Wellington caretaker ministry explained

King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked the Duke of Wellington to form a government but he declined, instead recommending Sir Robert Peel. Peel was in Sardinia at the time, so the Duke of Wellington took control of the government in a caretaker capacity^[1] until Peel returned and was able to form his government on 10 December.

List of ministers

During the caretaker government there was no Cabinet.^[2]

Ministers^[3] ! Office! Name! Date
scope=row		The Duke of Wellington	17 November 18349 December 1834
scope=row	Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhurst	21 November 1834
scope=row	Chancellor of the Exchequer (interim)	The Lord Denman	15 November 1834
scope=row rowspan=6	Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	The Duke of Wellington	21 November 1834
The Earl of Rosslyn
The Lord Ellenborough
Lord Maryborough
Sir John Beckett
Joseph Planta

Wellington was the only Secretary of State.
As no separate Chancellor of the Exchequer had been appointed, Denman held the post pro tempore by virtue of being Lord Chief Justice.
Most offices were in commission.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/736555 A Cabinet Council
Venning, T. (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p.106.
Cook, C; Keith, B. (1975). British Historical Facts 1830–1900. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, p.4.