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Second Peel ministry

Government of the United Kingdom

Second Peel ministry

Summary

Government of the United Kingdom

FieldValue
incumbent1841–1846
imageRobert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg
captionPeel by Robert Richard Scanlan
date_formed
date_dissolved
government_head_titlePrime Minister
government_headSir Robert Peel
state_head_titleMonarch
state_headQueen Victoria
political_partiesConservative Party
election1841 general election
opposition_partyWhigs
opposition_leaders{{unbulleted list
previousSecond Melbourne ministry
successorFirst Russell ministry
flagCoat of arms of the United Kingdom (Queen Victoria, lesser arms).svg

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The second Peel ministry was formed by Sir Robert Peel in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1841.

History

Peel came to power for a second time after the Conservative victory in the General Election caused the Whig government of Lord Melbourne to resign.

Henry Goulburn was Chancellor of the Exchequer, the future Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen Foreign Secretary and Sir James Graham Home Secretary. William Gladstone, who was yet to join the Liberal Party, became a member of the cabinet for the first time in 1843 when he was appointed President of the Board of Trade. His future rival Benjamin Disraeli was overlooked by Peel and was a sharp critic of the government.

The government was brought down by Peel's decision in 1846 to support the repeal of the Corn Laws, leading to a split in the Tory party and the formation of a Whig government under Lord John Russell.

Cabinet

September 1841 – July 1846

Contemporary engraving showing the members of the Peel ministry
John Linnell
OfficeNameTerm
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
First Lord of the Admiralty
Chancellor of the Exchequer
President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Trade
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary at War
Paymaster General
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Minister without Portfolio
Leader of the House of Lords

Changes

  • October 1841: Lord FitzGerald succeeds Lord Ellenborough as President of the Board of Control.
  • February 1842: The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds the Duke of Buckingham as Lord Privy Seal.
  • May 1843: Lord Ripon succeeds FitzGerald as President of the Board of Control. William Gladstone succeeds Ripon at the Board of Trade.
  • May 1844: Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, enters the Cabinet. Sir Henry Hardinge leaves the cabinet. His successor as Secretary at War is not in the Cabinet.
  • February 1845: William Gladstone resigns as President of the Board of Trade. His successor in that post is not in the Cabinet. The First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, Lord Lincoln, enters the Cabinet, while Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Paymaster, leaves it.
  • May 1845: Sidney Herbert, the Secretary at War, enters the Cabinet.
  • December 1845: Gladstone succeeds Lord Stanley as Secretary for War and the Colonies.
  • January 1846: The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds Lord Wharnecliffe as Lord President. Lord Haddington succeeds Buccleuch as Lord Privy Seal. Ellenborough succeeds Haddington as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lincoln becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. His successor as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests is not in the Cabinet.

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

OfficeNameDatePrime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of CommonsChancellor of the ExchequerParliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryFinancial Secretary to the TreasuryJunior Lords of the TreasuryLord ChancellorLord President of the CouncilLord Privy SealSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentUnder-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretary of State for War and the ColoniesUnder-Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyFirst Secretary of the AdmiraltyCivil Lord of the AdmiraltyPresident of the Board of ControlJoint Secretaries of the Board of ControlChancellor of the Duchy of LancasterPaymaster GeneralMinister without Portfolio
Leader of the House of LordsPresident of the Board of TradeVice-President of the Board of TradeSecretary at WarFirst Commissioner of Woods and ForestsChief Secretary for IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandMaster of the MintMaster-General of the OrdnanceSurveyor-General of the OrdnanceClerk of the OrdnanceStorekeeper of the OrdnancePostmaster-GeneralAttorney GeneralSolicitor GeneralJudge Advocate GeneralLord AdvocateSolicitor General for ScotlandAttorney General for IrelandSolicitor General for IrelandLord Steward of the HouseholdLord Chamberlain of the HouseholdVice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdMaster of the HorseTreasurer of the HouseholdComptroller of the HouseholdCaptain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsCaptain of the Yeomen of the GuardMaster of the BuckhoundsChief Equerry and Clerk MarshalMistress of the RobesLords in Waiting
Sir Robert Peel30 August 184129 June 1846
Henry Goulburn4 September 1841
Sir Thomas Fremantle8 September 1841
John Young21 May 1844
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet8 September 1841
Edward Cardwell4 February 1845
James Milnes Gaskell6 September 184111 March 1846
Henry Bingham Baring6 September 184127 June 1846
Alexander Perceval6 September 184116 September 1841
Alexander Pringle6 September 184126 April 1845
John Young16 September 184121 May 1844
Lord Arthur Lennox21 May 18448 August 1845
William Forbes Mackenzie26 April 184511 March 1846
William Cripps8 August 184527 June 1846
Swynfen Carnegie11 March 184627 June 1846
Ralph Neville11 March 184627 June 1846
John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst3 September 1841
James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe3 September 1841
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch21 January 1846
Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos3 September 1841
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch2 February 1842
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington21 January 1846
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet3 September 1841
John Manners-Sutton3 September 1841
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen3 September 1841
Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning4 September 1841
George Smythe27 January 1846
Edward Smith-Stanley, Baron Stanley3 September 1841
William Gladstone23 December 1845
George William Hope8 September 1841
George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton8 January 1846
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington6 September 1841
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough8 January 1846
Sidney Herbert10 September 1841
Henry Lowry-Corry4 February 1845
Henry Lowry-Corry6 September 1841
Henry Fitzroy10 February 1845
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough4 September 1841
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey23 October 1841
Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon17 May 1843
James Emerson Tennent8 September 18415 August 1845
Bingham Baring8 September 184117 February 1845
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn17 February 184527 June 1846
Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon5 August 184527 June 1846
Lord Granville Somerset3 September 1841
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet8 September 1841
Bingham Baring1 March 1845
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington3 September 1841
Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon3 September 1841
William Gladstone15 May 1843
James Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie5 February 1845
William Gladstone3 September 1841
James Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie10 June 1843
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet5 February 1845
Sir Henry Hardinge4 September 1841
Sir Thomas Fremantle17 May 1844
Sidney Herbert4 February 1845
Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln16 September 1841
Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning2 March 1846
Edward Eliot, Baron Eliot6 February 1841
Sir Thomas Fremantle1 February 1845
Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln14 February 1846
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey11 September 1841
William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury17 July 1844
William Gladstone9 September 1841
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet12 February 1845
Sir George Murray9 September 1841
Jonathan Peel9 September 1841
Henry George Boldero9 September 1841
Lord Arthur Lennox7 August 1845
Francis Robert Bonham9 September 1841
Sir Thomas Hastings25 July 1845
William Lowther, Viscount Lowther9 September 1841
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans30 December 1845
Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet6 September 1841
Sir William Webb Follett15 April 1844
Sir Frederic Thesiger29 June 1845
Sir William Webb Follett6 September 1841
Sir Frederic Thesiger29 June 1844
Sir Fitzroy Kelly17 July 1845
John Iltyd Nicholl8 September 1841
James Stuart-Wortley24 January 1846
Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet4 September 1841
Duncan McNeill26 October 1842
Duncan McNeill9 September 1841
Adam Anderson8 November 1842
Francis Blackburne23 September 1841
Thomas Cusack-Smith10 November 1842
Richard Wilson Greene2 February 1846
Edward Pennefather23 September 1841
Joseph Devonsher Jackson10 November 1841
Thomas Cusack-Smith21 September 1842
Richard Wilson Greene1 November 1842
Abraham Brewster2 February 1846
Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool3 September 1841
George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr8 September 1841
Lord Ernest Bruce7 September 1841
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey4 September 1841
Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn9 September 1841
George Dawson-Damer9 September 1841
John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester8 September 1841
John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian8 September 1841
George Percy, Earl of Beverley15 January 1842
James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn10 September 1841
Lord Charles Wellesley10 September 1841
Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch10 September 1841
John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde10 September 184127 June 1846
Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick10 September 184127 June 1846
George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton10 September 184127 June 1846
Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke10 September 184131 January 1846
George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers10 September 184127 June 1846
Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden15 September 184127 June 1846
George Murray, Baron Glenlyon31 January 184627 June 1846

;Notes

References

  • C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900
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