Perceval ministry
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812.[lower-alpha 1]
Perceval ministry | |
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1809–1812 | |
Perceval (1812) | |
Date formed | 4 October 1809 |
Date dissolved | 11 May 1812 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George III |
Represented by | Prince Regent (1811–12) |
Prime Minister | Spencer Perceval |
Total no. of members | 95 appointments |
Member party | Tory Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition party | Whig Party |
Opposition leaders | |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | 4th UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Second Portland ministry |
Successor | Liverpool ministry |
Cabinet
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
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Spencer Perceval* | 4 October 1809 | 11 May 1812 | |
Lord Chancellor | The Earl of Eldon | 1807 | 1827 |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | 26 March 1807 | 8 April 1812 |
The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 April 1812 | 11 June 1812 | |
Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | 1807 | 1827 |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | Richard Ryder | 1 November 1809 | 8 June 1812 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 1 November 1809 | 6 December 1809 |
The Marquess Wellesley | 6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 | |
Viscount Castlereagh | 4 March 1812 | 12 August 1822 | |
President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | 31 March 1807 | 29 September 1812 |
The Earl of Liverpool | 1 November 1809 | 11 June 1812 | |
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Earl of Mulgrave | 1807 | 1810 |
Charles Philip Yorke | 1810 | 1812 | |
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | 1807 | 1810 |
The Earl of Mulgrave | 1810 | 1819 | |
Minister without Portfolio | The Earl of Harrowby | November 1809 | June 1812 |
The Earl Camden | 8 April 1812 | December 1812 |
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 Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
- April 1812 – Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
- May 1812 – Perceval is shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons.
List of ministers
Notes
- The Perceval ministry coincided with the start of the Regency era, when George III was formally deemed unfit to reign while his son ruled in his stead as Prince Regent. It dissolved with the assassination of Perceval in May 1812—the first and only assassination of a British prime minister.
- Arbuthnot served as Senior Secretary.
- Wharton served as Junior Secretary.
- Dundas succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Melville on 28 May 1811.
- Merged to form the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues.
- Stopford succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Courtown on 30 March 1810.
- Upon the death of Dartmouth.
References
- Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-21512-8.
- Haydn, Joseph; Ockerby, Horace (1890). The Book of Dignities. London: W.H. Allen and Co. OL 13505280M.
Preceded by Second Portland ministry |
Government of the United Kingdom 1809–1812 |
Succeeded by Liverpool ministry |
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