Grafton Ministry

The Grafton Ministry was the British government headed by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton which served between 14 October 1768 – 28 January 1770. Grafton and most of the members had previously been part of the Chatham Ministry, and the Grafton Ministry was in effect a continuation of that government. Grafton was in favour of reconciliation with the American colonies, rather than coercion.

The government was widely criticised for its handling of foreign affairs, particularly for allowing the Republic of Corsica, a British ally, to fall to the French during the Corsican Crisis. It was subject to a series of attacks in what became known as the Junius Letters. It was replaced by the North Ministry which was to last until 1782.

Major figures

Holder	Office	Tenure
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford	Northern Secretary
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath	Southern Secretary
Lord North	Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir Edward Hawke	First Lord of the Admiralty
The Viscount Townshend	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The Lord Camden	Lord Chancellor

Notes

References

Bibliography

Black, Jeremy (1992). William Pitt. Cambridge University Press.
Whiteley, Peter (1996). Lord North: The Prime Minister who lost America. The Hambledon Press.

Preceded by Chatham Ministry	British ministries 1768–1770	Succeeded by North 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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