Canningite government, 1827–1828
Appearance
Portrait of Lord Goderich by Thomas Lawrence
c.1824. Goderich led the Government following the death of his predecessor in 1827. His government was replaced in 1828.The
Viscount Goderich as First Lord of the Treasury, governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
from 1827 until 1828.
Formation
On 9 April 1827 the
Whig Party
.
Fate
Canning, who was in poor health at the time of his appointment, died in office on 8 August 1827, and the
a High Tory government
under the Duke of Wellington on 22 January 1828.
Cabinets
George Canning's Cabinet, April 1827 – August 1827
- George Canning – First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor
- Lord Harrowby – Lord President of the Council
- The Duke of Portland – Lord Privy Seal
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Lord Goderich – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords
- William Huskisson – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
- Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control
- Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Palmerston – Secretary at War
- Lord Lansdowne – Minister without Portfolio
Changes
- May 1827 – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, enters the Cabinet
- July 1827 – The Duke of Portland becomes a minister without portfolio. Lord Carlisle succeeds him as Lord Privy Seal. W. S. Bourne succeeds Carlisle as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Lansdowne succeeds Bourne as Home Secretary. George Tierney, the Master of the Mint, enters the cabinet
The Viscount Goderich's Cabinet, September 1827 – January 1828
- Lord Goderich – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor
- The Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council
- The Earl of Carlisle – Lord Privy Seal
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- William Huskisson – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
- J. C. Herries – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- The Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance
- Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
- Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control
- William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
- Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War
Full list of ministers
This is a list of the members of the government. Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold typeface.
- Notes
- ^ Created Earl of Dudley on 5 October 1827.
- ^ Appointed Home Secretary July 1827.
- ^ Appointed Lord President August 1827.
References
- Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830
- Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities