The Whig government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in November 1830 and ended in November 1834 consisted of two ministries: the Grey ministry (from 1830 to July 1834) and then the first Melbourne ministry.
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The Whig government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in November 1830 and ended in November 1834 consisted of two ministries the Grey ministry from 1830 to July 1834 and then the first Melbourne ministry Lord Grey led the Government from 1830 to 1834 He was succeeded by Lord Melbourne upon his resignation Melbourne led the Government following the resignation of his predecessor in July 1834 He was dismissed in November Contents 1 History 2 Cabinets 2 1 The Earl Grey s Cabinet November 1830 July 1834 2 2 The Viscount Melbourne s Cabinet July 1834 November 1834 3 List of ministers 4 ReferencesHistory editThe first wholly Whig government since 1783 came to power after the Duke of Wellington s Tory government lost a vote of no confidence on 15 November 1830 The government led by the Earl Grey passed the Great Reform Act in 1832 which brought about parliamentary reform and enacted the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 bringing about the abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire citation needed However King William IV dismissed Grey s successor Lord Melbourne in 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government Peel was out of the country at the time so the Duke of Wellington formed a caretaker government citation needed Cabinets editThe Earl Grey s Cabinet November 1830 July 1834 edit Office Name Term First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords The Earl Grey November 1830 July 1834 Lord Chancellor The Lord Brougham November 1830 July 1834 Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne November 1830 July 1834 Lord Privy Seal The Lord Durham November 1830 April 1833 The Earl of Ripon April 1833 June 1834 The Earl of Carlisle June 1834 July 1834 Home Secretary The Viscount Melbourne November 1830 July 1834 Foreign Secretary The Viscount Palmerston November 1830 July 1834 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Viscount Goderich November 1830 April 1833 Edward Smith Stanley April 1833 June 1834 Thomas Spring Rice June 1834 July 1834 First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham November 1830 June 1834 The Lord Auckland June July 1834 Chancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of Commons Viscount Althorp November 1830 July 1834 President of the Board of Control Charles Grant November 1830 July 1834 Chief Secretary for Ireland Edward Smith Stanley June 1831 March 1833 Postmaster General The Duke of Richmond December 1830 July 1834 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Lord Holland November 1830 July 1834 Paymaster of the Forces Lord John Russell June 1831 July 1834 Secretary at War Edward Ellice June July 1834 Minister without Portfolio The Earl of Carlisle November 1830 June 1834 The Viscount Melbourne s Cabinet July 1834 November 1834 edit Office Name Term First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords The Viscount Melbourne July November 1834 Lord Chancellor The Lord Brougham July November 1834 Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne July November 1834 Lord Privy Seal Earl of Mulgrave July November 1834 Home Secretary Viscount Duncannon July November 1834 Foreign Secretary The Viscount Palmerston July November 1834 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Thomas Spring Rice July November 1834 First Lord of the Admiralty The Lord Auckland July November 1834 Chancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of Commons Viscount Althorp July November 1834 President of the Board of TradeTreasurer of the Navy Charles Poulett Thomson July November 1834 President of the Board of Control Charles Grant July November 1834 Master of the Mint James Abercromby July November 1834 First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Sir John Hobhouse Bt July November 1834 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Lord Holland July November 1834 Paymaster of the Forces Lord John Russell July November 1834 Secretary at War Edward Ellice July November 1834List of ministers editMembers of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face Office Name Date Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords The Earl Grey 22 November 1830 9 July 1834 a The Viscount Melbourne 16 July 1834 14 November 1834 Chancellor of the Exchequer Viscount Althorp b 22 November 1830 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Thomas Spring Rice 26 November 1830 Francis Baring 6 June 1834 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Edward Ellice 26 November 1830 Charles Wood 10 August 1832 Junior Lords of the Treasury The Lord Nugent 22 November 1830 22 November 1832 Robert Vernon Smith 22 November 1830 14 November 1834 Francis Baring 22 November 1830 6 June 1834 Hon George Ponsonby 22 November 1830 14 November 1834 Thomas Francis Kennedy 22 November 1832 9 April 1834 Robert Graham 9 April 1834 14 November 1834 George Byng 20 June 1834 14 November 1834 Lord Chancellor The Lord Brougham and Vaux 22 November 1830 Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Lansdowne 22 November 1830 Lord Privy Seal The Lord Durham c 22 November 1830 The Earl of Ripon 3 April 1833 The Earl of Carlisle 5 June 1834 The Earl of Mulgrave 30 July 1834 Secretary of State for the Home Department The Viscount Melbourne 22 November 1830 Viscount Duncannon 19 July 1834 Under Secretary of State for the Home Department Hon George Lamb 22 November 1830 Viscount Howick 13 January 1834 Edward Stanley 23 July 1834 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Viscount Palmerston 22 November 1830 Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir George Shee 26 November 1830 Viscount Fordwich 13 November 1834 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Viscount Goderich 22 November 1830 Hon Edward Smith Stanley 3 April 1833 Thomas Spring Rice 5 June 1834 Under Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Viscount Howick 23 November 1830 Sir John Shaw Lefevre 13 January 1834 Sir George Grey 16 July 1834 First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham 22 November 1830 The Lord Auckland 7 June 1834 First Secretary to the Admiralty Hon George Elliot 29 November 1830 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Henry Labouchere 8 June 1832 President of the Board of Control Charles Grant 1 December 1830 Secretary to the Board of Control Viscount Sandon 18 December 1830 Thomas Hyde Villiers 18 May 1831 Thomas Babington Macaulay 19 December 1832 Robert Gordon d 26 December 1833 14 November 1834 James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie d 22 April 1834 14 November 1834 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Lord Holland 25 November 1830 Chief Secretary for Ireland Hon Edward Smith Stanley e 29 November 1830 Sir John Hobhouse 29 March 1833 Edward Littleton 18 May 1833 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Marquess of Anglesey 4 December 1830 The Marquess Wellesley 12 September 1833 Master of the Mint The Lord Auckland 14 December 1830 James Abercromby 13 June 1834 Paymaster of the Forces Lord John Russell f 16 December 1830 Minister without Portfolio The Earl of Carlisle 22 November 1830 5 June 1834 Postmaster General The Duke of Richmond 11 December 1830 The Marquess Conyngham 5 July 1834 President of the Board of Trade The Lord Auckland 22 November 1830 Charles Poulett Thomson 5 June 1834 Vice President of the Board of Trade Charles Poulett Thomson 22 November 1830 Henry Labouchere 5 June 1834 Secretary at War Charles Williams Wynn 30 November 1830 Sir Henry Parnell 4 April 1831 Sir John Hobhouse 1 February 1832 Edward Ellice g 6 April 1833 First Commissioner of Woods and Forests George Agar Ellis 2 December 1830 Viscount Duncannon 7 February 1831 Sir John Hobhouse 22 July 1834 Treasurer of the Navy Charles Poulett Thomson 30 November 1830 Master General of the Ordnance Sir James Kempt 11 December 1830 Treasurer of the Ordnance Thomas Creevey 31 January 1831 Surveyor General of the Ordnance William Leader Maberly 12 January 1831 Charles Richard Fox 30 November 1832 Clerk of the Ordnance Charles Tennyson 30 December 1830 Thomas Francis Kennedy 8 February 1832 William Leader Maberly 30 November 1832 Andrew Leith Hay 19 June 1834 Storekeeper of the Ordnance Henry Duncan 30 December 1830 Attorney General Sir Thomas Denman 24 November 1830 Sir William Horne 26 November 1832 Sir John Campbell 1 March 1834 Solicitor General Sir William Horne 24 November 1830 Sir John Campbell 26 November 1832 Sir Charles Pepys 25 February 1834 Sir Robert Rolfe 6 November 1834 Judge Advocate General Sir Robert Grant 24 November 1830 Robert Cutlar Fergusson 19 June 1834 Lord Advocate Francis Jeffrey 3 December 1830 John Murray 17 May 1834 Solicitor General for Scotland Henry Cockburn 3 December 1830 Andrew Skene 5 November 1834 Attorney General for Ireland Edward Pennefather 23 December 1830 Francis Blackburne 11 January 1831 Solicitor General for Ireland Philip Cecil Crampton 23 December 1830 Michael O Loghlen 21 October 1834 Lord Steward of the Household The Marquess Wellesley 23 November 1830 The Duke of Argyll 11 September 1833 Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Duke of Devonshire 22 November 1830 Vice Chamberlain of the Household Earl of Belfast 24 July 1830 Master of the Horse The Earl of Albemarle 24 November 1830 Treasurer of the Household Sir William Henry Fremantle 27 May 1826 Continued in office Comptroller of the Household Lord Robert Grosvenor 23 November 1830 Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners h The 3rd Lord Foley 8 December 1830 The 4th Lord Foley 1 May 1833 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Marquess of Clanricarde 1 December 1830 The Earl of Gosford 16 July 1834 Master of the Buckhounds The Viscount Anson i 24 November 1830 Notes The Government resigned 8 May 1832 and resumed 17 May 1832 Also Leader of the House of Commons until 1834 Created Earl of Durham 23 March 1833 a b Joint Secretary from 22 April 1834 Entered the Cabinet 16 June 1831 Entered the Cabinet 16 June 1831 also Leader of the House of Commons 1834 entered the Cabinet 20 June 1834 Office renamed Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms 17 March 1834 Created Earl of Lichfield 15 September 1831 References editC Cook and B Keith British Historical Facts 1830 1900 Preceded byWellington Peel ministry Government of the United Kingdom1830 1834 Succeeded byWellington caretaker ministry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whig government 1830 1834 amp oldid 1182260008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
