Pitt–Devonshire Ministry

The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of William Pitt the Elder and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire from November 1756 to 1757. Following Pitt's dismissal, a new ministry was formed in July 1757 under Pitt and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

The principal ministers of the Crown were as follows:

OfficeOffice-holderDate appointed
First Lord of the TreasuryThe Duke of Devonshire16 November 1756
Chancellor of the ExchequerHenry Bilson Legge16 November 1756
The Lord Mansfield[1]13 April 1757
Lord Privy SealThe Earl Gower22 December 1755
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterThe Lord Edgcumbe22 December 1743
Secretary of State for the Southern DepartmentWilliam Pitt4 December 1756
(dismissed 6 April 1757)[1]
Secretary of State for the Northern DepartmentThe Earl of Holderness23 March 1754
(vacated 9 June 1757)
First Lord of TradeThe Earl of Halifax1 November 1748
First Lord of the AdmiraltyThe Earl Temple19 November 1756
The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham[1]6 April 1757
Treasurer of the NavyGeorge Grenville23 November 1756
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Duke of Devonshire2 April 1755
The Duke of Bedford3 January 1757

References

Preceded by
First Newcastle Ministry
British ministries
17561757
Succeeded by
Caretaker Ministry
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