CONTENTS II. Speakers of the English House of Commons in the eighteenth III. Lord-Lieutenants and Chief Governors of Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. IV. Chief Secretaries to the Lord-Lieutenant, Chief Secretaries for Ireland, and Under-Secretaries 1760-1893. V. Lord Chancellors of Ireland: Chief Justices of the King's Bench: Chief Justices of the Common Pleas : Chief Barons of the Exchequer Attorneys-General: and APPENDIX I ADMINISTRATIONS OF ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES1 QUEEN ANNE 1702. Sidney, Lord Godolphin, afterwards Viscount Rialton, and Earl of Godolphin Treasury. Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery: Lord President. John Sheffield, Marquis of Normanby, afterwards Duke of Normanby and Buckingham: Privy Seal. Hon. Henry Boyle: Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Charles Hedges and the Earl of Nottingham (the latter succeeded by the Right Hon. Robert Harley, created Earl of Oxford in 1704): Secretaries of State, etc. 1711. Robert, Earl of Oxford: Treasury. Sir Simon (afterwards Lord) Harcourt: Lord Keeper. John, Duke of Normanby and Buckingham: Lord President. Henry St. John (afterwards Viscount Bolingbroke), and William, Lord Right Hon. Robert Benson (afterwards Lord Bingley): Chancellor of 1714. Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury Treasury. July 20 (two days before the Queen's demise). Patent revoked October 13, following. KING GEORGE I 1714. Charles, Earl of Halifax : First Lord of the Treasury. (Succeeded on his death by the Earl of Carlisle.) William, Lord Cowper (afterwards Earl Cowper): Lord Chancellor. Thomas, Marquis of Wharton Privy Seal. Edward, Earl of Oxford: Admiralty. James Stanhope (afterwards Earl Stanhope), and Charles, Viscount Sir Richard Onslow: Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Dukes of Montrose and Marlborough, Lord Berkeley, Right Hon. 1715. Right Hon. Robert Walpole: First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1717. Right Hon. James Stanhope (afterwards Earl Stanhope): Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer. William, Lord Cowper, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, the Duke of 1718. Charles, Earl of Sunderland: First Lord of the Treasury. Thomas, Lord Parker (afterwards Earl of Macclesfield): Lord 1 Extracted in part from Haydn's Book of Dignities. The Earl Stanhope, the Duke of Kent, Lord Berkeley, Mr. Craggs, 1721. Right Hon. Robert Walpole (afterwards Sir Robert): First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Thomas, Lord Parker (created Earl of Macclesfield): Lord Chan- Henry, Lord Carleton (succeeded by William, Duke of Devonshire): Evelyn, Duke of Kingston (succeeded by Lord Trevor): Privy James, Earl of Berkeley: First Lord of the Admiralty. Charles, Viscount Townshend, and John, Lord Carteret (the latter John, Duke of Marlborough (succeeded by the Earl of Cadogan): Right Hon. George Treby (succeeded by Right Hon. Henry Pelham): Viscount Torrington, etc. KING GEORGE II 1727. Sir Robert Walpole, etc., continued. 1740. Sir Robert Walpole: First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Philip, Lord Hardwicke: Lord Chancellor. Spencer, Earl of Wilmington: Lord President. John, Lord Hervey: Privy Seal. John Potter: Archbishop of Canterbury. Duke of Newcastle and the Earl of Harrington: Secretaries of Sir Charles Wager: First Commissioner of the Admiralty. Duke of Dorset: Lord Steward. Duke of Grafton: Lord Chamberlain. Duke of Richmond: Master of the Horse. Earl of Pembroke: Groom of the Stole. 1742. Earl of Wilmington: First Lord of the Treasury. Feb. Lord Hardwicke: Lord Chancellor. Mr. Sandys: Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earl of Harrington: President of the Council. Earl Gower: Privy Seal. Lord Carteret and the Duke of Newcastle: Secretaries of State. Duke of Argyle: Commander of the Forces and Master-General of Henry Pelham: Paymaster of the Forces, etc. [The Duke of Argyle resigned and was succeeded by the Earl of Stair, as Commander of the Forces, and by the Duke of Montague at the Ordnance.] 1743. Right Hon. Henry Pelham: First Lord of the Treasury and ChanAug. cellor of the Exchequer, in the room of Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, deceased. 25. 1744. The "Broad Bottom" Administration, so called because comprising a Nov. grand coalition of all parties. Right Hon. Henry Pelham: First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Hardwicke: Lord Chancellor. Duke of Dorset: President of the Council. Earl Gower: Privy Seal. Duke of Newcastle: Secretary of State for the Southern, and the Duke of Montague: Master-General of the Ordnance. Duke of Argyll Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. Duke of Richmond: Master of the Horse. [All of the Cabinet.] 1746. [Pelham and his friends having resigned, the formation of a new Administration, which expired within two days, while yet incomplete, was undertaken by the Earl of Bath. The members of it were actually appointed, and submitted for approval of His Majesty.] Feb. The "Short-Lived Ministry." 10. Earl of Bath: First Lord of the Treasury. Lord Carlisle : Privy Seal. Lord Winchelsea: First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Granville: one of the Secretaries of State. [Expired Feb. 12.] 1746. Right Hon. Henry Pelham: First Minister returned with his colleagues Feb. to power. 12. [The Duke of Bedford resigned the Admiralty to the Earl of Sandwich, and succeeded the Earl of Chesterfield as Secretary of State, February 1748; and the Earl of Holdernesse succeeded the Duke of Bedford, June 1751, in the same office. Pelham died, March 6, 1754.] 1754. Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle: First Lord of the April Treasury. Hon. Henry Bilson Legge: Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earl of Holdernesse and Sir Thomas Robinson (afterwards Lord Lord Anson: First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Granville: Lord President. Lord Gower (succeeded by the Duke of Marlborough): Privy Seal. 1756. William, Duke of Devonshire: First Lord of the Treasury. Nov. Right Hon. William Pitt: Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Hon. Henry Bilson Legge: Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earl Granville: Lord President. Earl Gower: Privy Seal. Earl of Holdernesse : Secretary of State for the Northern Department. The Great Seal in Commission. 1757. Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pitt's Administration. June Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle: First Lord of the Treasury. Right Hon. William Pitt (afterwards Lord Chatham): Secretary of State for the Northern Department, and Leader of the House of Lord Henley Lord Keeper. Lord Grenville: Lord President. Earl Temple: Privy Seal. Mr. Legge Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earl of Holdernesse : Secretary of State for the Southern Department Duke of Rutland: Lord Steward. Lord Anson Admiralty. Duke of Marlborough (succeeded by Lord Ligonier): Master-General Right Hon. Henry Fox (afterwards Lord Holland): Paymaster. KING GEORGE III 1760. Duke of Newcastle's and Mr. Pitt's Ministry, continued. [The following were among the changes subsequent to the accession of George III-Sir Robert Henley, created Lord Henley. Lord Chancellor, January 1761; the Earl of Bute, Secretary of State, vice the Earl of Holdernesse, March; and the Earl of Egremont, vice Mr. Pitt, October, same year; Lord North, a Lord of the Treasury.] 1762. John, Earl of Bute: First Lord of the Treasury. May Lord Henley: Lord Chancellor. Sir Francis Dashwood (afterwards Lord le Despencer): Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Granville: Lord President. Earl of Halifax: Admiralty. Earl of Egremont and Right Hon. George Grenville: Secretaries of Lord Ligonier : Ordnance. Right Hon. Henry Fox: Paymaster. Viscount Barrington, Lord Sandys, Duke of Marlborough, Lords 1763. Right Hon. George Grenville: First Lord of the Treasury and et seq. Earl Granville (succeeded by John, Duke of Bedford): Lord President. Duke of Marlborough: Privy Seal. Lord Henley (afterwards Earl of Northington): Lord Chancellor. Earls of Halifax and Sandwich: Secretaries of State. Earl Gower: Lord Chamberlain. Lord Egmont: Admiralty. Marquis of Granby: Ordnance. Lord Holland (late Mr. Fox): Paymaster. Right Hon. Welbore Ellis: Secretary at War. Lord Hillsborough: First Lord of Trade. Duke of Rutland, Lord North, etc. 1765. Charles, Marquis of Rockingham: First Lord of the Treasury. July Right Hon. William Dodeswell: Chancellor of the Exchequer. et seq. Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham: Lord President. Duke of Newcastle: Privy Seal. Duke of Portland: Lord Chamberlain. Duke of Rutland: Master of the Horse. Lord Talbot Lord Steward. General the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway and the Duke of Grafton : Lord Egmont: Admiralty. Marquis of Granby: Ordnance. Viscount Barrington: Secretary at War. |