Pitt–Devonshire ministry

Pitt (top) and Devonshire (bottom)

The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of William Pitt the Elder (in the House of Commons) and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (in the House of Lords), between November 1756 and April 1757—when Pitt was dismissed by King George. The King disliked Pitt, but Pitt's influence in the Commons had led to his key appointment as Southern Secretary in a ministry nominally headed by Devonshire.^[1]

Ministry[]

Principal ministers of the Crown were as follows:


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
First Lord of the Treasury^[2]	The Duke of Devonshire*	16 November 1756 (1756-11-16)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Exchequer^[3]	Henry Bilson-Legge	16 November 1756 (1756-11-16)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Exchequer^[3]	The Lord Mansfield	13 April 1757 (1757-04-13)	1757 (1757)
Lord Privy Seal^[2]	The Earl Gower	22 December 1755 (1755-12-22)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster^[2]	The Lord Edgcumbe	22 December 1743 (1743-12-22)	1757 (1757)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department^[3]	William Pitt*	4 December 1756 (1756-12-04)	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department^[4]	The Earl of Holderness	23 March 1754 (1754-03-23)	9 June 1757 (1757-06-09)
First Lord of Trade^[4]	The Earl of Halifax	1 November 1748 (1748-11-01)	1757 (1757)
First Lord of the Admiralty^[5]	The Earl Temple	19 November 1756 (1756-11-19)	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)
First Lord of the Admiralty^[5]	The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)	1757 (1757)
Treasurer of the Navy^[4]	George Grenville	23 November 1756 (1756-11-23)	1757 (1757)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland^[4]	The Duke of Devonshire	2 April 1755 (1755-04-02)	3 January 1757 (1757-01-03)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland^[4]	The Duke of Bedford	3 January 1757 (1757-01-03)	1757 (1757)

Notes[]

^ Leonard 2011, p. 65
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 44
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 44; Gazette 1757
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 45
^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 45 ; Gazette 1757

References[]

Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
Leonard, Dick (2011), Eighteenth-Century British Premiers, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, LCCN 2011453406
"No. 9676", The London Gazette, 5 April 1757, p. 2

Preceded by First Newcastle ministry	Government of Great Britain 16 November 1756 – 6 April 1757 (1756-11-16 – 1757-04-06)	Succeeded by Caretaker ministry

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