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First Newcastle ministry

Cabinet of Great Britain
1754 – 1756
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was prime minister and led the government.
Date established16 March 1754 (1754-03-16)
Date dissolved11 November 1756 (1756-11-11)
Leadership and composition
Monarch
George II
Prime Minister
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Member party
  •   Whigs
Status in legislature
Majority
Opposition party
Formation and history
Election1754 general election
Legislature terms1754–1761
PredecessorBroad Bottom ministry
SuccessorPitt–Devonshire ministry

From 1754 to 1756, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle headed the government of Great Britain. After the death of the previous prime minister, his brother Henry Pelham, Newcastle had formed a new administration of Whigs. He remained in power until 1756 when his government collapsed following the fall of Minorca and the fierce criticism that he had come under for his handling of the Seven Years' War that was engulfing Europe.

Among the most influential members of the first Newcastle ministry was Henry Fox, who served as Leader of the House of Commons from November 1755, having initially entered the Cabinet in his earlier position of Secretary at War in December 1754.

Ministry

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It is unclear who was a member of the Cabinet.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftoffice
(head of ministry)1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Chancellor of the Exchequer[2]1754 (1754)1754 (1754)
1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Second Lord of the Treasury1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
Sir George Lyttelton
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Lord Chancellor[3]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Lord President of the Council[4]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Lord Privy Seal[5]1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department[6]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Master-General of the Ordnance[7]
Vacant
1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
First Lord of the Admiralty[8]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland[9]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Lord Chamberlain of the Household[10]1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Lord Steward of the Household
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster1754 (1754)1756 (1756)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Master of the Horse[11]1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)
Paymaster of the Forces1754 (1754)1755 (1755)
1755 (1755)1756 (1756)

See also

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Notes

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Works cited

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  • Haydn, Joseph (1851), The Book of Dignities, London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans

Further reading

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