Whig Government 1830-1834

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The first wholly Whig government since 1783 came to power after the Duke of Wellington's Tory government lost a vote of no confidence on the 15 November 1830. The government passed the Great Reform Act in 1832 and abolished slavery throughout the Empire in 1833. However, King William IV dismissed Melbourne in 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government. Peel was out of the country at the time, so the Duke of Wellington formed a caretaker government.

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

Preceded by Tory Government 1828-1830

British Government 1830–1834

Succeeded by Conservative Provisional Government 1834

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey	22 November 1830 – 9 July 1834	The Government resigned 8 May 1832 and resumed 17 May 1832
	The Viscount Melbourne	16 July 1834 – 14 November 1834
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Viscount Althorp	22 November 1830
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Thomas Spring-Rice	26 November 1830
	Francis Thornhill Baring	6 June 1834
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Edward Ellice	26 November 1830
	Charles Wood	10 August 1832
Junior Lords of the Treasury	The Lord Nugent	22 November 1830 – 22 November 1832
	Robert Vernon Smith	22 November 1830 – 14 November 1834
	Francis Thornhill Baring	22 November 1830 – 6 June 1834
	George Ponsonby	22 November 1830 – 14 November 1834
	Thomas Francis Kennedy	22 November 1832 – 9 April 1834
	Robert Graham	9 April 1834 – 14 November 1834
	George Stevens Byng	20 June 1834 – 14 November 1834
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Brougham and Vaux	22 November 1830
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess of Lansdowne	22 November 1830
Lord Privy Seal	The Lord Durham	22 November 1830	created Earl of Durham 23 March 1833
	The Earl of Ripon	3 April 1833
	The Earl of Carlisle	5 June 1834
	The Earl of Mulgrave	30 July 1834
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Viscount Melbourne	22 November 1830
	Viscount Duncannon	19 July 1834
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Hon. George Lamb	22 November 1830
	Viscount Howick	13 January 1834
	Edward John Stanley	23 July 1834
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Viscount Palmerston	22 November 1830
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir George Shee	26 November 1830
	Viscount Fordwich	13 November 1834
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Viscount Goderich	22 November 1830
	Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley	3 April 1833
	Thomas Spring-Rice	5 June 1834
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Viscount Howick	23 November 1830
	Sir John Shaw-Lefevre	13 January 1834
	Sir George Grey, Bt	16 July 1834
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir James Graham	22 November 1830
	The Lord Auckland	7 June 1834
First Secretary to the Admiralty	The Hon. George Elliot	29 November 1830
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Henry Labouchere	8 June 1832
President of the Board of Control	Charles Grant	1 December 1830
Secretary to the Board of Control	Viscount Sandon	18 December 1830
	Thomas Hyde Villiers	18 May 1831
	Thomas Babington Macaulay	19 December 1832
	Robert Gordon	26 December 1833 – 14 November 1834	Joint Secretaries from 22 April 1834
	James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie	22 April 1834 – 14 November 1834
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Holland	25 November 1830
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley	29 November 1830	entered the Cabinet 16 June 1831
	Sir John Cam Hobhouse	29 March 1833
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Marquess of Anglesey	4 December 1830
	The Marquess Wellesley	12 September 1833
Master of the Mint	The Lord Auckland	14 December 1830
	James Abercromby	13 June 1834
Paymaster-General	The Lord John Russell	16 December 1830	entered the Cabinet 16 June 1831
Minister without Portfolio	The Earl of Carlisle	22 November 1830 – 5 June 1834
Postmaster-General	The Duke of Richmond	11 December 1830
	The Marquess Conyngham	5 July 1834
President of the Board of Trade	The Lord Auckland	22 November 1830
	Charles Poulett Thomson	5 June 1834
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Charles Poulett Thomson	22 November 1830
	Henry Labouchere	5 June 1834
Secretary at War	Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	30 November 1830
	Sir Henry Parnell	4 April 1831
	Sir John Cam Hobhouse	1 February 1832
	Edward Ellice	6 April 1833	entered the Cabinet 20 June 1834
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	George James Welbore Agar Ellis	2 December 1830
	Viscount Duncannon	7 February 1831
	Sir John Cam Hobhouse	22 July 1834
Treasurer of the Navy	Charles Poulett Thomson	30 November 1830
Master-General of the Ordnance	Sir James Kempt	11 December 1830
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	William Leader Maberley	12 January 1831
	Charles Richard Fox	30 November 1832
Clerk of the Ordnance	Charles Tennyson	30 December 1830
	Thomas Francis Kennedy	8 February 1832
	William Leader Maberley	30 November 1832
	Andrew Leith Hay	19 June 1834
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Henry Duncan	30 December 1830
Attorney General	Sir Thomas Denman	24 November 1830
	Sir William Horne	26 November 1832
	Sir John Campbell	1 March 1834
Solicitor General	Sir William Horne	24 November 1830
	Sir John Campbell	26 November 1832
	Sir Charles Christopher Pepys	25 February 1834
	Robert Rolfe	6 November 1834
Judge Advocate General	Sir Robert Grant	24 November 1830
	Robert Cutlar Fergusson	19 June 1834
Lord Advocate	Francis Jeffrey	3 December 1830
	John Murray	17 May 1834
Solicitor General for Scotland	Henry Cockburn	3 December 1830
	Andrew Skene	5 November 1834
Attorney General for Ireland	Edward Pennefather	23 December 1830
	Francis Blackburne	11 January 1831
Solicitor General for Ireland	Philip Cecil Crampton	23 December 1830
	Michael O'Loghlen	21 October 1834
Lord Steward of the Household	The Marquess Wellesley	23 November 1830
	The Duke of Argyll	11 September 1833
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Duke of Devonshire	22 November 1830
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Earl of Belfast	24 July 1830
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Albemarle	24 November 1830
Treasurer of the Household	Sir William Henry Fremantle	27 May 1826	continued in office
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Robert Grosvenor	23 November 1830
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The (3rd) Lord Foley	8 December 1830
	The (4th) Lord Foley	1 May 1833	office renamed Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 17 March 1834
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Marquess of Clanricarde	1 December 1830
	The Earl of Gosford	16 July 1834
Master of the Buckhounds	The Viscount Anson	24 November 1830	created Earl of Lichfield 15 September 1831

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900