Perceval ministry

Spencer Perceval, by George Francis Joseph, 1812.

This is a list of members of the Tory government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812.

The Cabinet

October 1809 – May 1812

Changes

December 1809 – Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade.
May 1810 – Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty.
March 1812 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Lord Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
April 1812 – Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.

Full List of Ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Hon. Spencer Perceval	4 October 1809 – 12 May 1812
Secretaries to the Treasury	Charles Arbuthnot	continued in office	Senior Secretary
Secretaries to the Treasury	Richard Wharton	8 December 1809	Junior Secretary
Junior Lords of the Treasury	John Foster	6 December 1809 – 6 January 1812
	Hon. William Brodrick	6 December 1809 – 16 June 1812
	Hon. William Eliot	6 December 1809 – 6 January 1812
	The Earl of Desart	6 December 1809 – 23 June 1810
	Snowdon Barne	6 December 1809 – 16 June 1812
	Hon. Berkeley Paget	23 June 1810 – 16 June 1812
	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole	6 January 1812 – 16 June 1812
	Richard Wellesley	6 January 1812 – 16 June 1812
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Eldon	continued in office
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Camden	continued in office
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Sidmouth	8 April 1812
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Westmorland	continued in office
Home Secretary	Hon. Richard Ryder	1 November 1809
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Hon. Charles Jenkinson	continued in office
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Henry Goulburn	February 1810
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl Bathurst	11 October 1809
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess Wellesley	6 December 1809
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Charles Bagot	continued in office – December 1809
	Culling Charles Smith	December 1809 – February 1812
	Edward Cooke	February 1812 – June 1812
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Earl of Liverpool	1 November 1809
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Edward Cooke	continued in office
	Hon. Charles Jenkinson	2 November 1809
	Robert Peel	10 June 1810
Under-Secretary of State for War	Hon. F. J. Robinson	continued in office
Under-Secretary of State for War	Henry Bunbury	2 November 1809
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Lord Mulgrave	continued in office
	Charles Philip Yorke	4 May 1810
	The Viscount Melville	25 March 1812
First Secretary to the Admiralty	John Wilson Croker	12 October 1809
Civil Lords of the Admiralty	Robert Plumer Ward	continued in office – 17 June 1811
	The Viscount Palmerston	continued in office – 24 November 1809
	James Buller	continued in office – 25 March 1812
	Viscount Lowther	24 November 1809 – 3 July 1810
	Hon. F. J. Robinson	3 July 1810 – 16 June 1812
	Lord Walpole	17 June 1811 – 16 June 1812
	William Dundas	25 March 1812 – 16 June 1812
President of the Board of Trade Master of the Mint	The Earl Bathurst	continued in office
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	George Rose	continued in office
President of the Board of Control	The Earl of Harrowby	continued in office
	Hon. Robert Dundas	13 November 1809	Became Viscount Melville on 28 May 1811
	The Earl of Buckinghamshire	7 April 1812
Secretary to the Board of Control	George Peter Holford	continued in office
	Sir Patrick Murray	January 1810
	John Bruce	March 1812
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Earl of Chatham	continued in office
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Lord Mulgrave	5 May 1810
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance	Sir Thomas Trigge	continued in office
Treasurer of the Ordnance	Joseph Hunt	continued in office
Treasurer of the Ordnance	Thomas Alcock	30 January 1810
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	James Murray Hadden	continued in office
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Robert Moorsom	20 July 1810
Clerk of the Ordnance	Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper	continued in office
Clerk of the Ordnance	Robert Plumer Ward	14 June 1811
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance	Thomas Thoroton	continued in office
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Mark Singleton	continued in office
Treasurer of the Navy	George Rose	continued in office
Secretary at War	The Viscount Palmerston	continued in office
Paymaster of the Forces	Charles Long	continued in office
Paymaster of the Forces	Lord Charles Henry Somerset	continued in office
Postmaster General	The Earl of Chichester	continued in office
Postmaster General	The Earl of Sandwich	continued in office
Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases	The Lord Glenbervie	continued in office – July 1810	merged to form the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	The Lord Glenbervie	July 1810
Ministers without Portfolio	The Duke of Portland	4 October 1809 – 30 October 1809
	The Earl of Harrowby	November 1809 – June 1812
	The Earl Camden	8 April 1812 – June 1812
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Richmond	continued in office
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole	October 1809
Attorney General	Sir Vicary Gibbs	continued in office
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Plumer	continued in office
Judge Advocate General	Charles Manners-Sutton	8 November 1809
Lord Advocate	Archibald Colquhoun	continued in office
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Boyle	continued in office
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Monypenny	22 February 1811
Attorney General for Ireland	William Saurin	continued in office
Solicitor General for Ireland	Charles Kendal Bushe	continued in office
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Aylesford	continued in office
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Cholmondeley	19 February 1812
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Stopford	continued in office	became Earl of Courtown on 30 March 1810
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Jocelyn	8 May 1812
Comptroller of the Household	Lord George Thynne	continued in office
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Dartmouth	continued in office
	vacant	10 November 1810	upon death of Dartmouth
	The Marquess of Hertford	7 March 1812
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord John Thynne	continued in office
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Earl of Yarmouth	14 March 1812
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Montrose	continued in office
Master of the Buckhounds	The Marquess Cornwallis	continued in office
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	continued in office
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The Earl of Courtown	26 March 1812
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Macclesfield	continued in office

References

Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830
Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities

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