Perceval ministry
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This is a list of members of the Tory government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812.
The Cabinet
October 1809 – May 1812
- Spencer Perceval – First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Eldon – Lord Chancellor
- Lord Camden – Lord President of the Council
- Lord Westmorland – Lord Privy Seal
- Richard Ryder – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Bathurst – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and President of the Board of Trade
- Lord Liverpool – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Mulgrave – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Lord Chatham – Master-General of the Ordnance
- Lord Harrowby – Minister without Portfolio
Changes
- December, 1809 – Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade.
- May, 1810 – Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty.
- March, 1812 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Lord Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
- April, 1812 – Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
Full List of Ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office | Name | Date | Notes |
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First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 October 1809 – 12 May 1812 | |
Secretaries to the Treasury | Charles Arbuthnot | continued in office | Senior Secretary |
Richard Wharton | 8 December 1809 | Junior Secretary | |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Foster | 6 December 1809 – 6 January 1812 | |
Hon. William Brodrick | 6 December 1809 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Hon. William Eliot | 6 December 1809 – 6 January 1812 | ||
The Earl of Desart | 6 December 1809 – 23 June 1810 | ||
Snowdon Barne | 6 December 1809 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Hon. Berkeley Paget | 23 June 1810 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | 6 January 1812 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Richard Wellesley | 6 January 1812 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Lord Chancellor | The Lord Eldon | continued in office | |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | continued in office | |
The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 April 1812 | ||
Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | continued in office | |
Home Secretary | Hon. Richard Ryder | 1 November 1809 | |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | continued in office | |
Henry Goulburn | February 1810 | ||
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 11 October 1809 | |
The Marquess Wellesley | 6 December 1809 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Bagot | continued in office – December 1809 | |
Culling Charles Smith | December 1809 – February 1812 | ||
Edward Cooke | February 1812 – June 1812 | ||
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Earl of Liverpool | 1 November 1809 | |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Cooke | continued in office | |
Hon. Charles Jenkinson | 2 November 1809 | ||
Robert Peel | 10 June 1810 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for War | Hon. F. J. Robinson | continued in office | |
Henry Bunbury | 2 November 1809 | ||
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Lord Mulgrave | continued in office | |
Charles Philip Yorke | 4 May 1810 | ||
The Viscount Melville | 25 March 1812 | ||
First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | 12 October 1809 | |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Robert Plumer Ward | continued in office – 17 June 1811 | |
The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office – 24 November 1809 | ||
James Buller | continued in office – 25 March 1812 | ||
Viscount Lowther | 24 November 1809 – 3 July 1810 | ||
Hon. F. J. Robinson | 3 July 1810 – 16 June 1812 | ||
Lord Walpole | 17 June 1811 – 16 June 1812 | ||
William Dundas | 25 March 1812 – 16 June 1812 | ||
President of the Board of Trade Master of the Mint | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office | |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | George Rose | continued in office | |
President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Harrowby | continued in office | |
Hon. Robert Dundas | 13 November 1809 | Became Viscount Melville on 28 May 1811 | |
The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 7 April 1812 | ||
Secretary to the Board of Control | George Peter Holford | continued in office | |
Sir Patrick Murray | January 1810 | ||
John Bruce | March 1812 | ||
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | continued in office | |
The Lord Mulgrave | 5 May 1810 | ||
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Trigge | continued in office | |
Treasurer of the Ordnance | Joseph Hunt | continued in office | |
Thomas Alcock | 30 January 1810 | ||
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | James Murray Hadden | continued in office | |
Robert Moorsom | 20 July 1810 | ||
Clerk of the Ordnance | Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper | continued in office | |
Robert Plumer Ward | 14 June 1811 | ||
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Thomas Thoroton | continued in office | |
Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | continued in office | |
Treasurer of the Navy | George Rose | continued in office | |
Secretary at War | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office | |
Paymaster of the Forces | Charles Long | continued in office | |
Lord Charles Henry Somerset | continued in office | ||
Postmaster General | The Earl of Chichester | continued in office | |
The Earl of Sandwich | continued in office | ||
Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases | The Lord Glenbervie | continued in office – July 1810 | merged to form the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Lord Glenbervie | July 1810 | |
Ministers without Portfolio | The Duke of Portland | 4 October 1809 – 30 October 1809 | |
The Earl of Harrowby | November 1809 – June 1812 | ||
The Earl Camden | 8 April 1812 – June 1812 | ||
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Richmond | continued in office | |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | October 1809 | |
Attorney General | Sir Vicary Gibbs | continued in office | |
Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Plumer | continued in office | |
Judge Advocate General | Charles Manners-Sutton | 8 November 1809 | |
Lord Advocate | Archibald Colquhoun | continued in office | |
Solicitor General for Scotland | David Boyle | continued in office | |
David Monypenny | 22 February 1811 | ||
Attorney General for Ireland | William Saurin | continued in office | |
Solicitor General for Ireland | Charles Kendal Bushe | continued in office | |
Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Aylesford | continued in office | |
The Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 February 1812 | ||
Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Stopford | continued in office | became Earl of Courtown on 30 March 1810 |
Viscount Jocelyn | 8 May 1812 | ||
Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Thynne | continued in office | |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Dartmouth | continued in office | |
vacant | 10 November 1810 | upon death of Dartmouth | |
The Marquess of Hertford | 7 March 1812 | ||
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord John Thynne | continued in office | |
Earl of Yarmouth | 14 March 1812 | ||
Master of the Horse | The Duke of Montrose | continued in office | |
Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess Cornwallis | continued in office | |
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | continued in office | |
The Earl of Courtown | 26 March 1812 | ||
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | continued in office |
References
- Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760-1830
- Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities
Preceded by Second Portland Ministry |
Government of the United Kingdom 1809–1812 |
Succeeded by Liverpool Ministry |
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