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Government of the United Kingdom
The
Canningites
, led by
George Canning
and then the
Viscount Goderich
as
First Lord of the Treasury
, governed the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
from 1827 until 1828.
Formation
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On 9 April 1827 the
Tory
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
,
Lord Liverpool
, suffered a
cerebral haemorrhage
. He had been Prime Minister nearly fifteen years, ever since the
assassination
of his predecessor
Spencer Perceval
in May 1812. The man chosen to succeed him was the
Foreign Secretary
and
Leader of the House of Commons
,
George Canning
. Canning was very much on the moderate wing of the
Tory Party
, and many of the more hard-line members of Liverpool's government, including the
Home Secretary
,
Sir Robert Peel
, and national hero
the Duke of Wellington
(
Master-General of the Ordnance
), refused to serve under him. Canning's government was therefore recruited from the moderate wing of the Tory Party, known as the
Canningites
, with the support of several members of the
Whig Party
.
Fate
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Canning, who was in poor health at the time of his appointment, died in office on 8 August 1827, and the
Leader of the House of Lords
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon
succeeded him as Prime Minister. However, Goderich's government never even met in a session of Parliament, and was replaced by
a High Tory government
under the Duke of Wellington on 22 January 1828.
Cabinets
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George Canning's Cabinet, April 1827 ? August 1827
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Changes
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The Viscount Goderich's Cabinet, September 1827 ? January 1828
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Full list of ministers
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This is a list of the members of the government. Members of the
Cabinet
are indicated by
bold
typeface.
- Notes
- ^
Created
Earl of Dudley
on 5 October 1827.
- ^
Appointed Home Secretary July 1827.
- ^
Appointed Lord President August 1827.
References
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- Chris Cook and John Stevenson,
British Historical Facts 1760?1830
- Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby,
The Book of Dignities