Pitt–Devonshire ministry

Pitt (top) and Devonshire (bottom)

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 April 1757—when Pitt was dismissed by King George II. Although George II disliked Pitt, Pitt's influence in the House of Commons led to his appointment as Secretary of State for the Southern Department and the key minister in a government nominally headed by Devonshire.^[1] In July 1757, the Pitt–Newcastle ministry was formed under Pitt and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

Ministry

The principal ministers of the Crown were as follows:


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
First Lord of the Treasury	The Duke of Devonshire *	16 November 1756 (1756-11-16)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Bilson Legge	16 November 1756 (1756-11-16)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Lord Mansfield	13 April 1757 (1757-04-13)	1757 (1757)
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl Gower	22 December 1755 (1755-12-22)	1757 (1757)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Edgcumbe	22 December 1743 (1743-12-22)	1757 (1757)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department	William Pitt the Elder	4 December 1756 (1756-12-04)	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department	The Earl of Holderness	23 March 1754 (1754-03-23)	9 June 1757 (1757-06-09)
First Lord of Trade	The Earl of Halifax	1 November 1748 (1748-11-01)	1757 (1757)
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl Temple	19 November 1756 (1756-11-19)	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham	6 April 1757 (1757-04-06)	1757 (1757)
Treasurer of the Navy	George Grenville	23 November 1756 (1756-11-23)	1757 (1757)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Devonshire	2 April 1755 (1755-04-02)	3 January 1757 (1757-01-03)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Bedford	3 January 1757 (1757-01-03)	1757 (1757)

Notes

^ Leonard, Dick (2011). Eighteenth-Century British Premiers. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 65.

References

Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988). British Historical Facts 1688–1760. Macmillan. pp. 44–5.
"No. 9676". The London Gazette. 5–9 April 1757. p. 2.

Preceded by First Newcastle ministry	Government of Great Britain 1756–1757	Succeeded by Caretaker ministry

[1] Leonard, Dick (2011). Eighteenth-Century British Premiers. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 65.

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