The government was brought down by Peel's decision in 1846 to support the repeal of the Corn Laws, leading to a split in the Tory party and the formation of a Whig government under Lord John Russell.
| Office |
Name |
Date |
Notes |
Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury
and Leader of the House of Commons |
Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
30 August 1841 – 29 June 1846 |
resigned 6 December 1845 and resumed 20 December 1845 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer |
Henry Goulburn |
4 September 1841 |
|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt |
8 September 1841 |
|
| John Young |
21 May 1844 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury |
Sir George Clerk, Bt |
8 September 1841 |
|
| Edward Cardwell |
4 February 1845 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury |
James Milnes Gaskell |
6 September 1841 – 11 March 1846 |
|
| Henry Bingham Baring |
6 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Alexander Perceval |
6 September 1841 – 16 September 1841 |
| Alexander Pringle |
6 September 1841 – 26 April 1845 |
| John Young |
16 September 1841 – 21 May 1844 |
| Lord Arthur Lennox |
21 May 1844 – 8 August 1845 |
| William Forbes Mackenzie |
26 April 1845 – 11 March 1846 |
| William Cripps |
8 August 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Hon. Swynfen Carnegie |
11 March 1846 – 27 June 1846 |
| Ralph Neville |
11 March 1846 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lord Chancellor |
The Lord Lyndhurst |
3 September 1841 |
|
| Lord President of the Council |
The Lord Wharncliffe |
3 September 1841 |
|
| The Duke of Buccleuch |
21 January 1846 |
| Lord Privy Seal |
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
3 September 1841 |
|
| The Duke of Buccleuch |
2 February 1842 |
| The Earl of Haddington |
21 January 1846 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department |
Sir James Graham, Bt |
3 September 1841 |
|
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department |
John Manners-Sutton |
3 September 1841 |
|
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
The Earl of Aberdeen |
3 September 1841 |
|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
The Viscount Canning |
4 September 1841 |
|
| George Smythe |
27 January 1846 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies |
Lord Stanley |
3 September 1841 |
|
| William Ewart Gladstone |
23 December 1845 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies |
George William Hope |
8 September 1841 |
|
| The Lord Lyttelton |
8 January 1846 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty |
The Earl of Haddington |
6 September 1841 |
|
| The Earl of Ellenborough |
8 January 1846 |
| First Secretary of the Admiralty |
Sidney Herbert |
10 September 1841 |
|
| Henry Lowry-Corry |
4 February 1845 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty |
Henry Lowry-Corry |
6 September 1841 |
|
| Henry Fitzroy |
10 February 1845 |
| President of the Board of Control |
The Lord Ellenborough |
4 September 1841 |
created Earl of Ellenborough 22 October 1844 |
| The Lord Fitzgerald |
23 October 1841 |
|
| The Earl of Ripon |
17 May 1843 |
| Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control |
James Emerson Tennent |
8 September 1841 – 5 August 1845 |
|
| Bingham Baring |
8 September 1841 – 17 February 1845 |
| Viscount Jocelyn |
17 February 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Viscount Mahon |
5 August 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Lord Granville Somerset |
3 September 1841 |
entered the Cabinet May 1844 |
| Paymaster-General |
Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt |
8 September 1841 |
|
| Bingham Baring |
1 March 1845 |
Minister without Portfolio
and Leader of the House of Lords |
The Duke of Wellington |
3 September 1841 |
|
| President of the Board of Trade |
The Earl of Ripon |
3 September 1841 |
|
| William Ewart Gladstone |
15 May 1843 |
| The Earl of Dalhousie |
5 February 1845 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade |
William Ewart Gladstone |
3 September 1841 |
|
| The Earl of Dalhousie |
10 June 1843 |
| Sir George Clerk, Bt |
5 February 1845 |
| Secretary at War |
Sir Henry Hardinge |
4 September 1841 |
|
| Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt |
17 May 1844 |
| Sidney Herbert |
4 February 1845 |
entered the Cabinet May 1845 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests |
Earl of Lincoln |
16 September 1841 |
entered the Cabinet February 1845 |
| The Viscount Canning |
2 March 1846 |
|
| Chief Secretary for Ireland |
Lord Eliot |
6 February 1841 |
|
| Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt |
1 February 1845 |
| Earl of Lincoln |
14 February 1846 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
The Earl de Grey |
11 September 1841 |
|
| The Lord Heytesbury |
17 July 1844 |
| Master of the Mint |
William Ewart Gladstone |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Sir George Clerk, Bt |
12 February 1845 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance |
Sir George Murray |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance |
Jonathan Peel |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Clerk of the Ordnance |
Henry George Boldero |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Lord Arthur Lennox |
7 August 1845 |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance |
Francis Robert Bonham |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Sir Thomas Hastings |
25 July 1845 |
| Postmaster-General |
Viscount Lowther |
9 September 1841 |
succeeded as 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 19 March 1844 |
| The Earl of St Germans |
30 December 1845 |
|
| Attorney General |
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt |
6 September 1841 |
|
| Sir William Webb Follett |
15 April 1844 |
| Sir Frederic Thesiger |
29 June 1845 |
| Solicitor General |
Sir William Webb Follett |
6 September 1841 |
|
| Sir Frederic Thesiger |
29 June 1844 |
| Sir Fitzroy Kelly |
17 July 1845 |
| Judge Advocate General |
John Iltyd Nicholl |
8 September 1841 |
|
| James Stuart-Wortley |
24 January 1846 |
| Lord Advocate |
Sir William Rae, Bt |
4 September 1841 |
|
| Duncan McNeill |
26 October 1842 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland |
Duncan McNeill |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Adam Anderson |
8 November 1842 |
| Attorney General for Ireland |
Francis Blackburne |
23 September 1841 |
|
| Thomas Cusack-Smith |
10 November 1842 |
| Richard Wilson Greene |
2 February 1846 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland |
Edward Pennefather |
23 September 1841 |
|
| Joseph Devonsher Jackson |
10 November 1841 |
| Thomas Cusack-Smith |
21 September 1842 |
| Richard Wilson Greene |
1 November 1842 |
| Abraham Brewster |
2 February 1846 |
| Lord Steward of the Household |
The Earl of Liverpool |
3 September 1841 |
|
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
The Earl De La Warr |
8 September 1841 |
|
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
Lord Ernest Bruce |
7 September 1841 |
|
| Master of the Horse |
The Earl of Jersey |
4 September 1841 |
|
| Treasurer of the Household |
Earl Jermyn |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Comptroller of the Household |
George Dawson-Damer |
9 September 1841 |
|
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms |
The Lord Forester |
8 September 1841 |
|
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard |
The Marquess of Lothian |
8 September 1841 |
|
| The Earl of Beverley |
15 January 1842 |
| Master of the Buckhounds |
The Earl of Rosslyn |
10 September 1841 |
|
| Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal |
Lord Charles Wellesley |
10 September 1841 |
|
| Mistress of the Robes |
Duchess of Buccleuch |
10 September 1841 |
|
| Lords in Waiting |
Marquess of Ormonde |
10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
|
| The Earl of Warwick |
10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| The Earl of Morton |
10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| The Earl of Hardwicke |
10 September 1841 – 31 January 1846 |
| The Lord Rivers |
10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| The Viscount Hawarden |
15 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| The Lord Glenlyon |
31 January 1846 – 27 June 1846 |