Wellington–Peel ministry explained

Incumbent:	1828–1830
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister
Government Head:	Duke of Wellington
Deputy Government Head Title:	Home Secretary
Deputy Government Head:	Sir Robert Peel
State Head Title:	Monarch
Total Number:	92 appointments
Political Party:	Tories
Last Election:	1830 general election
Opposition Party:	Whigs
Previous:	Goderich ministry
Successor:	Grey ministry

The Conservative government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1828 and ended in 1830 was led by the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords and Robert Peel in the House of Commons.

History

Formation

The Duke of Wellington finally came to power after the abortive attempt at a Canningite-Whig coalition government came to an end with Viscount Goderich's resignation in January 1828. The government included several men from the previous administration, but four of the most important, Lords Dudley and Palmerston and Messrs Huskisson and Grant, resigned in May 1828.

Fate

The Duke oversaw the introduction of Catholic Emancipation, but remained resolutely opposed to parliamentary reform, and as a result lost a vote of no confidence on 15 November 1830. The Whigs under Lord Grey then formed the government which was to pass the Great Reform Act.

Cabinet

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January 1828 – November 1830

Office	Name	Term
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Duke of Wellington	January 1828 – November 1830
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhust	January 1828 – November 1830
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Bathurst	January 1828 – November 1830
Lord Privy Seal	The Lord Ellenborough	January 1828 – June 1829
	The Earl of Rosslyn	June 1829 – November 1830
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Goulburn	January 1828 – November 1830
Home Secretary Leader of the House of Commons	Robert Peel	January 1828 – November 1830
Foreign Secretary	The Earl of Dudley	January 1828 – June 1828
	The Earl of Aberdeen	June 1828 – November 1830
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	William Huskisson	January 1828 – May 1828
	Sir George Murray	May 1828 – November 1830
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Viscount Melville	September 1828 – November 1830
Master-General of the Ordnance	Marquess of Anglesey	January 1828 – April 1828
	The Viscount Beresford	April 1828 – November 1830
President of the Board of Trade	Charles Grant	January 1828 – June 1828
	William Vesey-Fitzgerald	June 1828 – February 1830
	John Charles Herries	February 1830 – November 1830
President of the Board of Control	Charles Williams-Wynn	January 1828 – July 1828
	The Viscount Melville	July 1828 – September 1828
	The Lord Ellenborough	September 1828 – November 1830
Master of the Mint	John Charles Herries	January 1828 – November 1830
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl of Aberdeen	January 1828 – June 1828
	Charles Arbuthnot	June 1828 – November 1830
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	Charles Arbuthnot	February 1828 – June 1828
	Viscount Lowther	June 1828 – November 1830
Paymaster of the Forces	William Vesey-Fitzgerald	January 1828 – July 1828
	John Calcraft	July 1828 – November 1830
Secretary at War	Viscount Palmerston	January 1828 – May 1828
	Sir Henry Hardinge	May 1828 – July 1830
	Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	July 1830 – November 1830

Full list of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

Office	Name	Date
scope=row	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Duke of Wellington	22 January 1828
scope=row	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Goulburn	22 January 1828
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Joseph Planta	Continued in office
scope=row	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	George Robert Dawson	28 January 1828
scope=row rowspan=6	Junior Lords of the Treasury	Lord Granville Somerset	26 January 182824 November 1830
Earl of Mount Charles	26 January 182824 April 1830
Lord Eliot	26 January 182824 November 1830
Edmund Alexander Macnaghten	26 January 182824 July 1830
George Bankes	24 April 183024 November 1830
William Yates Peel	24 July 183024 November 1830
scope=row	Lord President of the Council	The Earl Bathurst	26 January 1828
scope=row	Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhurst	Continued in office
scope=row	Secretary of State for the Home Department Leader of the House of Commons	Robert Peel	26 January 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Thomas Spring Rice	Continued in office
William Yates Peel	5 April 1828
Sir George Clerk	5 August 1830
scope=row rowspan=2	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl of Dudley	Continued in office
The Earl of Aberdeen	2 June 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Lord Howard de Walden	Continued in office
Lord Dunglass	28 June 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	William Huskisson	Continued in office
Sir George Murray	30 May 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	26 January 1828
Horace Twiss	30 May 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	President of the Board of Trade	Charles Grant	Continued in office
William Vesey-Fitzgerald	11 June 1828
John Charles Herries	2 February 1830
scope=row rowspan=2	Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Thomas Frankland Lewis	5 February 1828
Thomas Peregrine Courtenay	30 May 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	President of the Board of Control	Charles Williams-Wynn	Continued in office
The Viscount Melville	31 July 1828
The Lord Ellenborough	24 September 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	Secretary to the Board of Control	Thomas Peregrine Courtenay	Continued in office
George Bankes	2 May 1828
John Stuart-Wortley	16 February 1830
scope=row	Lord High Admiral	The Duke of Clarence	Continued in office
scope=row	First Lord of the Admiralty	The Viscount Melville	17 September 1828
scope=row	First Secretary to the Admiralty	John Wilson Croker	Continued in office
scope=row rowspan=4	Civil Lords of the Admiralty	Sir George Clerk	19 September 182831 July 1830
Earl of Brecknock	19 September 182815 July 1829
Viscount Castlereagh	15 July 182925 November 1830
Charles Ross	31 July 183025 November 1830
scope=row rowspan=2	Lord Privy Seal	The Lord Ellenborough	26 January 1828
The Earl of Rosslyn	10 June 1829
scope=row rowspan=2	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl of Aberdeen	26 January 1828
Charles Arbuthnot	2 June 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Master-General of the Ordnance	The Marquess of Anglesey	Continued in office
The Viscount Beresford	28 April 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance	Sir William Henry Clinton	Continued in office
Lord Edward Somerset	8 July 1829
scope=row	Treasurer of the Ordnance	William Holmes	Continued in office
scope=row rowspan=2	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir Herbert Taylor	24 March 1828
Sir Henry Fane	3 April 1829
scope=row rowspan=2	Clerk of the Ordnance	Sir George Clerk	Continued in office
Spencer Perceval	4 August 1828
scope=row	Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance	Edmund Phipps	Continued in office
scope=row rowspan=2	Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Mark Singleton	Continued in office
Frederick William Trench	4 June 1829
scope=row	Treasurer of the Navy	William Vesey-Fitzgerald	25 February 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	Secretary at War	Viscount Palmerston	Continued in office
Sir Henry Hardinge	31 May 1828
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	30 July 1830
scope=row	Master of the Mint	John Charles Herries	12 February 1828
scope=row rowspan=3	Chief Secretary for Ireland	William Lamb	Continued in office
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	21 June 1828
Sir Henry Hardinge	30 July 1830
scope=row rowspan=2	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Marquess of Anglesey	1 March 1828
The Duke of Northumberland	6 March 1829
scope=row rowspan=2	Paymaster of the Forces	William Vesey-Fitzgerald	Continued in office
John Calcraft	15 July 1828
scope=row	Postmaster General	The Duke of Manchester	Continued in office
scope=row rowspan=2	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	Charles Arbuthnot	11 February 1828
Viscount Lowther	14 June 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Attorney General	Sir Charles Wetherell	19 February 1828
Sir James Scarlett	27 April 1829
scope=row rowspan=2	Solicitor General	Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal	Continued in office
Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden	29 June 1829
scope=row	Judge Advocate General	Sir John Beckett	2 February 1828
scope=row	Lord Advocate	Sir William Rae	Continued in office
scope=row	Solicitor General for Scotland	John Hope	Continued in office
scope=row	Attorney General for Ireland	Henry Joy	Continued in office
scope=row	Solicitor General for Ireland	John Doherty	Continued in office
scope=row	Lord Steward of the Household	The Marquess of Conyngham	Continued in office
scope=row	Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Duke of Montrose	18 February 1828
scope=row rowspan=2	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Sir Samuel Hulse	Continued in office
Earl of Belfast	24 July 1830
scope=row	Master of the Horse	The Duke of Leeds	Continued in office
scope=row	Treasurer of the Household	Sir William Henry Fremantle	Continued in office
scope=row	Comptroller of the Household	Lord George Thomas Beresford	Continued in office
scope=row	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Macclesfield	Continued in office
scope=row	Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The Viscount Hereford	Continued in office
scope=row	Master of the Buckhounds	The Lord Maryborough	Continued in office

Notes

References

• Book: Tout, T. F. . An advanced history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the death of Edward VII . Thomas Frederick Tout . Longmans, Green . New York . 1910 . 740–741 . 13991885M.
• Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830
• Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities