Third Melbourne Ministry

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OFFICE NAME TERM
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords
The Viscount Melbourne August 1839–September 1841
Lord Chancellor The Lord Cottenham August 1839–September 1841
Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne August 1839–September 1841
Lord Privy Seal Viscount Duncannon August 1839–January 1840
  The Lord Clarendon January 1840–September 1841
Home Secretary The Marquess of Normanby August 1839–September 1841
Foreign Secretary The Viscount Palmerston August 1839–September 1841
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Leader of the House of Commons
The Lord John Russell August 1839–September 1841
First Lord of the Admiralty The Earl of Minto August 1839–September 1841
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Francis Thornhill Baring August 1839–September 1841
President of the Board of Trade Henry Labouchere August 1839–September 1841
President of the Board of Control Sir John Cam Hobhouse August 1839–September 1841
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Viscount Duncannon August 1839–September 1841
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Lord Holland August 1839–October 1840
  The Lord Clarendon October 1840–June 1841
  Sir George Grey, Bt June–September 1841
Secretary at War Thomas Babington Macaulay August 1839–September 1841
Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Morpeth August 1839–September 1841


Preceded by
Second Melbourne Ministry
British ministries
1839–1841
Succeeded by
Second Peel Ministry