- Second Peel ministry
The Cabinet
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* October, 1841: Lord FitzGerald succeeds Lord Ellenborough as President of the Board of Control.
* February, 1842: The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds the Duke of Buckingham as Lord Privy Seal.
* May, 1843: Lord Ripon succeeds FitzGerald as President of the Board of Control. William Ewart Gladstone succeeds Ripon at the Board of Trade.
* May, 1844: Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, enters the Cabinet. Sir Henry Hardinge leaves the cabinet. His successor as Secretary at War is not in the Cabinet.
* February, 1845: William Gladstone resigns as President of the Board of Trade. His successor in that post is not in the Cabinet. The First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, Lord Lincoln, enters the Cabinet, while Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Paymaster, leaves it.
* May, 1845: Sidney Herbert, the Secretary at War, enters the Cabinet.
* December, 1845: Gladstone succeeds Lord Stanley as Secretary for War and the Colonies.
* January, 1846—The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds Lord Wharnecliffe as Lord President. Lord Haddington succeeds Buccleuch as Lord Privy Seal. Ellenborough succeeds Haddington as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lincoln becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. His successor as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests is not in the Cabinet.###@@@KEYEND@@@###
ee also
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Conservative Government 1841-1846 , for a complete list of officeholders in the government.
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