Shelburne ministry


























































Shelburne ministry
1782–1783

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Shelburne (1791)

Date formed 4 July 1782 (1782-07-04)
Date dissolved 26 March 1783 (1783-03-26)
People and organisations
Monarch George III
Prime Minister Lord Shelburne
Total no. of ministers 16 appointments
Member parties

  • Chathamites

  • Rockingham Whigs

Status in legislature Majority (coalition)
Opposition parties

  • Foxites

  • Grenvillites

Opposition leaders


  • Charles James Fox[1]


  • Lord North[1]

History
Legislature term(s) 15th GB Parliament
Predecessor Second Rockingham ministry
Successor Fox–North coalition

This is a list of the principal holders of government office during the premiership of the Earl of Shelburne between July 1782 and April 1783.


Upon the fall of the North ministry in March 1782, Whig Lord Rockingham became Prime Minister for a second time. He died in office four months later, and Home Secretary Lord Shelburne was invited to form a government. However, Charles James Fox and several other former Rockinghamites (including Cavendish and Burke) refused to serve under Shelburne and went into opposition. The Foxites allied with the supporters of Lord North to bring down the government, and the Fox–North coalition came to power in April 1783. This government did not long survive the hostility of King George III, and many of Shelburne's ministers returned to office under the leadership of William Pitt the Younger in December 1783, though Shelburne himself was consoled with the title Marquess of Lansdowne.




Contents






  • 1 Cabinet


    • 1.1 Changes




  • 2 Ministers not in Cabinet


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References





Cabinet






































































































Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
First Lord of the Treasury  
The Earl of Shelburne*
4 July 1782 (1782-07-04)
26 March 1783 (1783-03-26)
Whig
Lord Chancellor   The Lord Thurlow 3 June 1778 (1778-06-03)
7 April 1783 (1783-04-07)
Independent
Lord President of the Council   The Lord Camden 27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)
2 April 1783 (1783-04-02)
Whig
Lord Privy Seal   The Duke of Grafton 1782 (1782)
1783 (1783)
Whig
Chancellor of the Exchequer   William Pitt the Younger 10 July 1782 (1782-07-10)
31 March 1783 (1783-03-31)
Tory
Secretary of State for the Home Department   Thomas Townshend 10 July 1782 (1782-07-10)
2 April 1783 (1783-04-02)
Whig

  • Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

  • First Lord of Trade

  The Lord Grantham 9 December 1780 (1780-12-09)
2 April 1783 (1783-04-02)
Whig
First Lord of the Admiralty   The Viscount Keppel 1782 (1782)
1783 (1783)
Whig
  The Viscount Howe 1783 (1783)
1788 (1788)
Independent
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster   The Lord Ashburton 17 April 1782 (1782-04-17)
29 August 1783 (1783-08-29)
Independent
Master-General of the Ordnance   The Duke of Richmond 1782 (1782)
1783 (1783)
Whig


Changes


  • January 1783 – Lord Howe succeeds Lord Keppel at the Admiralty.


Ministers not in Cabinet




  • Henry Seymour Conway – Commander-in-Chief of the Forces


  • Henry Dundas – Treasurer of the Navy


  • Sir George Yonge – Secretary at War


  • Isaac Barré – Paymaster of the Forces


  • The Duke of Rutland – Lord Steward of the Household



Notes





  1. ^ ab Sheridan 1806, p. 12.




References




  • Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (28 February 1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-21512-8..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1806). Memoir of the Life of The Right Honourable Charles James Fox. London: H. D. Symonds.






Preceded by
Second Rockingham ministry

Government of Great Britain
1782–1783
Succeeded by
Fox–North coalition








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