Short-lived_Ministry

Short-lived ministry

Short-lived ministry

18th-century British cabinet that served a brief term

The Bath–Granville ministry,[1] better known as the "short-lived" ministry, was a ministry of Patriot Whigs that existed briefly in February 1746.

Bath–Granville ministry
Bath (top) and Granville (bottom)

On 10 February, with the resignation of Henry Pelham and the Cobhamites, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, undertook the formation of a ministry with John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, the former Northern Secretary. However, it only lasted two days, collapsing on 12 February (even before all the ministers could be appointed), and Pelham was reappointed by the King to resume the Broad Bottom ministry on 14 February.[2]

Cabinet

Below are Bath's appointments before he abandoned the attempt to form a ministry; it does not appear that either Carlisle or Winchilsea actually received the seals of office from the King.[clarification needed]

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Other appointments which had been determined upon but not made, according to contemporary rumour,[example needed] were:

Citations

  1. [1]
    Sedgwick 1970 Open access icon
  2. [2]
    Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 42
  3. [3]
    Haydn 1851, p. 93 Free access icon
  4. [4]
    Haydn 1851, p. 93 Free access icon
  5. [5]
    Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 42; Haydn 1851, p. 93 Free access icon

References

  • Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
  • Haydn, Joseph Timothy (1851), The Book of Dignities, London: Longman Brown
  • Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970), "IV. Oppositions, 1742–4 and 1747–51", in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ISBN 978-0-11-880098-3, retrieved 7 October 2020 – via History of Parliament Online
Preceded by Government of Great Britain
10–12 February 1746 (1746-02-10 – 1746-02-12)		 Succeeded by
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