Canningite government, 1827–1828

On 9 April 1827 the Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. He had been prime minister nearly fifteen years, ever since the assassination of his predecessor Spencer Perceval in May 1812. The man chosen to succeed him was the Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons, George Canning. Canning was very much on the moderate wing of the Tory Party, and many of the more hard-line members of Liverpool's government, including the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, and national hero Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Master-General of the Ordnance), refused to serve under him. Canning's government was therefore recruited from the moderate wing of the Tory Party, known as the Canningites, with the support of several members of the Whig Party. ==Fate==

Canning, who was in poor health at the time of his appointment, died in office on 8 August 1827, and the Leader of the House of Lords Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich succeeded him as prime minister. However, Goderich's government never even met in a session of Parliament, and was replaced by a High Tory government under the Duke of Wellington on 22 January 1828. ==Cabinets==

George Canning's Cabinet, April 1827 – August 1827 • George Canning – First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons • John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor • Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby – Lord President of the Council • William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland – Lord Privy Seal • William Sturges Bourne – Secretary of State for the Home Department • John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs • Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords • William Huskisson – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy • Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control • Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne – Minister without Portfolio Changes • May 1827 – George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, enters the Cabinet • July 1827 – The Duke of Portland becomes a minister without portfolio. Lord Carlisle succeeds him as Lord Privy Seal. W. S. Bourne succeeds Carlisle as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Lansdowne succeeds Bourne as Home Secretary. George Tierney, the Master of the Mint, enters the cabinet The Viscount Goderich's Cabinet, September 1827 – January 1828 • Lord Goderich – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords • John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor • William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council • George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle – Lord Privy Seal • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne – Secretary of State for the Home Department • John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs • William Huskisson – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons • J. C. Herries – Chancellor of the Exchequer • Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance • Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy • Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control • William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests • Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War ==Full list of ministers==

This is a list of the members of the government. Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold typeface. ;Notes ==References==