Carteret Ministry

The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Northern Secretary	The Lord Carteret	1742–1744

First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Wilmington	1742–1743
First Lord of the Treasury	Henry Pelham	1743–1744
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Hardwicke	1742–1744
Lord Privy Seal	The Lord Gower	1742–1743
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Cholmondeley	1743–1744
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Harrington	1742–1744
Southern Secretary	The Duke of Newcastle	1742–1743
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Samuel Sandys	1742–1743
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Pelham	1743–1744
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl of Cholmondeley	1742–1743
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Edgcumbe	1743–1744
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Montagu	1742–1743
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Winchilsea	1742–1744
Paymaster of the Forces	Henry Pelham	1742–1743
Paymaster of the Forces	Thomas Winnington	1743–1744

Henry Pelham, who had been Paymaster of the Forces, became First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1743; he would continue to exercise those offices well into the next decade, as head of the First and Second Pelham Ministry .