Townshend Ministry

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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department by George I on September 1714. He would be the de facto leader of this Whig ministry as Northern Secretary until 1717, when he was demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in favour of the First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry.

[edit] The Ministry

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Northern Secretary	The Viscount Townshend	1714–1717
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cowper	1714–1717
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Halifax	1714–1715
	The Earl of Carlisle	1715
	Robert Walpole	1715–1717
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Wharton	1714–1715
	In Commission	1715
	The Earl of Sunderland	1715–1716
	The Duke of Kingston	1716–1717
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Nottingham	1714–1716
	The Duke of Devonshire	1716–1717
Southern Secretary	James Stanhope	1714–1716
	Paul Methuen	1716–1717
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Richard Onslow	1714–1715
	Robert Walpole	1715–1717
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Marlborough	1714–1717
Paymaster of the Forces	Robert Walpole	1714–1715
	The Earl of Lincoln	1715–1717
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Sunderland	1714–1717

• Robert Walpole served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1715 and 1717.
• While serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714-1717), Lord Sunderland additionally served as Lord Privy Seal between 1715 and 1716.

Preceded by ---

Ministry of Great Britain

Succeeded by First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry

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