Shelburne ministry

This is a list of the principal holders of government office during the premiership of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, July 1782 to April 1783.

On the fall of Lord North's ministry in March 1782, the Whig Lord Rockingham became Prime Minister for the second time. He died in office on 1 July that year, and the Home Secretary Lord Shelburne was asked to form a government. However, Charles James Fox and several other former Rockinghamites (including Cavendish and Burke) refused to serve under Shelburne and went into opposition. The Foxites allied with the supporters of Lord North to bring down the government, and the Fox-North Coalition came to power in April 1783. This government did not long survive the opposition of the King, and many of Shelburne's ministers came back to office under Pitt in December 1783, though Shelburne himself was consoled with the title Marquess of Lansdowne.

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Shelburne	14 July 1782
Chancellor of the Exchequer	William Pitt	13 July 1782
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Camden	continued in office
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Thurlow	continued in office
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Thomas Townshend	10 July 1782	created Baron Sydney 6 March 1783
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Lord Grantham	17 July 1782	also continued in office as First Lord of Trade
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Viscount Keppel	continued in office
	The Viscount Howe	28 January 1783
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Grafton	continued in office
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Ashburton	continued in office
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Richmond	continued in office
Treasurer of the Navy	Henry Dundas	19 August 1782
Secretary at War	Sir George Yonge	11 July 1782
Paymaster of the Forces	Isaac Barré	17 July 1782
Lord Steward of the Household	The Duke of Rutland	14 February 1783
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces	Henry Seymour Conway	continued in office

Sources

• Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760-1830, Macmillan, 1980

Preceded by Second Rockingham Ministry

British Government July 1782–April 1783

Succeeded by Fox-North Coalition