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Conservative Government 1841-1846

Sir Robert Peel's second government came to power in 1841 after the Conservative victory in the General Election caused the Whig government of Lord Melbourne to resign. 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.


Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

OfficeNameDateNotes
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel30 August 1841-27 June 1846resigned 6 December 1845 and resumed 20 December 1845
Chancellor of the ExchequerHenry Goulburn4 September 1841 
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasurySir Thomas Fraser Fremantle 8 September 1841 
John Young21 May 1844
Financial Secretary to the TreasurySir George Clerk8 September 1841 
Edward Cardwell4 February 1845
Junior Lords of the TreasuryJames Milnes Gaskell 6 September 1841-11 March 1846 
Henry Bingham Baring 6 September 1841-27 June 1846
A. Perceval6 September 1841-16 September 1841
Alexander Pringle 6 September 1841-26 April 1845
John Young16 September 1841-21 May 1844
Lord Arthur Lennox 21 May 1844-8 August 1845
William Forbes Mackenzie 26 April 1845-11 March 1846
William Cripps 8 August 1845-27 June 1846
Swynford Thomas Carnegie 11 March 1846-27 June 1846
Ralph Neville11 March 1846-27 June 1846
Lord ChancellorLord Lyndhurst3 September 1841 
Lord President of the CouncilLord Wharncliffe3 September 1841 
Duke of Buccleuch21 January 1846
Lord Privy SealDuke of Buckingham and Chandos3 September 1841 
Duke of Buccleuch2 February 1842
Earl of Haddington21 January 1846
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir James Graham3 September 1841 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentJ. Manners-Sutton3 September 1841 
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsEarl of Aberdeen3 September 1841 
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsViscount Canning4 September 1841 
G. Smythe27 January 1846
Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesLord Stanley3 September 1841 
William Ewart Gladstone23 December 1845
Under-Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesG. Hope8 September 1841 
Lord Lyttelton 8 January 1846
First Lord of the AdmiraltyEarl of Haddington6 September 1841 
Earl of Ellenborough8 January 1846
First Secretary of the Admiralty Sidney Herbert10 September 1841 
Henry Thomas Lowry Corry4 February 1845
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyHenry Thomas Lowry Corry6 September 1841 
H. Fitzroy10 February 1845
President of the Board of ControlLord Ellenborough4 September 1841created Earl of Ellenborough 22 October 1844
Lord Fitzgerald23 October 1841 
Earl of Ripon17 May 1843
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control J.E. Tennent8 September 1841-5 August 1845 
William Bingham Baring 8 September 1841-17 February 1845
Viscount Jocelyn 17 February 1845-27 June 1846
Viscount Mahon5 August 1845-27 June 1846
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterLord Granville Somerset3 September 1841entered the Cabinet May 1844
Paymaster-GeneralSir Edmund Knatchbull 8 September 1841 
William Bingham Baring 1 March 1845
Minister without PortfolioDuke of Wellington3 September 1841 
President of the Board of TradeEarl of Ripon3 September 1841 
William Ewart Gladstone15 May 1843
Earl of Dalhousie5 February 1845
Vice-President of the Board of TradeWilliam Ewart Gladstone3 September 1841 
Earl of Dalhousie10 June 1843
Sir George Clerk5 February 1845
Secretary at WarSir Henry Hardinge4 September 1841 
Sir Thomas Fraser Fremantle 17 May 1844
Sidney Herbert4 February 1845entered the Cabinet May 1845
First Commissioner of Woods and ForestsEarl of Lincoln16 September 1841entered the Cabinet February 1845
Viscount Canning2 March 1846 
Chief Secretary for IrelandLord Eliot6 February 1841 
Sir Thomas Fraser Fremantle 1 February 1845
Earl of Lincoln14 February 1846
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandEarl de Grey11 September 1841 
Lord Heytesbury17 July 1844
Master of the MintWilliam Ewart Gladstone9 September 1841 
Sir George Clerk12 February 1845
Master-General of the OrdnanceSir George Murray9 September 1841 
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceJonathan Peel9 September 1841 
Clerk of the Ordnance H.G. Boldero9 September 1841 
Lord Arthur Lennox 7 August 1845
Storekeeper of the Ordnance F.R. Bonham9 September 1841 
Sir T. Hastings25 July 1845
Postmaster-GeneralViscount Lowther9 September 1841succeeded as 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 19 March 1844
Earl of St Germans30 December 1845 
Attorney GeneralSir Frederick Pollock6 September 1841 
Sir William Webb Follett15 April 1844
Sir Frederic Thesiger29 June 1845
Solicitor GeneralSir William Webb Follett6 September 1841 
Sir Frederic Thesiger29 June 1844
Sir Fitzroy Kelly17 July 1845
Judge Advocate GeneralJ. Nichol8 September 1841 
J. Stuart-Wortley24 January 1846
Lord AdvocateSir W. Rae4 September 1841 
D. McNeill26 October 1842
Solicitor General for ScotlandD. McNeill9 September 1841 
A. Anderson8 November 1842
Attorney General for Ireland Francis Blackburne23 September 1841 
T. Smith10 November 1842
R. Green21 September 1842
E. Pennefather2 February 1846
Solicitor General for IrelandJ.D. Jackson23 September 1841 
T. Smith10 November 1841
R. Green1 November 1842
A. Brewster2 February 1846
Lord Steward of the HouseholdEarl of Liverpool 3 September 1841 
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdEarl De La Warr 8 September 1841 
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Lord E. Bruce7 September 1841 
Master of the HorseEarl of Jersey 4 September 1841 
Treasurer of the HouseholdEarl Jermyn 9 September 1841 
Comptroller of the HouseholdG. Dawson-Damer9 September 1841 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsLord Forester 8 September 1841 
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardMarquess of Lothian 8 September 1841 
Earl of Beverley 15 January 1842
Master of the BuckhoundsEarl of Rosslyn 10 September 1841 
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal Lord Charles Wellesley10 September 1841 
Mistress of the RobesDuchess of Buccleuch10 September 1841 
Lords in Waiting Marquess of Ormonde 10 September 1841-27 June 1846 
Earl of Warwick 10 September 1841-27 June 1846
Earl of Morton 10 September 1841-27 June 1846
Earl of Hardwicke10 September 1841-31 January 1846
Lord Rivers 10 September 1841-27 June 1846
Viscount Hawarden 15 September 1841-27 June 1846
Lord Glenlyon 31 January 1846-27 June 1846

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

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