Canningite Government 1827–28

George Canning by Richard Evans, c. 1825.

The Viscount Goderich

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, Lord 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 the 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 the 8 August 1827, and the Leader of the House of Lords Lord 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

Changes

May, 1827 - Lord 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

Viscount Goderich and his wife are buried in the memorial chapel at All Saints' Church, Nocton.

Lord Goderich – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor
The Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council
The Earl of Carlisle – Lord Privy Seal
The Marquess of Lansdowne – Secretary of State for the Home Department
The 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
J. C. Herries – Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance
Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control
William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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	Notes
First Lord of the Treasury	George Canning	10 April 1827 – 8 August 1827
First Lord of the Treasury	The Viscount Goderich	31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828
Chancellor of the Exchequer	George Canning	20 April 1827
Chancellor of the Exchequer	John Charles Herries	3 September 1827
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Joseph Planta	19 April 1827
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	John Charles Herries	continued in office
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Thomas Frankland Lewis	4 September 1827
Junior Lords of the Treasury	The Earl of Mount Charles	30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828
	Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	30 April 1827 – 8 September 1827
	Lord Eliot	30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828
	Edmund Alexander Macnaghten	30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828
	Maurice FitzGerald	31 July 1827 – 26 January 1828
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Harrowby	continued in office
Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Portland	17 August 1827
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhurst	2 May 1827
Home Secretary	William Sturges Bourne	20 April 1827
Home Secretary	The Marquess of Lansdowne	16 July 1827
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Spencer Perceval	30 April 1827
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Thomas Spring Rice	16 July 1827
Foreign Secretary	The Viscount Dudley and Ward	30 April 1827	created Earl of Dudley 5 October 1827
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Lord Howard de Walden	continued in office
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess of Clanricarde	continued in office until 17 August 1827
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Viscount Goderich	30 April 1827
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	William Huskisson	3 September 1827
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Robert Wilmot Horton	continued in office
President of the Board of Trade	William Huskisson	continued in office
President of the Board of Trade	Charles Grant	3 September 1827
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Charles Grant	continued in office
President of the Board of Control	Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	continued in office
Secretary to the Board of Control	Thomas Courtenay	continued in office
Lord High Admiral	The Duke of Clarence	17 April 1827
First Secretary to the Admiralty	John Wilson Croker	continued in office
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Portland	30 April 1827
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Carlisle	16 July 1827
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Bexley	continued in office
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Marquess of Anglesey	30 April 1827
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance	Sir William Henry Clinton	continued in office
Treasurer of the Ordnance	William Holmes	continued in office
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir Edward Owen	14 May 1827
Clerk of the Ordnance	Sir George Clerk, Bt	4 May 1827
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance	Hon. Edmund Phipps	continued in office
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Mark Singleton	continued in office
Treasurer of the Navy	William Huskisson	continued in office
Treasurer of the Navy	Charles Grant	10 September 1827
Secretary at War	Viscount Palmerston	continued in office
Master of the Mint	George Tierney	29 May 1827
Paymaster of the Forces	Hon. William Vesey-FitzGerald	continued in office
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	The Earl of Carlisle	30 May 1827
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	William Sturges Bourne	23 July 1827
Ministers without Portfolio	The Marquess of Lansdowne	May 1827	Appointed Home Secretary July 1827
Ministers without Portfolio	The Duke of Portland	May 1827	Appointed Lord President August 1827
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Marquess Wellesley	continued in office
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Hon. William Lamb	29 April 1827
Attorney General	Sir James Scarlett	27 April 1827
Solicitor General	Nicolas Conyngham Tindal	continued in office
Judge Advocate General	Hon. James Abercromby	12 May 1827
Lord Advocate	Sir William Rae, Bt	continued in office
Solicitor General for Scotland	John Hope	continued in office
Attorney General for Ireland	Henry Joy	18 June 1827
Solicitor General for Ireland	John Doherty	18 June 1827
Lord Steward of the Household	The Marquess Conyngham	continued in office
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Duke of Devonshire	5 May 1827
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Sir Samuel Hulse	5 May 1827
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Leeds	4 May 1827
Treasurer of the Household	Sir William Henry Fremantle	continued in office
Comptroller of the Household	Lord George Beresford	continued in office
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The Viscount Hereford	1827
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Macclesfield	continued in office
Master of the Buckhounds	The Lord Maryborough	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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