Whig Government 1846-1852

Following the split in the Tory Party over the Corn Laws in 1846 and the consequent end of Sir Robert Peel's second government, the Whigs came to power under Lord John Russell. One of the major problems facing the government was the Irish potato famine, which Russell failed to deal with effectively. Another problem was the maverick Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston, who was eventually forced to resign in December 1851 after recognising the coup d'tat of Louis Napoleon without first seeking royal approval. Palmerston thereafter successfully devoted his energies to bringing down Russell's government, leading to the formation of a minority Conservative government under Lord Derby in February 1852.
Office!!Name!!Date!!Notes
a href="/encyclopedia/Prime-Minister-of-the-United-Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister Lord John Russell 30 June 1846-21 February 1852 The Government resigned 22 February 1851 and resumed 3 March 1851
a href="/encyclopedia/Chancellor-of-the-Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Charles Wood 6 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Parliamentary-Secretary-to-the-Treasury" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury">Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Henry Tufnell 7 July 1846  
owspan=3|Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Parker 7 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Goodenough-Hayter" title="William Goodenough Hayter">William Goodenough Hayter 22 May 1849
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Cornewall-Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">Sir George Cornewall Lewis 9 July 1850
owspan=6|Junior Lords of the Treasury Viscount Ebrington 6 July 1846-22 December 1847 rowspan=6|the number of Junior Lordships was reduced from four to three in 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Denis-O'Conor" title="Denis O'Conor">The O'Conor Don 6 July 1846-2 August 1847
Sir) William Gibson Craig 6 July 1846-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Rich" title="Henry Rich">Henry Rich 6 July 1846-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-Montesquieu-Bellew" title="Richard Montesquieu Bellew">Richard Montesquieu Bellew 2 August 1847-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Petty-FitzMaurice,-4th-Marquess-of-Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne">Earl of Shelburne 22 December 1847-August 1848
owspan=3|Lord Chancellor Lord Cottenham 6 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
i>in commission 19 June 1850
b>Lord Truro 15 July 1850
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-President-of-the-Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne 6 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-Privy-Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Minto 6 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Secretary-of-State-for-the-Home-Department" title="Secretary of State for the Home Department">Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir George Grey 6 July 1846  
owspan=4|Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir W. Somerville 5 July 1846 rowspan=4| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Denis-Le-Marchant" title="Denis Le Marchant">Sir Denis Le Marchant 22 July 1847
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Cornewall-Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">George Cornewall Lewis 15 May 1848
.P. Bouverie 9 July 1850
owspan=2|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Viscount Palmerston 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
b>The Earl Granville 26 December 1851
owspan=2|Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward John Stanley 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Austen-Henry-Layard" title="Austen Henry Layard">Austen Henry Layard 12 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Secretary-of-State-for-War-and-the-Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Earl Grey 6 July 1846
owspan=2|Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies B. Hawes 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
. Peel 1 November 1851
owspan=2|President of the Board of Control Sir John Cam Hobhouse 8 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
b>Fox Maule 5 February 1852
owspan=5|Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control G.S. Byng 6 July 1846-30 November 1847 rowspan=5| 
. Wyse 6 July 1846-26 January 1849
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Cornewall-Lewis" title="George Cornewall Lewis">George Cornewall Lewis 30 November 1847-16 May 1848
. Wilson 16 May 1848-21 February 1852
. Elliot 26 January 1849-21 February 1852
owspan=2|First Lord of the Admiralty The Earl of Auckland 7 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
b>Sir Francis Thornhill Baring 15 January 1849
owspan=2|First Secretary of the Admiralty H.G. Ward 13 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
. Parker 21 May 1849
a href="/encyclopedia/Civil-Lord-of-the-Admiralty" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Civil Lord of the Admiralty W.F. Cowper 7 July 1846  
owspan=2|Chief Secretary for Ireland Henry Labouchere 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Meredyth-Somerville" title="William Meredyth Somerville">Sir William Somerville 22 July 1847
owspan=2|Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Earl of Bessborough 8 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/George-William-Frederick-Villiers,-4th-Earl-of-Clarendon" title="George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon">The Earl of Clarendon 22 May 1847
owspan=2|Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord Campbell of St Andrews 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
b>The Earl of Carlisle 6 March 1850
owspan=3|Paymaster-General Thomas Babington Macaulay 7 July 1846  
b>The Earl Granville 8 May 1848 entered the Cabinet October 1851
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-John-Stanley,-2nd-Baron-Stanley-of-Alderley" title="Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">The Lord Stanley of Alderley 12 February 1852  
a href="/encyclopedia/United-Kingdom-Postmaster-General" title="United Kingdom Postmaster General">Postmaster-General The Marquess of Clanricarde 7 July 1846  
owspan=2|President of the Board of Trade The Earl of Clarendon 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
b>Henry Labouchere 22 July 1847
owspan=3|Vice-President of the Board of Trade Thomas Milner Gibson 8 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Granville-George-Leveson-Gower,-2nd-Earl-Granville" title="Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Earl Granville 8 May 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-John-Stanley,-2nd-Baron-Stanley-of-Alderley" title="Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Lord Stanley of Alderley 11 February 1852
owspan=2|First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Viscount Morpeth 7 July 1846 succeeded as 7th Earl of Carlisle 7 October 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-Adolphus-Seymour,-12th-Duke-of-Somerset" title="Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset">Lord Seymour 17 April 1849 office abolished 1 August 1851
a href="/encyclopedia/First-Commissioner-of-Works" title="First Commissioner of Works">First Commissioner of Works Lord Seymour 1 August 1851 entered the Cabinet October 1851
a href="/encyclopedia/Master-General-of-the-Ordnance" title="Master-General of the Ordnance">Master-General of the Ordnance The Marquess of Anglesey 8 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Surveyor-General-of-the-Ordnance" title="Surveyor-General of the Ordnance">Surveyor-General of the Ordnance C.R. Fox 8 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Clerk-of-the-Ordnance" title="Clerk of the Ordnance">Clerk of the Ordnance G. Anson 8 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Storekeeper-of-the-Ordnance" title="Storekeeper of the Ordnance">Storekeeper of the Ordnance Sir T. Hastings 25 July 1845 continued in office
owspan=2|President of the Poor Law Board Charles Buller 23 July 1847 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Matthew-Talbot-Baines" title="Matthew Talbot Baines">Matthew Talbot Baines 1 January 1849
owspan=2|Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board Viscount Ebrington 23 July 1847 rowspan=2| 
.W. Grey 28 January 1851
owspan=2|Secretary at War Fox Maule 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Vernon-Smith" title="Robert Vernon Smith">Robert Vernon Smith 6 February 1852
owspan=4|Attorney General Sir Thomas Wilde 7 July 1846 rowspan=4| 
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Jervis" title="John Jervis">Sir John Jervis 17 July 1846
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Romilly" title="John Romilly">Sir John Romilly 11 July 1850
a href="/encyclopedia/Sir-Alexander-Cockburn,-12th-Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet">Sir Alexander Cockburn 28 March 1851
owspan=5|Solicitor General John Jervis 7 July 1846 rowspan=5| 
a href="/encyclopedia/David-Dundas" title="David Dundas">Sir David Dundas 18 July 1846
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Romilly" title="John Romilly">Sir John Romilly 4 April 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Sir-Alexander-Cockburn,-12th-Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet">Sir Alexander Cockburn 11 July 1850
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Page-Wood,-1st-Baron-Hatherley" title="William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley">Sir William Page Wood 28 March 1851
owspan=3|Judge Advocate General Charles Buller 8 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
.G. Hayter 22 December 1847
a href="/encyclopedia/David-Dundas" title="David Dundas">Sir David Dundas 26 May 1849
owspan=2|Lord Advocate A. Rutherfurd 6 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
. Montcrieff 7 April 1851
owspan=4|Solicitor General for Scotland T. Maitland 6 July 1846 rowspan=4| 
. Montcrieff 7 February 1850
. Cowan 18 April 1851
. Deas 28 June 1851
owspan=3|Attorney General for Ireland R. Moore 16 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
.H. Monahan 21 December 1847
. Hatchell 23 September 1850
owspan=3|Solicitor General for Ireland J.H. Monahan 16 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
. Hatchell 24 December 1847
.G. Hughes 26 September 1850
owspan=2|Lord Steward of the Household The Earl Fortescue 8 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-Grosvenor,-2nd-Marquess-of-Westminster" title="Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster">The Marquess of Westminster 22 March 1850
owspan=2|Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl Spencer 8 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Campbell,-2nd-Marquess-of-Breadalbane" title="John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane">The Marquess of Breadalbane 5 September 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Vice-Chamberlain-of-the-Household" title="Vice-Chamberlain of the Household">Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Lord E. Howard 8 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Master-of-the-Horse" title="Master of the Horse">Master of the Horse The Duke of Norfolk 11 July 1846  
owspan=2|Treasurer of the Household Lord Robert Grosvenor 3 August 1846 rowspan=2| 
ord M. Hill 23 July 1847
owspan=3|Comptroller of the Household Lord M. Hill 6 July 1846 rowspan=3| 
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Saunders-Lascelles" title="William Saunders Lascelles">William Saunders Lascelles 23 July 1847
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Phipps,-2nd-Marquess-of-Normanby" title="George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby">Earl of Mulgrave 23 July 1851
a href="/encyclopedia/Captain-of-the-Gentlemen-at-Arms" title="Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms">Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Lord Foley 24 July 1846  
owspan=2|Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Viscount Falkland 24 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Hamilton-Chichester,-3rd-Marquess-of-Donegall" title="George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall">The Marquess of Donegal 11 February 1848
owspan=2|Master of the Buckhounds The Earl Granville 9 July 1846 rowspan=2| 
a href="/encyclopedia/John-William-Ponsonby,-4th-Earl-of-Bessborough" title="John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough">The Earl of Bessborough 16 May 1848
a href="/encyclopedia/Chief-Equerry-and-Clerk-Marshal" title="Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal">Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal Lord Alfred Paget 7 July 1846  
a href="/encyclopedia/Mistress-of-the-Robes" title="Mistress of the Robes">Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Sutherland 4 July 1846  
owspan=9|Lords in Waiting The Earl of Morley 24 July 1846-21 February 1852 rowspan=9| 
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-George-Francis-Moreton,-2nd-Earl-of-Ducie" title="Henry George Francis Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie">The Earl of Ducie 24 July 1846-1 December 1847
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-Manners-Cavendish,-3rd-Baron-Waterpark" title="Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark">Lord Waterpark 24 July 1846-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-Stonor,-3rd-Baron-Camoys" title="Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys">Lord Camoys 4 August 1846-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Sholto-Douglas,-17th-Earl-of-Morton" title="George Sholto Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton">The Earl of Morton 10 September 1841-26 June 1849
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Butler,-2nd-Marquess-of-Ormonde" title="John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde">The Marquess of Ormonde 10 September 1841-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Elphinstone,-13th-Lord-Elphinstone" title="John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone">Lord Elphinstone 1 December 1847-21 February 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Frederick-Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,-1st-Marquess-of-Dufferin-and-Ava" title="Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava">Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye 26 June 1849-21 February 1852
Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

 

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