Wellington caretaker ministry

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Daguerreotype of Wellington, aged 74 or 75, by Antoine Claudet, 1844. This is the earliest photograph known to have been taken of any British prime minister.

his government
on 10 December.

List of ministers

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

Ministers[3]
Office Name Date
The Duke of Wellington 17 November 1834 –
 9 December 1834
Lord Chancellor The Lord Lyndhurst 21 November 1834
Chancellor of the Exchequer (interim) The Lord Denman 15 November 1834
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

Notes

  • Wellington was the only Secretary of State.[4]
  • 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.

References

  1. ^ A Cabinet Council by John Doyle, depicting Wellington sitting alone at the Cabinet table (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  2. ^ Venning, T. (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p.106.
  3. ^ Cook, C; Keith, B. (1975). British Historical Facts 1830–1900. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, p.4.
  4. ^ "No. 19211". The London Gazette. 18 November 1834. p. 2047.
Preceded by Government of the United Kingdom
1834
Succeeded by