Wikipedia / Canningite government, 1827–1828
Wikipedia / Canningite government, 1827–1828
The Canningites, led by George Canning and then 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 Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. He had been prime minister nearly fifteen years, ever since the assassination of his predecessor Spencer Perceval in May 1812. The man chosen to succeed him was the Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons, George Canning. Canning was very much on the moderate wing of the Tory Party, and many of the more hard-line members of Liverpool's government, including the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, and national hero Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Master-General of the Ordnance), refused to serve under him. Canning's government was therefore recruited from the moderate wing of the Tory Party, known as the Canningites, with the support of several members of 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 Leader of the House of Lords Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich succeeded him as prime minister. However, Goderich's government never even met in a session of Parliament, and was replaced by 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
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby – Lord President of the Council
William Sturges Bourne – Secretary of State for the Home Department
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount 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
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne – Minister without Portfolio
Changes
May 1827 – George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, the 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
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne – Secretary of State for the Home Department
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
William Huskisson – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance
Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Henry John Temple, 3rd 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.
Office | Name | Date |
10 April 18278 August 1827 | ||
31 August 182721 January 1828 | ||
20 April 1827 | ||
3 September 1827 | ||
19 April 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
4 September 1827 | ||
30 April 182726 January 1828 | ||
30 April 18278 September 1827 | ||
30 April 182726 January 1828 | ||
30 April 182726 January 1828 | ||
31 July 182726 January 1828 | ||
Continued in office | ||
17 August 1827 | ||
2 May 1827 | ||
20 April 1827 | ||
16 July 1827 | ||
30 April 1827 | ||
16 July 1827 | ||
30 April 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office until 17 August 1827 | ||
30 April 1827 | ||
3 September 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
3 September 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
17 April 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
30 April 1827 | ||
16 July 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
30 April 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
Sir Edward Owen | 14 May 1827 | |
4 May 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
10 September 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
29 May 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
30 May 1827 | ||
23 July 1827 | ||
May 1827 | ||
May 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
29 April 1827 | ||
Sir James Scarlett | 27 April 1827 | |
Continued in office | ||
12 May 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
18 June 1827 | ||
18 June 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
5 May 1827 | ||
Sir Samuel Hulse | 5 May 1827 | |
4 May 1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office | ||
1827 | ||
Continued in office | ||
Continued in office |
Notes
References
Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830
Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities