Liverpool ministry explained

Incumbent:1812–1827
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Lord Liverpool
State Head Title:Monarch
Represented By:Prince Regent (1812–1820)
Political Party:Tory Party
Legislature Status:Majority
Opposition Party:Whig Party
Previous:Perceval ministry
Successor:Canning ministry

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was invited by the Prince Regent to form a government on 8 June 1812.[1] 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.

Cabinet

1812–1827

Changes

Full list of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

OfficeNameDate
scope=row First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords		The Earl of Liverpool8 June 1812 – 9 April 1827
scope=row rowspan=2 Chancellor of the ExchequerNicholas Vansittart9 June 1812
F. J. Robinson21 January 1823
scope=row rowspan=4 Secretaries to the TreasuryRichard WhartonContinued in office – 1814
Charles ArbuthnotContinued in office – 1823
Stephen Rumbold Lushington1814–1827
John Charles Herries1823–1827
scope=row rowspan=11Junior Lords of the TreasuryWilliam Vesey-FitzGerald16 June 1812 – 7 January 1817
Berkeley Paget16 June 1812 – 13 June 1826
F. J. Robinson16 June 1812 – 25 November 1813
James Brogden16 June 1812 – 20 December 1813
Viscount Lowther25 November 1813 – 30 April 1827
Charles Grant20 December 1813 – 25 March 1819
John Maxwell-Barry7 January 1817 – 3 May 1823
William Odell7 January 1817 – 25 March 1819
Lord Granville Somerset25 March 1819 – 30 April 1827
Edmond Alexander Macnaghten25 March 1819 – 30 April 1827
Earl of Mount Charles13 June 1826 – 30 April 1827
scope=row Lord ChancellorThe Lord EldonContinued in office
scope=row Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl of Harrowby11 June 1812
scope=row Lord Privy SealThe Earl of WestmorlandContinued in office
scope=row rowspan=2Home SecretaryThe Viscount Sidmouth11 June 1812
Robert Peel17 January 1822
scope=row rowspan=4Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentHenry GoulburnContinued in office
John Hiley AddingtonAugust 1812
Henry CliveApril 1818
George Robert DawsonJanuary 1822
scope=row rowspan=2Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Leader of the House of Commons		Viscount CastlereaghContinued in office
George Canning16 September 1822
scope=row rowspan=6Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsEdward CookeContinued in office
Joseph Planta25 July 1817
The Earl of Clanwilliam22 January 1822
Lord Francis ConynghamJanuary 1823 – January 1826
The Lord Howard de WaldenJuly 1824 – April 1827
The Marquess of ClanricardeJanuary 1826 – April 1827
scope=row Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesThe Earl Bathurst11 June 1812
scope=row rowspan=4Under-Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesHenry BunburyContinued in office – 1816
Robert PeelContinued in office – 1812
Henry Goulburn1812–1821
Robert Wilmot Horton1821
scope=row First Lord of the AdmiraltyThe Viscount MelvilleContinued in office
scope=row First Secretary to the AdmiraltyJohn Wilson CrokerContinued in office
scope=row rowspan=8Civil Lords of the AdmiraltyF. J. RobinsonContinued in office – 5 October 1812
Lord WalpoleContinued in office – 5 October 1812
William DundasContinued in office – 23 August 1814
Sir George Warrender5 October 1812 – 8 February 1822
John Osborn5 October 1812 – 16 February 1824
The Marquess of Worcester24 May 1816 – 15 March 1819
Sir George Clerk15 March 1819 – 2 May 1827
Lord William Douglas8 February – 23 March 1822
16 February 1824 – 2 May 1827
scope=row rowspan=4President of the Board of TradeThe Earl BathurstContinued in office
The Earl of Clancarty29 September 1812
F. J. Robinson24 January 1818
William Huskisson31 January 1823
scope=row rowspan=4Vice-President of the Board of TradeGeorge RoseContinued in office
F. J. Robinson29 September 1812
Thomas Wallace24 January 1818
Charles Grant3 April 1823
scope=row rowspan=4President of the Board of ControlThe Earl of BuckinghamshireContinued in office
George Canning20 June 1816
Charles Bragge Bathurst16 January 1821
Charles Williams-Wynn8 February 1822
scope=row rowspan=2Secretary to the Board of ControlJohn BruceContinued in office
Thomas Courtenay20 August 1812
scope=row rowspan=3Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterThe Earl of Buckinghamshire23 June 1812
Charles Bathurst23 August 1812
Nicholas Vansittart13 February 1823
scope=row rowspan=2Master-General of the OrdnanceThe Earl of MulgraveContinued in office
The Duke of Wellington1 January 1819
scope=row rowspan=5Lieutenant-General of the OrdnanceSir Thomas TriggeContinued in office – 11 January 1814
Sir Hildebrand Oakes9 March 1814 – 9 September 1822
The Viscount Beresford18 February 1823
Sir George Murray22 March 1824
Sir William Henry Clinton30 April 1825
scope=row rowspan=2Treasurer of the OrdnanceThomas AlcockContinued in office
William Holmes20 June 1818
scope=row rowspan=2Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceRobert MoorsomContinued in office
Sir Ulysses Burgh16 March 1820
scope=row rowspan=2Clerk of the OrdnanceRobert Plumer WardContinued in office
Sir Henry Hardinge29 April 1823
scope=row rowspan=2Clerk of the Deliveries of the OrdnanceThomas ThorotonContinued in office
Edmund Phipps31 October 1812
scope=row Storekeeper of the OrdnanceMark SingletonContinued in office
scope=row rowspan=3Treasurer of the NavyGeorge RoseContinued in office
F. J. Robinson12 February 1818
William Huskisson8 February 1823
scope=row Secretary at WarViscount PalmerstonContinued in office
scope=row rowspan=4Master of the MintThe Earl BathurstContinued in office
The Earl of Clancarty30 October 1812
William Wellesley-Pole28 September 1814
Thomas Wallace9 October 1823
scope=row rowspan=4Paymaster of the ForcesCharles LongContinued in office – 1826
Lord Charles Henry SomersetContinued in office – 1813
F. J. Robinson9 November 1813 – 1817
William Vesey-FitzGerald1826
scope=row rowspan=5Postmaster GeneralThe Earl of ChichesterContinued in office – 1826
The Earl of SandwichContinued in office – 1814
The Earl of Clancarty1814–1816
The Marquess of Salisbury1816–1823
Lord Frederick Montagu1826–1827
scope=row rowspan=3First Commissioner of Woods and ForestsThe Lord GlenbervieContinued in office
William Huskisson1814
Charles Arbuthnot1823
scope=row rowspan=2Minister without PortfolioThe Earl CamdenJune 1812 – December 1812
The Earl of MulgraveJanuary 1819 – May 1820
scope=row rowspan=4Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Duke of RichmondContinued in office
The Earl WhitworthJune 1813
The Earl TalbotOctober 1817
The Marquess WellesleyDecember 1821
scope=row rowspan=4Chief Secretary for IrelandWilliam Wellesley-PoleContinued in office
Robert PeelAugust 1812
Charles GrantAugust 1818
Henry GoulburnDecember 1821
scope=row rowspan=6Attorney GeneralSir Thomas Plumer26 June 1812
Sir William Garrow4 May 1813
Sir Samuel Shepherd7 May 1817
Sir Robert Gifford24 July 1819
Sir John Singleton Copley9 January 1824
Sir Charles Wetherell20 September 1826
scope=row rowspan=7Solicitor GeneralSir William Garrow26 June 1812
Sir Robert Dallas4 May 1813
Sir Samuel Shepherd22 December 1813
Sir Robert Gifford7 May 1817
Sir John Singleton Copley24 July 1819
Sir Charles Wetherell9 January 1824
Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal20 September 1826
scope=row rowspan=2Judge Advocate GeneralCharles Manners-SuttonContinued in office
Sir John Beckett25 June 1817
scope=row rowspan=3Lord AdvocateArchibald ColquhounContinued in office
Alexander Maconochie1816
Sir William Rae Bt1819
scope=row rowspan=4Solicitor General for ScotlandDavid MonypennyContinued in office
Alexander Maconochie1813
James Wedderburn1816
John Hope1822
scope=row Attorney General for IrelandWilliam Conyngham Plunket1822
scope=row rowspan=2Solicitor General for IrelandCharles Kendal BusheContinued in office
Henry Joy20 February 1822
scope=row rowspan=2Lord Steward of the HouseholdThe Earl of CholmondeleyContinued in office
The Marquess Conyngham11 December 1821
scope=row rowspan=3Treasurer of the HouseholdViscount JocelynContinued in office
Lord Charles Bentinck29 July 1812
William Henry Fremantle27 May 1826
scope=row rowspan=2Comptroller of the HouseholdLord George ThynneContinued in office
Lord George Beresford29 July 1812
scope=row rowspan=2Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdThe Marquess of HertfordContinued in office
The Duke of Montrose14 December 1821
scope=row rowspan=3Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdThe Earl of YarmouthContinued in office
Viscount Jocelyn28 July 1812
The Marquess of Graham7 February 1821
scope=row rowspan=2Master of the HorseThe Duke of MontroseContinued in office
The Duke of Dorset12 December 1821
scope=row rowspan=2Master of the BuckhoundsThe Marquess CornwallisContinued in office
The Lord Maryborough22 August 1823
scope=row Captain of the Gentlemen PensionersThe Earl of CourtownContinued in office
scope=row Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardThe Earl of MacclesfieldContinued in office
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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The reconstruction of Liverpool's ministry, 1822 . 2024-07-12 . www.historyhome.co.uk.

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