Perceval ministry
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Perceval ministry | |
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1809–1812 | |
Date formed | 4 October 1809 |
Date dissolved | 11 May 1812 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George III |
Represented by | Prince Regent (1811–12) |
Prime Minister | Spencer Perceval |
Total no. of members | 95 appointments |
Member party | Tory Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition party | Whig Party |
Opposition leaders |
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History | |
Legislature term(s) | 4th UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Second Portland ministry |
Successor | Liverpool ministry |
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812.[a]
Cabinet[]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
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| Spencer Perceval* | 4 October 1809 | 11 May 1812 |
Lord Chancellor | The Earl of Eldon | 1807 | 1827 |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | 26 March 1807 | 8 April 1812 |
The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 April 1812 | 11 June 1812 | |
Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | 1807 | 1827 |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | Richard Ryder | 1 November 1809 | 8 June 1812 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 1 November 1809 | 6 December 1809 |
The Marquess Wellesley | 6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 | |
Viscount Castlereagh | 4 March 1812 | 12 August 1822 | |
President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | 31 March 1807 | 29 September 1812 |
The Earl of Liverpool | 1 November 1809 | 11 June 1812 | |
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Earl of Mulgrave | 1807 | 1810 |
Charles Philip Yorke | 1810 | 1812 | |
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | 1807 | 1810 |
The Earl of Mulgrave | 1810 | 1819 | |
Minister without Portfolio | The Earl of Harrowby | November 1809 | June 1812 |
The Earl Camden | 8 April 1812 | December 1812 |
Changes[]
- December 1809 – Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade.
- May 1810 – Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty.
- March 1812 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
- April 1812 – Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
- May 1812 – Perceval is shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons.
List of ministers[]
Office | Name | Date |
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Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 Oct 1809 – 11 May 1812 |
Secretaries to the Treasury | Charles Arbuthnot[b] | continued in office |
Richard Wharton[c] | 8 Dec 1809 | |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Foster | 6 Dec 1809 – 6 Jan 1812 |
Hon. William Brodrick | 6 Dec 1809 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Hon. William Eliot | 6 Dec 1809 – 6 Jan 1812 | |
The Earl of Desart | 6 Dec 1809 – 23 Jun 1810 | |
Snowdon Barne | 6 Dec 1809 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Hon. Berkeley Paget | 23 Jun 1810 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | 6 Jan 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Richard Wellesley | 6 Jan 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Lord Chancellor | The Lord Eldon | continued in office |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | continued in office |
The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 Apr 1812 | |
Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | continued in office |
Home Secretary | Hon. Richard Ryder | 1 Nov 1809 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | continued in office |
Henry Goulburn | Feb 1810 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 11 Oct 1809 |
The Marquess Wellesley | 6 Dec 1809 | |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Bagot | continued in office – Dec 1809 |
Charles Culling Smith | Dec 1809 – Feb 1812 | |
Edward Cooke | Feb 1812 – Jun 1812 | |
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Earl of Liverpool | 1 Nov 1809 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Cooke | continued in office |
Hon. Charles Jenkinson | 2 Nov 1809 | |
Robert Peel | 10 Jun 1810 | |
Under-Secretary of State for War | Hon. F. J. Robinson | continued in office |
Henry Bunbury | 2 Nov 1809 | |
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Lord Mulgrave | continued in office |
Charles Philip Yorke | 4 May 1810 | |
The Viscount Melville | 25 Mar 1812 | |
First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | 12 Oct 1809 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Robert Plumer Ward | continued in office – 17 Jun 1811 |
The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office – 24 Nov 1809 | |
James Buller | continued in office – 25 Mar 1812 | |
Viscount Lowther | 24 Nov 1809 – 3 Jul 1810 | |
Hon. F. J. Robinson | 3 Jul 1810 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
Lord Walpole | 17 Jun 1811 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
William Dundas | 25 Mar 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 | |
President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office |
Master of the Mint | ||
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | George Rose | continued in office |
President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Harrowby | continued in office |
Hon. Robert Dundas[d] | 13 Nov 1809 | |
The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 7 Apr 1812 | |
Secretary to the Board of Control | continued in office | |
Sir Patrick Murray | Jan 1810 | |
John Bruce | Mar 1812 | |
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | continued in office |
The Lord Mulgrave | 5 May 1810 | |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Trigge | continued in office |
Treasurer of the Ordnance | continued in office | |
Thomas Alcock | 30 Jan 1810 | |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | James Murray Hadden | continued in office |
Robert Moorsom | 20 Jul 1810 | |
Clerk of the Ordnance | Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper | continued in office |
Robert Plumer Ward | 14 Jun 1811 | |
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | continued in office | |
Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | continued in office |
Treasurer of the Navy | George Rose | continued in office |
Secretary at War | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office |
Paymaster of the Forces | Charles Long | continued in office |
Lord Charles Somerset | continued in office | |
Postmaster General | The Earl of Chichester | continued in office |
The Earl of Sandwich | continued in office | |
Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases[e] |
The Lord Glenbervie | continued in office – Jul 1810 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Lord Glenbervie | Jul 1810 |
Ministers without Portfolio | The Duke of Portland | 4 Oct 1809 – 30 Oct 1809 |
The Earl of Harrowby | Nov 1809 – Jun 1812 | |
The Earl Camden | 8 Apr 1812 – Jun 1812 | |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Richmond | continued in office |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | Oct 1809 |
Attorney General | Sir Vicary Gibbs | continued in office |
Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Plumer | continued in office |
Judge Advocate General | Charles Manners-Sutton | 8 Nov 1809 |
Lord Advocate | Archibald Colquhoun | continued in office |
Solicitor General for Scotland | David Boyle | continued in office |
David Monypenny | 22 Feb 1811 | |
Attorney-General for Ireland | William Saurin | continued in office |
Solicitor-General for Ireland | Charles Kendal Bushe | continued in office |
Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Aylesford | continued in office |
The Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 Feb 1812 | |
Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Stopford[f] | continued in office |
Viscount Jocelyn | 8 May 1812 | |
Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Thynne | continued in office |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Dartmouth | continued in office |
vacant[g] | 10 Nov 1810 | |
The Marquess of Hertford | 7 Mar 1812 | |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord John Thynne | continued in office |
Earl of Yarmouth | 14 Mar 1812 | |
Master of the Horse | The Duke of Montrose | continued in office |
Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess Cornwallis | continued in office |
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | continued in office |
The Earl of Courtown | 26 Mar 1812 | |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | continued in office |
Notes[]
- ^ The Perceval ministry coincided with the start of the Regency era, when George III was formally deemed unfit to reign while his son ruled in his stead as Prince Regent. It dissolved with the assassination of Perceval in May 1812—the first and only assassination of a British prime minister.
- ^ Arbuthnot served as Senior Secretary.
- ^ Wharton served as Junior Secretary.
- ^ Dundas succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Melville on 28 May 1811.
- ^ Merged to form the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues.
- ^ Stopford succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Courtown on 30 March 1810.
- ^ Upon the death of Dartmouth.
References[]
- Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-21512-8.
- Haydn, Joseph; Ockerby, Horace (1890). The Book of Dignities. London: W.H. Allen and Co. OL 13505280M.
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