Walpole–Townshend ministry

Walpole–Townshend ministry

Walpole (top) and Townshend (bott.)

The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of Prime Minister Robert Walpole (in the House of Commons) and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (in the House of Lords), from 1721 until Townshend departed from the government in 1730.^[1]

Cabinet

See also

• 1722 British general election
• 1727 British general election
• 5th Parliament of Great Britain
• Whigs (British political party)

Notes

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Cabinet of Sir Robert Walpole and The Viscount Townshend (1721–1730)

First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons

• Sir Robert Walpole (1721–1730)

Northern Secretary

• The Viscount Townshend (1721–1730)

Southern Secretary

• The Earl Granville (1721–1724)
• The Duke of Newcastle (1724–1730)

Lord Chancellor

• The Earl of Macclesfield (1721–1725)
• The Lord King (1725–1730)

Lord President of the Council

• The Duke of Kingston (1721–1726)
• The Lord Trevor (1726–1730)

Lord Privy Seal

• The Viscount Townshend (1721)
• The Lord Carleton (1721–1725)
• The Duke of Devonshire (1725–1730)
• The Lord Trevor (1730)

First Lord of the Admiralty

• The Earl of Berkeley (1721–1727)
• The Viscount Torrington (1727–1730)

Master-General of the Ordnance

• The Duke of Marlborough (1721–1722)
• The Earl Cadogan (1722–1725)
• The Duke of Argyll (1725–1730)

Paymaster of the Forces

• The Lord Cornwallis (1721–1722)
• The Earl of Wilmington (1722–1730)

Lord Steward

• The Duke of Argyll (1721–1725)
• The Duke of Dorset (1725–1730)

Lord Chamberlain

• The Duke of Newcastle (1721–1724)
• The Duke of Grafton (1724–1730)

Master of the Horse

• The Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1730)