Short-lived ministry

The Short-lived Ministry, also known as the Bath–Granville ministry or derisively as the Silly Little Ministry, was a British government that existed briefly. On 10 February 1746, following the resignation of the Broad Bottom government of Henry Pelham, the Earl of Bath undertook the formation of a ministry. However, it only lasted two days, ending on 12 February even before all the members could be appointed, and Pelham resumed the government.

Office	Name	Term
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Bath	1746
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Carlisle	1746
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Winchilsea	1746
Secretary of State for the Southern Department Secretary of State for the Northern Department	The Earl Granville	1746

The above were Bath's appointments before he abandoned the attempt to form a ministry; it does not appear that either Carlisle or Winchilsea actually received the seals of office. Other appointments which had been determined upon but not made, according to contemporary rumour, were:

Preceded by First Pelham ministry	Government of Great Britain 1746	Succeeded by Second Pelham ministry

British governments
Great Britain (1707–1801)	Godolphin–Marlborough III & IV Harley I–III Townshend I & II Stanhope–Sunderland I Stanhope–Sunderland II Walpole–Townshend I–III Walpole IV–VI Carteret Broad Bottom I–III Short-lived Newcastle I & II Pitt–Devonshire 1757 Caretaker Pitt–Newcastle I & II Bute Grenville Rockingham I Chatham I & II Grafton North I–III Rockingham II Shelburne Fox–North (Portland I) Pitt the Younger I–IV
UK (GB & Ire) (1801–1922)	Addington I & II Pitt the Younger V All the Talents I & II Portland II & III Perceval Liverpool I–V Canning Goderich Wellington Grey I–III Melbourne I Wellington Caretaker Peel I Melbourne II & III Peel II Russell I & II Who? Who? (Derby I & II) Aberdeen Palmerston I & II Derby III Palmerston III & IV Russell III Derby IV Disraeli I Gladstone I Disraeli II Gladstone II Salisbury I Gladstone III Salisbury II Gladstone IV Rosebery Salisbury III–V Balfour Campbell-Bannerman I & II Asquith I–III IV Lloyd George I & II
UK (GB & NI) (1922–present)	Law I & II Baldwin I MacDonald I Baldwin II MacDonald II National Government I II III IV Chamberlain War Churchill War Churchill Caretaker Attlee I & II Churchill III Eden I & II Macmillan I & II Douglas-Home Wilson I & II Heath Wilson III & IV Callaghan Thatcher I II III Major I II Blair I–III Brown Cameron–Clegg Cameron II May I II
Current ministry

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