Pitt–Devonshire ministry

The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of William Pitt the Elder and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire from November 1756 to 1757. Following Pitt's dismissal, a new ministry was formed in July 1757 under Pitt and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

The principal ministers of the Crown were as follows:

Office	Office-holder	Date appointed
First Lord of the Treasury	The Duke of Devonshire	16 November 1756
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Bilson Legge	16 November 1756
	The Lord Mansfield[1]	13 April 1757
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl Gower	22 December 1755
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Edgcumbe	22 December 1743
Secretary of State for the Southern Department	William Pitt	4 December 1756 (dismissed 6 April 1757)[1]
Secretary of State for the Northern Department	The Earl of Holderness	23 March 1754 (vacated 9 June 1757)
First Lord of Trade	The Earl of Halifax	1 November 1748
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl Temple	19 November 1756
	The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham[1]	6 April 1757
Treasurer of the Navy	George Grenville	23 November 1756
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Devonshire	2 April 1755
	The Duke of Bedford	3 January 1757

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 9676. p. 2. 5–9 April 1757.

• Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988). British Historical Facts 1688-1760. Macmillan. pp. 44–5.