Cabinet Name: | First Peel ministry |
Incumbent: | 1834–1835 |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
Government Head: | Sir Robert Peel |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | William IV |
Legislature Status: | Minority |
Last Election: | 1835 general election |
Previous: | Wellington caretaker ministry |
Successor: | Second Melbourne ministry |
Sir Robert Peel's first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of the Duke of Wellington. Peel was also Chancellor of the Exchequer while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young William Ewart Gladstone held office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, his first governmental post in a ministerial career that would span for the next sixty years.
The Peel ministry was a minority government, and relied on Whig support. However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals to defeat the Conservatives at every turn. After a reign of only four months, the government felt obliged to resign, whereupon the Whig leader Lord Melbourne formed his second government.
Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.