Wellington caretaker ministry

King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked the Duke of Wellington to form a government but he declined, instead recommending Sir Robert Peel. Peel was in Italy at the time, so the Duke of Wellington took control of the government until Peel returned and was able to form his government on 10 December.

List of Ministers

The Duke of Wellington, in 1844

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister Secretary of State for the Home Department Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Leader of the House of Lords	The Duke of Wellington	17 November 1834 – 9 December 1834
Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Lord Denman	15 November 1834
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhurst	21 November 1834
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	The Duke of Wellington	21 November 1834	First Lord
	The Earl of Rosslyn
	The Lord Ellenborough
	Lord Maryborough
	Sir John Beckett
	Joseph Planta

Notes

Wellington held all three Secretary of State positions.
As no separate Chancellor of the Exchequer had been appointed, Denman held the post pro tempore by virtue of being Lord Chief Justice.
Most offices were in commission.

References

C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

Preceded by First Melbourne Ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 1834	Succeeded by First Peel 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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