Third Melbourne Ministry

The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Viscount Melbourne	August 1839–September 1841

Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cottenham	August 1839–September 1841
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess of Lansdowne	August 1839–September 1841
Lord Privy Seal	Viscount Duncannon	August 1839–January 1840
	The Lord Clarendon	January 1840–September 1841
Home Secretary	The Marquess of Normanby	August 1839–September 1841
Foreign Secretary	The Viscount Palmerston	August 1839–September 1841
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Leader of the House of Commons	The Lord John Russell	August 1839–September 1841
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Minto	August 1839–September 1841
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Francis Thornhill Baring	August 1839–September 1841
President of the Board of Trade	Henry Labouchere	August 1839–September 1841
President of the Board of Control	Sir John Cam Hobhouse	August 1839–September 1841
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	Viscount Duncannon	August 1839–September 1841
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Holland	August 1839–October 1840
	The Lord Clarendon	October 1840–June 1841
	Sir George Grey, Bt	June–September 1841
Secretary at War	Thomas Babington Macaulay	August 1839–September 1841
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Lord Morpeth	August 1839–September 1841

Viscount Duncannon served concurrently as Lord Privy Seal and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between August of 1839 and January of 1840.
Lord Clarendon served concurrently as Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between October of 1840 and June of 1841.
See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.

Last updated: 08-28-2005 22:03:57