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
Chancellor of the Exchequer	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
First Lord of the Admiralty	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
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Bedford	3 January 1757

References

1 2 3 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.

Preceded by First Newcastle Ministry	British ministries 1756–1757	Succeeded by Caretaker Ministry

British governments

18th century	Godolphin–Marlborough Harley Townshend First Stanhope–Sunderland Second Stanhope–Sunderland Walpole–Townshend Walpole Carteret Broad Bottom First Newcastle Devonshire–Pitt 1757 caretaker Second Newcastle Bute Grenville First Rockingham Chatham Grafton North Second Rockingham Shelburne Fox–North Coalition First Pitt the Younger

19th century	Addington Second Pitt the Younger Ministry of All the Talents Second Portland Perceval Liverpool Canning Goderich Wellington Grey First Melbourne Wellington Caretaker First Peel Second Melbourne Second Peel First Russell Who? Who? Aberdeen First Palmerston Second Derby Second Palmerston Second Russell Third Derby First Disraeli First Gladstone Second Disraeli Second Gladstone First Salisbury Third Gladstone Second Salisbury Fourth Gladstone Rosebery Third Salisbury

20th century	Balfour Campbell-Bannerman First Asquith Second Asquith Lloyd George Bonar Law First Baldwin First MacDonald Second Baldwin Second MacDonald First National Second National Third National Fourth National Chamberlain War Churchill War Churchill Caretaker Attlee Third Churchill Eden Macmillan Douglas-Home First Wilson Heath Second Wilson Callaghan First Thatcher Second Thatcher Third Thatcher Major Blair

21st century	Brown First Cameron Second Cameron

Current ministry

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