First Newcastle ministry

The First Newcastle Ministry was a British government that existed from 1754 until 1756, headed by the Duke of Newcastle. After the death of the previous Prime Minister, his brother Henry Pelham, Newcastle had formed a fresh administration. It lasted until 1756, when it collapsed following the fall of Minorca and the fierce criticism that Newcastle had come under for his handling of the war that was engulfing Europe.

One of the most influential members of the Ministry was Henry Fox, who served as Leader of the House of Commons from November 1755, having firstly entered the Cabinet in his earlier position of Secretary at War in December 1754.

Newcastle later returned to head a second government in 1757 in alliance with William Pitt.

The Ministry

It is unclear who was member of the Ministry.

Office	Name	Term
First Lord of the Treasury[1]	The Duke of Newcastle	1754–1756
Leader of the House of Lords
Chancellor of the Exchequer[2]	Sir William Lee	1754
	Henry Bilson Legge	1754–1755
	Sir George Lyttelton, Bt.	1755–1756
Second Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Darlington	1754–55
	Sir George Lyttelton, Bt.	1755–1756
Lord Chancellor[3]	The Lord Hardwicke, later The Earl of Hardwicke	1754–1756
Lord President of the Council[4]|	The Earl Granville	1754–1756
Lord Privy Seal[5]	The Earl Gower	1754(−1755)
	The Duke of Marlborough	1755
	The Earl Gower	1755–1756
Secretary of State for the Southern Department[6] Leader of the House of Commons	Thomas Robinson	1754–1755
	Henry Fox	1755–1756
Secretary of State for the Northern Department[6]	The Earl of Holdernesse	1754–1756
Master-General of the Ordnance[7]	Vacant	1754–1755
	The Duke of Marlborough	1755–1756
First Lord of the Admiralty[8]	The Lord Anson	1754–1756
Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland[9]	The Duke of Argyll	1754–1756
Lord Chamberlain of the Household[10]	The Duke of Grafton	1754–1756
Lord Steward of the Household	The Duke of Marlborough	1754–1755
	The Duke of Rutland	1755–1756
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Edgcumbe	1754–56
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Dorset	1754–1755
	The Duke of Devonshire	1755–1756
Master of the Horse[11]	Marquess of Hartington	1754–1755
	The Duke of Dorset	1755–1756
Paymaster of the Forces	William Pitt the Elder	1754–1755
	jointly: The Earl of Darlington Viscount Dupplin	1755–1756

Links and Sources

• Great Britain in the Seven Years' War

References

1. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 112".
2. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 168".
3. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 105".
4. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 119".
5. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 147".
6. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 172".
7. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 192".
8. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 160".
9. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 401".
10. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 206".
11. "Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, page 209".