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
Preceded by
Harley ministry		 Ministry of Great Britain Succeeded by
First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry
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