Liverpool ministry
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Lord Liverpool from 1812 to 1827. He was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Prince Regent after the assassination of Spencer Perceval.
The Cabinet
1812β1827
- Lord Liverpool β First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Eldon β Lord Chancellor
- Lord Harrowby β Lord President of the Council
- Lord Westmorland β Lord Privy Seal
- Lord Sidmouth β Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Castlereagh β Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Bathurst β Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
- Lord Melville β First Lord of the Admiralty
- Nicholas Vansittart β Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Lord Mulgrave β Master-General of the Ordnance
- Lord Buckinghamshire β President of the Board of Control
- Charles Bathurst β Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Camden β minister without portfolio
Changes
- Late 1812 β Lord Camden leaves the Cabinet
- September 1814 β William Wellesley-Pole, the Master of the Mint, enters the Cabinet
- February 1816 β George Canning succeeds Lord Buckinghamshire at the Board of Control
- January 1818 β Frederick John Robinson, the President of the Board of Trade, enters the Cabinet
- January 1819 β The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Mulgrave as Master-General of the Ordnance. Lord Mulgrave becomes minister without portfolio
- 1820 β Lord Mulgrave leaves the cabinet
- January 1821 β Charles Bathurst succeeds Canning as President of the Board of Control, remaining also at the Duchy of Lancaster
- January 1822 β Robert Peel succeeds Lord Sidmouth as Home Secretary
- February 1822 β Charles Williams-Wynn succeeds Charles Bathurst at the Board of Control. Bathurst remains at the Duchy of Lancaster and in the Cabinet
- September 1822 β Following the suicide of Lord Londonderry, George Canning becomes Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons
- January 1823 β Vansittart, elevated to the peerage as Lord Bexley, succeeds Charles Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. F.J. Robinson succeeds Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is succeeded at the Board of Trade by William Huskisson
- 1823 β Lord Maryborough, the Master of the Mint, leaves the Cabinet. His successor in the office is not a Cabinet member
Full list of ministers
Office | Name | Date |
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords | The Earl of Liverpool | 8 June 1812 β 9 April 1827 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Nicholas Vansittart | 9 June 1812 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | F. J. Robinson | 21 January 1823 |
Secretaries to the Treasury | Richard Wharton | Continued in office β 1814 |
Secretaries to the Treasury | Charles Arbuthnot | Continued in office β 1823 |
Secretaries to the Treasury | Stephen Rumbold Lushington | 1814β1827 |
Secretaries to the Treasury | John Charles Herries | 1823β1827 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 16 June 1812 β 7 January 1817 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Berkeley Paget | 16 June 1812 β 13 June 1826 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | F. J. Robinson | 16 June 1812 β 25 November 1813 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | James Brogden | 16 June 1812 β 20 December 1813 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Viscount Lowther | 25 November 1813 β 30 April 1827 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Charles Grant | 20 December 1813 β 25 March 1819 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Maxwell-Barry | 7 January 1817 β 3 May 1823 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Odell | 7 January 1817 β 25 March 1819 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Granville Somerset | 25 March 1819 β 30 April 1827 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Edmond Alexander Macnaghten | 25 March 1819 β 30 April 1827 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Earl of Mount Charles | 13 June 1826 β 30 April 1827 |
Lord Chancellor | The Lord Eldon | Continued in office |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl of Harrowby | 11 June 1812 |
Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | Continued in office |
Home Secretary | The Viscount Sidmouth | 11 June 1812 |
Home Secretary | Robert Peel | 17 January 1822 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Goulburn | Continued in office |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | John Hiley Addington | August 1812 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Clive | April 1818 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | George Robert Dawson | January 1822 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Leader of the House of Commons | Viscount Castlereagh | Continued in office |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Leader of the House of Commons | George Canning | 16 September 1822 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Edward Cooke | Continued in office |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Joseph Planta | 25 July 1817 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl of Clanwilliam | 22 January 1822 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Lord Francis Conyngham | January 1823 β January 1826 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Lord Howard de Walden | July 1824 β April 1827 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess of Clanricarde | January 1826 β April 1827 |
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Earl Bathurst | 11 June 1812 |
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Henry Bunbury | Continued in office β 1816 |
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Robert Peel | Continued in office β 1812 |
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Henry Goulburn | 1812β1821 |
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Robert Wilmot Horton | 1821 |
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Viscount Melville | Continued in office |
First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | Continued in office |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | F. J. Robinson | Continued in office β 5 October 1812 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Lord Walpole | Continued in office β 5 October 1812 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | William Dundas | Continued in office β 23 August 1814 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Sir George Warrender | 5 October 1812 β 8 February 1822 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | John Osborn | 5 October 1812 β 16 February 1824 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | The Marquess of Worcester | 24 May 1816 β 15 March 1819 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Sir George Clerk | 15 March 1819 β 2 May 1827 |
Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Lord William Douglas | 8 February β 23 March 1822 16 February 1824 β 2 May 1827 |
President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | Continued in office |
President of the Board of Trade | The Earl of Clancarty | 29 September 1812 |
President of the Board of Trade | F. J. Robinson | 24 January 1818 |
President of the Board of Trade | William Huskisson | 31 January 1823 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | George Rose | Continued in office |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | F. J. Robinson | 29 September 1812 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | Thomas Wallace | 24 January 1818 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade | Charles Grant | 3 April 1823 |
President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Buckinghamshire | Continued in office |
President of the Board of Control | George Canning | 20 June 1816 |
President of the Board of Control | Charles Bragge Bathurst | 16 January 1821 |
President of the Board of Control | Charles Williams-Wynn | 8 February 1822 |
Secretary to the Board of Control | John Bruce | Continued in office |
Secretary to the Board of Control | Thomas Courtenay | 20 August 1812 |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 23 June 1812 |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Charles Bathurst | 23 August 1812 |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Nicholas Vansittart | 13 February 1823 |
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Mulgrave | Continued in office |
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Duke of Wellington | 1 January 1819 |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Trigge | Continued in office β 11 January 1814 |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Hildebrand Oakes | 9 March 1814 β 9 September 1822 |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | The Viscount Beresford | 18 February 1823 |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir George Murray | 22 March 1824 |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir William Henry Clinton | 30 April 1825 |
Treasurer of the Ordnance | Thomas Alcock | Continued in office |
Treasurer of the Ordnance | William Holmes | 20 June 1818 |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Robert Moorsom | Continued in office |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Sir Ulysses Burgh | 16 March 1820 |
Clerk of the Ordnance | Robert Plumer Ward | Continued in office |
Clerk of the Ordnance | Sir Henry Hardinge | 29 April 1823 |
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Thomas Thoroton | Continued in office |
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Edmund Phipps | 31 October 1812 |
Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | Continued in office |
Treasurer of the Navy | George Rose | Continued in office |
Treasurer of the Navy | F. J. Robinson | 12 February 1818 |
Treasurer of the Navy | William Huskisson | 8 February 1823 |
Secretary at War | Viscount Palmerston | Continued in office |
Master of the Mint | The Earl Bathurst | Continued in office |
Master of the Mint | The Earl of Clancarty | 30 October 1812 |
Master of the Mint | William Wellesley-Pole | 28 September 1814 |
Master of the Mint | Thomas Wallace | 9 October 1823 |
Paymaster of the Forces | Charles Long | Continued in office β 1826 |
Paymaster of the Forces | Lord Charles Henry Somerset | Continued in office β 1813 |
Paymaster of the Forces | F. J. Robinson | 9 November 1813 β 1817 |
Paymaster of the Forces | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 1826 |
Postmaster General | The Earl of Chichester | Continued in office β 1826 |
Postmaster General | The Earl of Sandwich | Continued in office β 1814 |
Postmaster General | The Earl of Clancarty | 1814β1816 |
Postmaster General | The Marquess of Salisbury | 1816β1823 |
Postmaster General | Lord Frederick Montagu | 1826β1827 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Lord Glenbervie | Continued in office |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | William Huskisson | 1814 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Charles Arbuthnot | 1823 |
Minister without Portfolio | The Earl Camden | June 1812 β December 1812 |
Minister without Portfolio | The Earl of Mulgrave | January 1819 β May 1820 |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Richmond | Continued in office |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Earl Whitworth | June 1813 |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Earl Talbot | October 1817 |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Marquess Wellesley | December 1821 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | William Wellesley-Pole | Continued in office |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | Robert Peel | August 1812 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | Charles Grant | August 1818 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | Henry Goulburn | December 1821 |
Attorney General | Sir Thomas Plumer | 26 June 1812 |
Attorney General | Sir William Garrow | 4 May 1813 |
Attorney General | Sir Samuel Shepherd | 7 May 1817 |
Attorney General | Sir Robert Gifford | 24 July 1819 |
Attorney General | Sir John Singleton Copley | 9 January 1824 |
Attorney General | Sir Charles Wetherell | 20 September 1826 |
Solicitor General | Sir William Garrow | 26 June 1812 |
Solicitor General | Sir Robert Dallas | 4 May 1813 |
Solicitor General | Sir Samuel Shepherd | 22 December 1813 |
Solicitor General | Sir Robert Gifford | 7 May 1817 |
Solicitor General | Sir John Singleton Copley | 24 July 1819 |
Solicitor General | Sir Charles Wetherell | 9 January 1824 |
Solicitor General | Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal | 20 September 1826 |
Judge Advocate General | Charles Manners-Sutton | Continued in office |
Judge Advocate General | Sir John Beckett | 25 June 1817 |
Lord Advocate | Archibald Colquhoun | Continued in office |
Lord Advocate | Alexander Maconochie | 1816 |
Lord Advocate | Sir William Rae Bt | 1819 |
Solicitor General for Scotland | David Monypenny | Continued in office |
Solicitor General for Scotland | Alexander Maconochie | 1813 |
Solicitor General for Scotland | James Wedderburn | 1816 |
Solicitor General for Scotland | John Hope | 1822 |
Attorney General for Ireland | William Conyngham Plunket | 1822 |
Solicitor General for Ireland | Charles Kendal Bushe | Continued in office |
Solicitor General for Ireland | Henry Joy | 20 February 1822 |
Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Cholmondeley | Continued in office |
Lord Steward of the Household | The Marquess Conyngham | 11 December 1821 |
Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Jocelyn | Continued in office |
Treasurer of the Household | Lord Charles Bentinck | 29 July 1812 |
Treasurer of the Household | William Henry Fremantle | 27 May 1826 |
Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Thynne | Continued in office |
Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Beresford | 29 July 1812 |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Marquess of Hertford | Continued in office |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Duke of Montrose | 14 December 1821 |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Yarmouth | Continued in office |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Viscount Jocelyn | 28 July 1812 |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | The Marquess of Graham | 7 February 1821 |
Master of the Horse | The Duke of Montrose | Continued in office |
Master of the Horse | The Duke of Dorset | 12 December 1821 |
Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess Cornwallis | Continued in office |
Master of the Buckhounds | The Lord Maryborough | 22 August 1823 |
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Courtown | Continued in office |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | Continued in office |
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