Tory Provisional Government 1834

King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government. Peel was in Italy at the time, so the Duke of Wellington formed a caretaker government which lasted until Peel was able to form his government on 10 December.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister Secretary of State for the Home Department Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Leader of the House of Lords	The Duke of Wellington	17 November 1834 – 9 December 1834
Chancellor of the Exchequer	The Lord Denman	15 November 1834
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Lyndhurst	21 November 1834
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	The Duke of Wellington	21 November 1834	First Lord
	The Earl of Rosslyn
	The Lord Ellenborough
	Lord Maryborough
	Sir John Beckett
	Joseph Planta

Notes

• Wellington held all three Secretary of State positions.
• As no separate Chancellor of the Exchequer had been appointed, Denman held the post pro tempore by virtue of being Lord Chief Justice.
• Most offices were in commission.

Source

• C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

Preceded by Whig Government 1830–1834

British Government 1834

Succeeded by Conservative Government 1834–1835