Second Melbourne ministry

The second Lord Melbourne ministry was formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne in 1835.

History

Lord Melbourne's second government came to power after Sir Robert Peel's minority government resigned in 1835. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston returned as Foreign Secretary while Lord John Russell held his first major office as Home Secretary.
In 1837 Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne, and as was usual for a queen regnant, the Royal Household was appointed by the prime minister. The young queen was so attached to her Whig ladies of the bedchamber that after Melbourne's resignation in 1839, she refused to let Sir Robert Peel replace them with Conservative ladies. This was known as the Bedchamber Crisis, and led to Peel's refusal to form a government. Melbourne therefore resumed, and continued in office until the Conservatives finally won a House of Commons majority in the General Election of 1841. He was succeeded by Sir Robert Peel's second government.

1841 votes of no confidence

The 1841 votes of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne were votes of no confidence in the government of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne which occurred on 7 June 1841. Melbourne lost the vote by only one vote and dissolved Parliament leading to an election in July 1841. Melbourne lost a second vote of confidence shortly after the election in August, leading to his resignation.

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

Office	Name	Date
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	18 April 183530 August 1841
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Thomas Spring Rice	18 April 1835
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Francis Baring	26 August 1839
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Edward Stanley	21 April 1835
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	ir Denis Le Marchant	19 June 1841
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Francis Baring	21 April 1835
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Robert Gordon	6 September 1839
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Richard More O'Ferrall	9 June 1841
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Edward Seymour, Baron Seymour	18 April 18352 November 1839
Junior Lords of the Treasury	William Ord	18 April 183518 July 1837
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Robert Steuart	18 April 183526 May 1840
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Richard More O'Ferrall	16 May 183528 August 1839
Junior Lords of the Treasury	John Parker	18 July 183723 June 1841
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Thomas Wyse	28 August 183930 August 1841
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Henry Tufnell	2 November 183930 August 1841
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Edward Horsman	26 May 184030 August 1841
Junior Lords of the Treasury	William Cowper	23 June 184130 August 1841
Lord Chancellor	in commission	23 April 1835
Lord Chancellor	Charles Pepeys, 1st Baron Cottenham	16 January 1836
Lord President of the Council	Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	23 April 1835
Lord Privy Seal	John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon	23 April 1835
Lord Privy Seal	George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon	15 January 1840
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Lord John Russell	18 April 1835
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby	30 August 1839
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Fox Maule	18 April 1835
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Edward Seymour, Baron Seymour	15 June 1841
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston	18 April 1835
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	William Fox-Strangways	18 April 1835
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Leveson	7 March 1840
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Charles Grant	18 April 1835
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby	20 February 1839
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Lord John Russell	30 August 1839
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet	18 April 1835
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Henry Labouchere	28 February 1839
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Robert Vernon Smith	31 August 1839
First Lord of the Admiralty	George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland	22 April 1835
First Lord of the Admiralty	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto	15 September 1835
First Secretary of the Admiralty	Charles Wood	27 April 1835
First Secretary of the Admiralty	Richard More O'Ferrall	4 October 1839
First Secretary of the Admiralty	John Parker	9 June 1841
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny	23 April 1835
President of the Board of Control	Sir John Hobhouse	23 April 1835
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control	Robert Gordon	21 April 183530 September 1839
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control	Robert Vernon Smith	21 April 183530 September 1839
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control	Edward Seymour, Baron Seymour	30 September 183915 June 1841
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control	William Clay	30 September 183930 August 1841
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control	Charles Buller	21 June 184130 August 1841
Chief Secretary for Ireland	George Howard, Viscount Morpeth	22 April 1835
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Constantine Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave	29 April 1835
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington	13 March 1839
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland	20 February 1835
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon	31 October 1840
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet	23 June 1841
President of the Board of Trade	Charles Poulett Thomson	18 April 1835
President of the Board of Trade	Henry Labouchere	29 August 1839
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Henry Labouchere	6 May 1835
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Richard Lalor Sheil	29 August 1839
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Fox Maule	28 June 1841
Secretary at War	Henry Grey, Viscount Howick	18 April 1835
Secretary at War	Thomas Babington Macaulay	27 September 1839
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon	28 April 1835
Master of the Mint	Henry Labouchere	25 April 1835
Treasurer of the Navy	Sir Henry Parnell	20 April 1835
Master-General of the Ordnance	Sir Hussey Vivian	4 May 1835
Treasurer of the Ordnance	Sir Henry Parnell	9 May 1835
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin	20 April 1835
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Charles Richard Fox	5 May 1841
Clerk of the Ordnance	Andrew Leith Hay	20 April 1835
Clerk of the Ordnance	James Whitley Deans Dundas	21 March 1838
Clerk of the Ordnance	George Anson	23 June 1841
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	George Anson	25 April 1835
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	James Hanway Plumridge	23 June 1841
Paymaster of the Forces	Sir Henry Parnell	28 April 1835
Paymaster General	Sir Henry Parnell	27 April 1835
Paymaster General	Edward Stanley	19 June 1841
Postmaster-General	Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham	30 April 1835
Postmaster-General	Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield	22 May 1835
Attorney General	Sir John Campbell	30 April 1835
Attorney General	Sir Thomas Wilde	3 July 1841
Solicitor General	Sir Robert Rolfe	4 May 1835
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Wilde	2 December 1839
Judge Advocate General	Robert Cutlar Fergusson	20 April 1835
Judge Advocate General	William St Julien Arabin	24 November 1838
Judge Advocate General	Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet	15 February 1839
Judge Advocate General	Richard Lalor Sheil	23 June 1841
Lord Advocate	John Murray	20 April 1835
Lord Advocate	Andrew Rutherfurd	20 April 1839
Solicitor General for Scotland	John Cunninghame	22 April 1835
Solicitor General for Scotland	Andrew Rutherfurd	9 February 1837
Solicitor General for Scotland	James Ivory	20 April 1839
Solicitor General for Scotland	Thomas Maitland	9 May 1840
Attorney General for Ireland	Louis Perrin	29 April 1835
Attorney General for Ireland	Michael O'Loghlen	31 August 1835
Attorney General for Ireland	John Richards	10 November 1836
Attorney General for Ireland	Stephen Woulfe	3 February 1837
Attorney General for Ireland	Nicholas Ball	11 July 1838
Attorney General for Ireland	Maziere Brady	23 February 1839
Attorney General for Ireland	David Richard Pigot	11 August 1840
Solicitor General for Ireland	Michael O'Loghlen	29 April 1835
Solicitor General for Ireland	John Richards	21 September 1835
Solicitor General for Ireland	Stephen Woulfe	10 November 1836
Solicitor General for Ireland	Maziere Brady	3 February 1837
Solicitor General for Ireland	David Richard Pigot	11 February 1839
Solicitor General for Ireland	Richard Moore	14 August 1840
Lord Steward of the Household	George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll	23 April 1835
Lord Steward of the Household	William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll	21 November 1839
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley	23 April 1835
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham	22 May 1835
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge	6 May 1839
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord Charles FitzRoy	29 June 1835
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	George Chichester, Earl of Belfast	27 April 1838
Master of the Horse	William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle	25 April 1835
Treasurer of the Household	Sir William Henry Fremantle	27 May 1826Continued in office
Treasurer of the Household	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey	17 July 1837
Treasurer of the Household	George Byng	23 June 1841
Comptroller of the Household	George Byng	6 May 1835
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Marcus Hill	23 June 1841
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley	6 May 1835
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford	23 April 1835
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester	5 August 1835
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey	6 July 1841
Master of the Buckhounds	William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll	30 April 1835
Master of the Buckhounds	George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird	21 December 1839
Mistress of the Robes	Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland	29 August 1837
Lords in Waiting	Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort	17 July 183730 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry	17 July 183730 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland	17 July 18374 February 1840
Lords in Waiting	George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington	17 July 183730 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	George Byron, 7th Baron Byron	17 July 183731 March 1860
Lords in Waiting	Alan Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner	17 July 18371 July 1840
Lords in Waiting	Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford	17 July 183730 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore	17 July 183726 September 1837
Lords in Waiting	Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge	11 October 18376 May 1839
Lords in Waiting	Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall	11 December 183730 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel	4 February 184030 August 1841
Lords in Waiting	Charles Gordon, Earl of Aboyne	1 July 184030 August 1841

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