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)	Independent
Secretary of State for the Northern Department	The Earl of Rochford	21 October 1768 (1768-10-21)	19 December 1770 (1770-12-19)	Independent
	The Earl of Sandwich	19 December 1770 (1770-12-19)	12 January 1771 (1771-01-12)	Whig
	The Earl of Halifax	22 January 1771 (1771-01-22)	6 June 1771 (1771-06-06)	Tory
	The Earl of Suffolk	12 June 1771 (1771-06-12)	7 March 1779 (1779-03-07)	Independent
	The Viscount Stormont	27 October 1779 (1779-10-27)	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)	Independent
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Hillsborough	27 February 1768 (1768-02-27)	27 August 1772 (1772-08-27)	Independent
	The Earl of Dartmouth	27 August 1772 (1772-08-27)	10 November 1775 (1775-11-10)	Independent
	Lord George Germain	10 November 1775 (1775-11-10)	February 1782 (1782-02)	Independent
	Welbore Ellis	February 1782 (1782-02)	8 March 1782 (1782-03-08)	Independent
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	James Smith-Stanley	13 December 1762 (1762-12-13)	14 June 1771 (1771-06-14)	Independent
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl of Clarendon	14 June 1771 (1771-06-14)	17 April 1782 (1782-04-17)	Whig
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir Edward Hawke	1766 (1766)	1771 (1771)	Independent
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Sandwich	1771 (1771)	1782 (1782)	Whig
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Viscount Townshend	October 1772 (1772-10)	March 1782 (1782-03)	Independent
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Viscount Townshend	19 August 1767 (1767-08-19)	29 October 1772 (1772-10-29)	Independent
	The Earl Harcourt	29 October 1772 (1772-10-29)	7 December 1776 (1776-12-07)	Independent
	The Earl of Buckinghamshire	7 December 1776 (1776-12-07)	29 November 1780 (1780-11-29)	Independent
	The Earl of Carlisle	29 November 1780 (1780-11-29)	8 April 1782 (1782-04-08)	Independent

Notes[]

^ Volo 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thomas 1991, pp. 2–4.
^ Whiteley 1996.

References[]

Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (28 February 1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-21512-8.
Thomas, Peter David Garner (1991). Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820142-7.
Volo, James M. (19 July 2012). "Tories and Whigs". The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution: The Foundations of Revolution. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-39875-9.
Whiteley, Peter (1 July 1996). "Introduction". Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8264-3493-7.

External links[]

Bloy, Marjorie (12 January 2016). "The Ministry of Lord North: January 1770 – March 1782". A Web of English History. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

Preceded by Grafton ministry	Government of Great Britain 1770–1782	Succeeded by Second Rockingham ministry

[FOOTNOTEVolo2012-1] Volo 2012.

[FOOTNOTEThomas19912–4-2] Thomas 1991, pp. 2–4.

[FOOTNOTEWhiteley1996-3] Whiteley 1996.

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