Second Rockingham Ministry

This is a list of the principal holders of government office during the second premiership of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, from March to July 1782.

The government of Lord North resigned on 22 March 1782 after losing a motion of no confidence following the British defeat at the Siege of Yorktown during the American War of Independence. The Whig Lord Rockingham, previously Prime Minister 1765-1766, formed a government. The Rockingham Whigs had generally been sympathetic to the cause of the Colonists and under Rockingham the British government began the negotiations leading to the Peace of Paris that concluded the war.

The death of Rockingham on 1 July 1782 caused a split in the ministry. The Home Secretary Lord Shelburne was appointed to succeed him but several members of the government refused to serve under him and resigned. These Portland Whigs (named after their nominal leader the Duke of Portland) allied in opposition with Lord North and brought down Shelburne's government in March 1783, coming to power as the Fox-North Coalition.

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
First Lord of the Treasury	The Marquess of Rockingham	27 March 1782	died 1 July 1782
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord John Cavendish	1 April 1782	^[1]
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Camden	27 March 1782	^[2]
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Thurlow	continued in office	^[2]
Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Earl of Shelburne	27 March 1782	^[2]
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Charles James Fox	27 March 1782	^[1]
First Lord of Trade	The Lord Grantham	continued in office	^[3]
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Viscount Keppel	30 March 1782	^[4]
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Grafton	27 March 1782	^[2]
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Ashburton	17 April 1782	^[3]
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Richmond	30 March 1782	^[2]
Treasurer of the Navy	Isaac Barré	10 April 1782	^[2]
Secretary at War	Thomas Townshend	27 March 1782	^[2]
Paymaster of the Forces	Edmund Burke	27 March 1782	^[1]
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces	Henry Seymour Conway	March 1782	^[2]
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Portland	8 April 1782	^[1]
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 resigned in July 1782 and later served in the Fox-North Coalition ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 went on to serve in the Shelburne Ministry until March 1783 ↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 went on to serve in the Shelburne Ministry then also in the Fox-North Coalition ↑ initially served in the Shelburne Ministry, but resigned January 1783 and later served in the Fox-North Coalition

Sources

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

Preceded by North Ministry	British Government March–July 1782	Succeeded by Shelburne Ministry

[a-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 resigned in July 1782 and later served in the Fox-North Coalition

[b-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 went on to serve in the Shelburne Ministry until March 1783

[c-3] 3.0 ^3.1 went on to serve in the Shelburne Ministry then also in the Fox-North Coalition

[4] tially served in the Shelburne Ministry, but resigned January 1783 and later served in the Fox-North Coalition

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