Whig Government 1835-1841

Lord Melbourne's second government came to power after Sir Robert Peel's minority government resigned in 1835. In 1837 Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne, and as was usual for a queen regnant, the Royal Household was appointed by the Prime Minister. The young Queen was so attached to her Whig ladies of the bedchamber that after Melbourne's resignation in 1839, she refused to let Sir Robert Peel replace them with Conservative ladies. This was known as the Bedchamber Crisis, and led to Peel's refusal to form a government. Melbourne therefore resumed, and continued in office until the Conservatives finally won a Commons majority in the General Election of 1841. He was succeeded by Sir Robert Peel's second government. Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.
Office!!Name!!Date!!Notes
a href="/encyclopedia/Prime-Minister-of-the-United-Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne 18 April 1835-30 August 1841 The Government resigned 7 May 1839 and resumed 10 May 1839
owspan=2|Chancellor of the Exchequer Thomas Spring-Rice 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>Francis Thornhill Baring 26 August 1839
owspan=2|Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Edward John Stanley 21 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Denis-Le-Marchant" title="Denis Le Marchant">Sir Denis Le Marchant 19 June 1841
owspan=3|Financial Secretary to the Treasury Francis Thornhill Baring 21 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Gordon" title="Robert Gordon">Robert Gordon 6 September 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-More-O'Ferrall" title="Richard More O'Ferrall">Richard More O'Ferrall 9 June 1841
owspan=9|Junior Lords of the Treasury Lord Seymour 18 April 1835-2 November 1839 rowspan=9| 
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Henry-Ord" title="William Henry Ord">William Henry Ord 18 April 1835-18 July 1837
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Stewart" title="Robert Stewart">Robert Stewart 18 April 1835-26 May 1840
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-More-O'Ferrall" title="Richard More O'Ferrall">Richard More O'Ferrall 16 May 1835-28 August 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Parker" title="John Parker">John Parker 18 July 1837-23 June 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Wyse" title="Thomas Wyse">Thomas Wyse 28 August 1839-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Tufnell" title="Henry Tufnell">Henry Tufnell 2 November 1839-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-Horsman" title="Edward Horsman">Edward Horsman 26 May 1840-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Francis-Cowper" title="William Francis Cowper">William Francis Cowper 23 June 1841-30 August 1841
owspan=2|Lord Chancellor in commission 23 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>Lord Cottenham 16 January 1836
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-President-of-the-Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne 23 April 1835  
owspan=2|Lord Privy Seal Viscount Duncannon 23 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>The Earl of Clarendon 15 January 1840
owspan=2|Secretary of State for the Home Department Lord John Russell 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>The Marquess of Normanby 30 August 1839
owspan=2|Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Fox Maule 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-Adolphus-Seymour,-12th-Duke-of-Somerset" title="Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset">Lord Seymour 15 June 1841
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Viscount Palmerston 18 April 1835  
owspan=2|Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs W.F. Strangeways 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Granville-George-Leveson-Gower,-2nd-Earl-Granville" title="Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Viscount Leveson 7 March 1840
owspan=3|Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Charles Grant 18 April 1835 created Lord Glenelg 8 May 1835
b>The Marquess of Normanby 20 February 1839 rowspan=2| 
b>Lord John Russell 30 August 1839
owspan=3|Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Sir George Grey 18 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Labouchere,-1st-Baron-Taunton" title="Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton">Henry Labouchere 28 February 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Vernon-Smith" title="Robert Vernon Smith">Robert Vernon Smith 31 August 1839
owspan=2|First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Auckland 22 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>The Earl of Minto 15 September 1835
owspan=3|First Secretary of the Admiralty Charles Wood 27 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-More-O'Ferrall" title="Richard More O'Ferrall">Richard More O'Ferrall 4 October 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Parker" title="John Parker">John Parker 9 June 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Civil-Lord-of-the-Admiralty" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Civil Lord of the Admiralty Lord Dalmeny 23 April 1835  
a href="/encyclopedia/President-of-the-Board-of-Control" title="President of the Board of Control">President of the Board of Control Sir John Cam Hobhouse 23 April 1835  
owspan=5|Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control Robert Gordon 21 April 1835-30 September 1839 rowspan=5| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Vernon-Smith" title="Robert Vernon Smith">Robert Vernon Smith 21 April 1835-30 September 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-Adolphus-Seymour,-12th-Duke-of-Somerset" title="Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset">Lord Seymour 30 September 1839-15 June 1841
Sir) W. Clay 30 September 1839-30 August 1841
. Buller 21 June 1841-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Chief-Secretary-for-Ireland" title="Chief Secretary for Ireland">Chief Secretary for Ireland Viscount Morpeth 22 April 1835 entered the Cabinet 20 February 1839
owspan=2|Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Earl of Mulgrave 29 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Hugh-Fortescue,-2nd-Earl-Fortescue" title="Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue">Viscount Ebrington 13 March 1839
owspan=3|Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord Holland 20 February 1835 rowspan=3| 
b>The Earl of Clarendon 31 October 1840
b>Sir George Grey 23 June 1841
owspan=2|President of the Board of Trade Charles Poulett Thomson 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>Henry Labouchere 29 August 1839
owspan=3|Vice-President of the Board of Trade Henry Labouchere 6 May 1835 rowspan=3| 
.L. Sheil 29 August 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Fox-Maule-Ramsay,-11th-Earl-of-Dalhousie" title="Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie">Fox Maule 28 June 1841
owspan=2|Secretary at War Viscount Howick 18 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
b>Thomas Babington Macaulay 27 September 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/First-Commissioner-of-Woods-and-Forests" title="First Commissioner of Woods and Forests">First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Viscount Duncannon 28 April 1835  
a href="/encyclopedia/Master-of-the-Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint Henry Labouchere 25 April 1835  
a href="/encyclopedia/Treasurer-of-the-Navy" title="Treasurer of the Navy">Treasurer of the Navy Sir Henry Parnell 20 April 1835 office abolished 1 December 1836
a href="/encyclopedia/Master-General-of-the-Ordnance" title="Master-General of the Ordnance">Master-General of the Ordnance Sir Richard Hussey Vivian 4 May 1835 created Lord Vivian 19 August 1841
owspan=2|Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Sir R.S. Donkin 20 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
.R. Fox 5 May 1841
owspan=3|Clerk of the Ordnance A.L. Hay 20 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
.W.D. Dundas 21 March 1838
. Anson 23 June 1841
owspan=2|Storekeeper of the Ordnance G. Anson 25 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
.H. Plumridge 23 June 1841
owspan=2|Paymaster-General Sir Henry Parnell 27 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-John-Stanley,-2nd-Baron-Stanley-of-Alderley" title="Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Edward John Stanley 19 June 1841
owspan=2|Postmaster-General The Marquess Conyngham 30 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-William-Anson,-1st-Earl-of-Lichfield" title="Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield">The Earl of Lichfield 22 May 1835
owspan=2|Attorney General Sir John Campbell 30 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Wilde,-1st-Baron-Truro" title="Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro">Sir Thomas Wilde 3 July 1841
owspan=2|Solicitor General Sir Robert Rolfe 4 May 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Wilde,-1st-Baron-Truro" title="Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro">Sir Thomas Wilde 2 December 1839
owspan=4|Judge Advocate General R. Fergusson 20 April 1835 rowspan=4| 
.StJ. Arabin 24 November 1838
ir G. Grey 15 February 1839
.L. Sheil 23 June 1841
owspan=2|Lord Advocate J. Murray 20 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
. Rutherfurd 20 April 1839
owspan=4|Solicitor General for Scotland J. Cunninghame 22 April 1835 rowspan=4| 
. Rutherfurd 9 February 1837
. Ivory 20 April 1839
. Maitland 9 May 1840
owspan=7|Attorney General for Ireland L. Perrin 29 April 1835 rowspan=7| 
. O'Loghlen 31 August 1835
. Richards 10 November 1836
. Woulfe 3 February 1837
. Ball 11 July 1838
. Brady 23 February 1839
. Pigot 11 August 1840
owspan=6|Solicitor General for Ireland M. O'Loghlen 29 April 1835 rowspan=6| 
. Richards 21 September 1835
. Woulfe 10 November 1836
. Brady 3 February 1837
. Pigot 11 February 1839
. Moore 14 August 1840
owspan=2|Lord Steward of the Household The Duke of Argyll 23 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/William-George-Hay,-18th-Earl-of-Erroll" title="William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll">The Earl of Erroll 21 November 1839
owspan=3|Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Marquess Wellesley 23 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Francis-Nathaniel-Conyngham,-2nd-Marquess-Conyngham" title="Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham">The Marquess Conyngham 22 May 1835
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Paget,-2nd-Marquess-of-Anglesey" title="Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey">Earl of Uxbridge 6 May 1839
owspan=2|Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Lord Charles Fitzroy 29 June 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Hamilton-Chichester,-3rd-Marquess-of-Donegall" title="George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall">Earl of Belfast 27 April 1838
a href="/encyclopedia/Master-of-the-Horse" title="Master of the Horse">Master of the Horse The Earl of Albemarle 25 April 1835  
owspan=3|Treasurer of the Household Sir W.H. Fremantle 27 May 1826 continued in office
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Charles-Fitzalan-Howard,-13th-Duke-of-Norfolk" title="Henry Charles Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk">Earl of Surrey 17 July 1837 rowspan=2| 
.S. Byng 23 June 1841
owspan=2|Comptroller of the Household G.S. Byng 6 May 1835 rowspan=2| 
ord M. Hill 23 June 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Captain-of-the-Gentlemen-at-Arms" title="Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms">Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Lord Foley 6 May 1835  
owspan=3|Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Earl of Gosford 23 April 1835 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Stephen-Fox-Strangways,-3rd-Earl-of-Ilchester" title="Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester">The Earl of Ilchester 5 August 1835
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Charles-Fitzalan-Howard,-13th-Duke-of-Norfolk" title="Henry Charles Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk">Earl of Surrey 6 July 1841
owspan=2|Master of the Buckhounds The Earl of Erroll 30 April 1835 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/George-William-Fox-Kinnaird,-9th-Lord-Kinnaird" title="George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird">Lord Kinnaird 21 December 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Mistress-of-the-Robes" title="Mistress of the Robes">Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Sutherland 29 August 1837  
owspan=12|Lords in Waiting The Marquess of Headfort 17 July 1837-30 August 1841 rowspan=4| 
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Douglas,-7th-Marquess-of-Queensberry" title="John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry">The Marquess of Queensberry 17 July 1837-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Lucius-Bentinck-Cary,-10th-Viscount-Falkland" title="Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland">Viscount Falkland 17 July 1837-4 February 1840
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Byng,-7th-Viscount-Torrington" title="George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington">Viscount Torrington 17 July 1837-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Anson-Byron,-7th-Baron-Byron" title="George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron">Lord Byron 17 July 1837-31 March 1860 (permanent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Alan-Legge-Gardner,-3rd-Baron-Gardner" title="Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner">Lord Gardner 17 July 1837-1 July 1840 rowspan=7| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Atherton-Powys,-3rd-Baron-Lilford" title="Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford">Lord Lilford 17 July 1837-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Arthur-Chichester,-1st-Baron-Templemore" title="Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore">Lord Templemore 17 July 1837-26 September 1837
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Paget,-2nd-Marquess-of-Anglesey" title="Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey">Earl of Uxbridge 11 October 1837-6 May 1839
a href="/encyclopedia/Arthur-James-Plunkett,-9th-Earl-of-Fingall" title="Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall">The Earl of Fingall 11 December 1837-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Hare,-2nd-Earl-of-Listowel" title="William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel">The Earl of Listowel 4 February 1840-30 August 1841
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Gordon,-10th-Marquess-of-Huntly" title="Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly">Earl of Aboyne 1 July 1840-30 August 1841
Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

 

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