Townshend Ministry

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department by George I in September 1714. He would be the de facto leader of this Whig ministry as Northern Secretary until 1717, when he was demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in favour of the First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry after being outmanouvred by his rival Whigs.

The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

Northern Secretary	The Viscount Townshend	1714–1716
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Viscount Townshend	1717

Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cowper	1714–1717
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Halifax	1714–1715
	The Earl of Carlisle	1715
	Robert Walpole	1715–1717
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Wharton	1714–1715
	In Commission	1715
	The Earl of Sunderland	1715–1716
	The Duke of Kingston	1716–1717
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Nottingham	1714–1716
Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Devonshire	1716–1717
Southern Secretary	James Stanhope	1714–1716
Southern Secretary	Paul Methuen	1716–1717
Northern Secretary	James Stanhope	1716–1717
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Orford	1714–1717
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Richard Onslow	1714–1715
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Robert Walpole	1715–1717
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Marlborough	1714–1717
Paymaster of the Forces	Robert Walpole	1714–1715
Paymaster of the Forces	The Earl of Lincoln	1715–1717
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Sunderland	1714–1717
Lord Steward	The Duke of Devonshire	1714–1716
Lord Steward	The Duke of Kent	1716–1717
Lord Chamberlain	The Duke of Shrewsbury	1714–1715
Lord Chamberlain	The Duke of Bolton	1715–1717
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Somerset	1714–1715
Minister without Portfolio	The Lord Somers	1714–1716

Robert Walpole served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1715 and 1717.
While serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714-1717), Lord Sunderland additionally served as Lord Privy Seal between 1715 and 1716.

Preceded by Harley Ministry	Ministry of Great Britain 1714–1717	Succeeded by First Stanhope/Sunderland 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

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21st century	Brown First Cameron Second Cameron

Current ministry

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