Coalition Ministry

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Upon Queen Anne's accession to the English throne in 1702, she appointed Lord Godolphin as First Lord of the Treasury and the Duke of Marlborough as Master-General of the Ordnance (among other numerous appointments). They would lead this coalition of Tories and Whigs until 1708, one year after the Act of Union formed the Kingdom of Great Britain. Among their most senior ministers were Sir Charles Hedges (Tory), Lord Nottingham (Tory), Sir Robert Harley (a Whig who would rise to power in 1704), and Lord Sunderland (Whig).

[edit] The Ministry

OFFICE NAME TERM
First Lord of the Treasury The Earl of Godolphin 1702–1708
Master-General of the Ordnance The Duke of Marlborough 1702–1708
Northern Secretary Robert Harley 1704–1708
Lord Keeper Sir Nathan Wright 1702–1705
  The Lord Cowper 1705–1708
Lord President of the Council The Earl of Pembroke 1702–1708
Lord Privy Seal The Duke of Buckingham 1702–1705
  The Duke of Newcastle 1705–1708
Southern Secretary The Earl of Nottingham 1702–1704
  Sir Charles Hedges 1704–1706
  The Earl of Sunderland 1706–1708
Chancellor of the Exchequer Henry Boyle 1702–1708
Paymaster of the Forces John Howe 1702–1708
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British Ministries
Clarendon, Cabal, First Danby, Privy Council, First Rochester, Godolphin, Second Rochester, Belasyse, Carmarthen/Halifax, Carmarthen, First Whig Junto, Pembroke, Coalition, Second Whig Junto, Harley, Townshend, First Stanhope/Sunderland, Second Stanhope/Sunderland, Walpole/Townshend, Walpole, Carteret, First Pelham, Bath/Granville, Second Pelham, First Newcastle, Pitt the Elder, 1757 Caretaker, Newcastle/Pitt, Newcastle/Pitt, Bute, Grenville, First Rockingham, Chatham, Grafton, North, Second Rockingham, Shelburne, Fox-North Coalition, First Pitt the Younger, Addington, Second Pitt the Younger, Ministry of All the Talents, Second Portland, Perceval, Liverpool, Canning, Goderich, First Wellington, Grey, First Melbourne, Wellington Caretaker, First Peel, Second Melbourne, Third Melbourne, Second Peel, First Russell, First Derby, Aberdeen, First Palmerston, Second Derby, Second Palmerston, Second Russell, Third Derby, First Disraeli, First Gladstone, Second Disraeli, Second Gladstone, First Salisbury, Third Gladstone, Second Salisbury, Fourth Gladstone, Rosebery, Third Salisbury/Balfour, Campbell-Bannerman, First Asquith, Second Asquith, Lloyd George, Bonar Law/First Baldwin, First MacDonald, Second Baldwin, Second MacDonald, First National, Second National, Third National, Fourth National, Chamberlain War, War Coalition, Churchill Caretaker, Attlee, Third Churchill/Eden, Macmillan/Douglas-Home, First Wilson, Heath, Second Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown