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Perceval ministry

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.

Contents

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.

    References

    Perceval ministry Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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