Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool was invited by the Prince Regent to form a government on 8 June 1812. 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.
History
Cabinet 1812–1827 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon – Lord Chancellor Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby – Lord President of the Council John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland – Lord Privy Seal Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth – Secretary of State for the Home Department Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (Lord Londonderry after 1821) – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville – First Lord of the Admiralty Nicholas Vansittart – Chancellor of the Exchequer Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave – Master-General of the Ordnance Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire – President of the Board of Control Charles Bathurst – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden – minister without portfolio
Changes Late 1812 – Lord Camden leaves the Cabinet September 1814 – William Wellesley-Pole (Lord Maryborough from 1821), the Master of the Mint, enters the Cabinet February 1816 – George Canning succeeds Lord Buckinghamshire at the Board of Control January 1818 – Frederick John Robinson, the President of the Board of Trade, enters the Cabinet January 1819 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Mulgrave as Master-General of the Ordnance. Lord Mulgrave becomes minister without portfolio 1820 – Lord Mulgrave leaves the cabinet January 1821 – Charles Bathurst succeeds Canning as President of the Board of Control, remaining also at the Duchy of Lancaster January 1822 – Robert Peel succeeds Lord Sidmouth as Home Secretary February 1822 – Charles Williams-Wynn succeeds Charles Bathurst at the Board of Control. Bathurst remains at the Duchy of Lancaster and in the Cabinet September 1822 – Following the suicide of Lord Londonderry, George Canning becomes Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons January 1823 – Vansittart, elevated to the peerage as Lord Bexley, succeeds Charles Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. F.J. Robinson succeeds Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is succeeded at the Board of Trade by William Huskisson 1823 – Lord Maryborough, the Master of the Mint, leaves the Cabinet. His successor in the office is not a Cabinet member
Full list of ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office Name Date First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool 8 June 1812 – 9 April 1827 Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicholas Vansittart 9 June 1812 Frederick Robinson 21 January 1823 Secretaries to the Treasury Richard Wharton Continued in office – 1814 Charles Arbuthnot Continued in office – 1823 Stephen Rumbold Lushington 1814–1827 John Charles Herries 1823–1827 Junior Lords of the Treasury William Vesey-FitzGerald 16 June 1812 – 7 January 1817 Berkeley Paget 16 June 1812 – 13 June 1826 Frederick Robinson 16 June 1812 – 25 November 1813 James Brogden 16 June 1812 – 20 December 1813 William Lowther, Viscount Lowther 25 November 1813 – 30 April 1827 Charles Grant 20 December 1813 – 25 March 1819 John Maxwell-Barry 7 January 1817 – 3 May 1823 William Odell 7 January 1817 – 25 March 1819 Lord Granville Somerset 25 March 1819 – 30 April 1827 Edmond Alexander Macnaghten 25 March 1819 – 30 April 1827 Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles 13 June 1826 – 30 April 1827 Lord Chancellor John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon Continued in office Lord President of the Council Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby 11 June 1812 Lord Privy Seal John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland Continued in office Home Secretary Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth 11 June 1812 Robert Peel 17 January 1822 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Henry Goulburn Continued in office John Hiley AddingtonAugust 1812 Henry CliveApril 1818 George Robert DawsonJanuary 1822 Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsLeader of the House of Commons Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Continued in office George Canning 16 September 1822 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Cooke Continued in office Joseph Planta 25 July 1817 Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam 22 January 1822 Lord Francis Conyngham January 1823 – January 1826 Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden July 1824 – April 1827 Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde January 1826 – April 1827 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst 11 June 1812 Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Henry Bunbury Continued in office – 1816 Robert Peel Continued in office – 1812 Henry Goulburn 1812–1821 Robert Wilmot Horton 1821 First Lord of the Admiralty Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Continued in office First Secretary to the Admiralty John Wilson Croker Continued in office Civil Lords of the Admiralty Frederick Robinson Continued in office – 5 October 1812 Horatio Walpole, Baron Walpole Continued in office – 5 October 1812 William Dundas Continued in office – 23 August 1814 Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet 5 October 1812 – 8 February 1822 John Osborn 5 October 1812 – 16 February 1824 Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 24 May 1816 – 15 March 1819 Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet 15 March 1819 – 2 May 1827 Lord William Douglas 8 February – 23 March 182216 February 1824 – 2 May 1827 President of the Board of Trade Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst Continued in office Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 29 September 1812 Frederick Robinson 24 January 1818 William Huskisson 31 January 1823 Vice-President of the Board of Trade George Rose Continued in office Frederick Robinson 29 September 1812 Thomas Wallace 24 January 1818 Charles Grant 3 April 1823 President of the Board of Control Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire Continued in office George Canning 20 June 1816 Charles Bragge Bathurst 16 January 1821 Charles Williams-Wynn 8 February 1822 Secretary to the Board of Control John Bruce Continued in office Thomas Courtenay 20 August 1812 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 23 June 1812 Charles Bathurst 23 August 1812 Nicholas Vansittart 13 February 1823 Master-General of the Ordnance Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave Continued in office Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1 January 1819 Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance Sir Thomas Trigge Continued in office – 11 January 1814 Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet 9 March 1814 – 9 September 1822 William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford 18 February 1823 Sir George Murray 22 March 1824 Sir William Henry Clinton 30 April 1825 Treasurer of the Ordnance Thomas Alcock Continued in office William Holmes 20 June 1818 Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Robert Moorsom Continued in office Sir Ulysses Burgh 16 March 1820 Clerk of the Ordnance Robert Plumer Ward Continued in office Sir Henry Hardinge 29 April 1823 Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance Thomas Thoroton Continued in office Edmund Phipps 31 October 1812 Storekeeper of the Ordnance Mark Singleton Continued in office Treasurer of the Navy George Rose Continued in office Frederick Robinson 12 February 1818 William Huskisson 8 February 1823 Secretary at War Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Continued in office Master of the Mint Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst Continued in office Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 30 October 1812 William Wellesley-Pole 28 September 1814 Thomas Wallace 9 October 1823 Paymaster of the Forces Charles Long Continued in office – 1826 Lord Charles Henry Somerset Continued in office – 1813 Frederick Robinson 9 November 1813 – 1817 William Vesey-FitzGerald 1826 Postmaster General Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester Continued in office – 1826 John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich Continued in office – 1814 Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 1814–1816 James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury 1816–1823 Lord Frederick Montagu 1826–1827 First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie Continued in office William Huskisson 1814 Charles Arbuthnot 1823 Minister without Portfolio John Pratt, 1st Earl Camden June 1812 – December 1812 Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave January 1819 – May 1820 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond Continued in office Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth June 1813 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot October 1817 Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley December 1821 Chief Secretary for Ireland William Wellesley-Pole Continued in office Robert Peel August 1812 Charles Grant August 1818 Henry Goulburn December 1821 Attorney General Sir Thomas Plumer 26 June 1812 Sir William Garrow 4 May 1813 Sir Samuel Shepherd 7 May 1817 Sir Robert Gifford 24 July 1819 Sir John Copley 9 January 1824 Sir Charles Wetherell 20 September 1826 Solicitor General Sir William Garrow 26 June 1812 Sir Robert Dallas 4 May 1813 Sir Samuel Shepherd 22 December 1813 Sir Robert Gifford 7 May 1817 Sir John Copley 24 July 1819 Sir Charles Wetherell 9 January 1824 Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal 20 September 1826 Judge Advocate General Charles Manners-Sutton Continued in office Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet 25 June 1817 Lord Advocate Archibald Colquhoun Continued in office Alexander Maconochie 1816 Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet 1819 Solicitor General for Scotland David Monypenny Continued in office Alexander Maconochie 1813 James Wedderburn 1816 John Hope 1822 Attorney General for Ireland William Conyngham Plunket 1822 Solicitor General for Ireland Charles Kendal Bushe Continued in office Henry Joy 20 February 1822 Lord Steward of the Household George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley Continued in office Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham 11 December 1821 Treasurer of the Household Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn Continued in office Lord Charles Bentinck 29 July 1812 William Henry Fremantle 27 May 1826 Comptroller of the Household Lord George Thynne Continued in office Lord George Beresford 29 July 1812 Lord Chamberlain of the Household Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford Continued in office James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose 14 December 1821 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Yarmouth Continued in office Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn 28 July 1812 James Graham, Marquess of Graham 7 February 1821 Master of the Horse James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose Continued in office Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset 12 December 1821 Master of the Buckhounds Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis Continued in office William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough 22 August 1823 Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown Continued in office Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield Continued in office
Notes
References
Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830 Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities