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The Caretaker Ministry was the government of Great Britain for a short time in 1757, during the Seven Years' War. Combatants Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Great Britain Hanover Kingdom of Ireland Portugal Brunswick Hesse-Kassel Austria France Russia Sweden Spain Saxony The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763), some of the theatres of which are called the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War (see below), was...
In 1756, King George II of Great Britain was reluctantly compelled to accept a Ministry dominated by William Pitt the Elder as Secretary of State. The nominal head of this Ministry, as First Lord of the Treasury, was William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ...
A ministry (usually preceded by the definite article, i. ...
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708–11 May 1778) was a British statesman who achieved his greatest fame as war minister during the Seven Years War and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. ...
In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ...
The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, usually but not always the Prime Minister. ...
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ...
In April 1757, Pitt resigned, over his failure to prevent the execution of Admiral Byng. An alternative explanation for him leaving office is that the King dismissed Pitt and his brother-in-law Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, who had been First Lord of the Admiralty. The result of these events was to demonstrate beyond doubt that the Great Commoner (as Pitt was sometimes known) was indispensable to the formation of a Ministry strong enough to prosecute a major war. John Byng (1704 - March 14, 1757), British admiral, was the fourth son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, and entered the navy in 1718. ...
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (September 26, 1711 - September 12, 1779) was an English politician. ...
The First Lord of the Admiralty was a British government position in charge of the Admiralty. ...
Devonshire was left at the head of a government that was manifestly far too weak to survive long, particularly during a time of war. Horace Walpole in his Memoirs of the Reign of King George III called it "a mutilated, enfeebled, half-formed system". Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 – March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ...
One of the major problems of the Caretaker Ministry was that it included no figure capable of taking the lead in the House of Commons. It also lacked the support of the most significant factions in the House of Commons. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Devonshire recognised that it was necessary to reconcile Pitt and his old political enemy Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle who led the strongest Whig faction in Parliament, but who Pitt had insisted be excluded from the 1756-57 Ministry. Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme (July 21, 1693 - November 17, 1768) was a Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. ...
The King, after discussions with Devonshire and Newcastle in May 1757, authorised Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke to be his emissary to try to negotiate for a new Ministry. A 1735 portrait of Hardwicke Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (December 1, 1690 - March 6, 1764), English Lord Chancellor, son of Philip Yorke, a barrister, was born at Dover. ...
The needs of the country and the lack of an obvious alternative, led to the formation of the Newcastle/Pitt Ministry in July 1757. Devonshire resigned the office of First Lord of the Treasury to take up the less demanding responsibilities of Lord Chamberlain. The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State. ...
Leading members of the Ministry
Notes: The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, usually but not always the Prime Minister. ...
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ...
The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as presiding officer of the Privy Council. ...
The Right Honourable John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, PC (22 April 1690–22 January 1763), English statesman, commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was the son of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1667 - 1695), by his marriage with Grace Granville (September 3, 1654 - October 18, 1744), daughter...
The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ...
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower (4 August 1721 - 26 October 1803) was a British politician. ...
Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham ( 24 May 1689 - 2 August 1769) was a British politician. ...
In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ...
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718-1778), was a British diplomatist and politician. ...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ...
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (March 2, 1705 - March 20, 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the House of Lords. ...
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The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782. ...
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of United Kingdom up to 1782. ...
References - His Majesty's Opposition 1714-1830, by Archibald S. Foord (Oxford University Press 1964)
- The Prime Ministers, Volume One: From Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel, edited by Herbert van Thal (George Allen and Unwin 1974)
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
See also | British ministries |
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