Second Portland ministry

Portrait of the Duke of Portland by Thomas Lawrence, 1792. The Duke of Portland was the figurehead of the government, but exercised comparatively little power over his colleagues.

Spencer Perceval served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and succeeded Portland in 1809. He was subsequently assassinated in 1812, the only British Prime Minister to be killed in office.

This is a list of members of the Tory government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of the Duke of Portland from 1807 to 1809.

Portrait of Lord Castlereagh by Thomas Lawrence 1809. Viscount Castlereagh served as Secretary for War until his resignation and duel with his colleague George Canning.

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name		Date
First Lord of the Treasury	The Duke of Portland		31 March 1807 – 4 October 1809
Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Spencer Perceval		26 March 1807 30 March 1807 –
Secretaries to the Treasury	Senior Secretary	Hon. Henry Wellesley	1 April 1807 – 21 March 1809
		Charles Arbuthnot	5 April 1809
	Junior Secretary	William Huskisson	1 April 1807
Junior Lords of the Treasury	William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield		31 March 1807 – 16 September 1807
	Hon. William Eliot		31 March 1807
	William Sturges Bourne		31 March 1807 – 16 September 1807
	John Foster		16 September 1807
	Hon. Richard Ryder		16 September 1807 – 2 December 1807
	Hon. William Brodrick		2 December 1807
	Snowdon Barne		2 December 1807
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Camden		26 March 1807
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Eldon		1 April 1807
Home Secretary	The Lord Hawkesbury		25 March 1807
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn		continued in office
	Hon. Charles Jenkinson		November 1807
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	George Canning		25 March 1807
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Viscount FitzHarris		March 1807
	Charles Bagot		August 1807
President of the Board of Trade Master of the Mint	The Earl Bathurst		26 March 1807 25 April 1807
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	George Rose		March 1807
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Viscount Castlereagh		25 March 1807
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Edward Cooke		1807
	Hon. Charles Stewart		1807
	Hon. F. J. Robinson		1809
President of the Board of Control	Hon. Robert Saunders-Dundas		6 April 1807
	The Earl of Harrowby		17 July 1809
Secretary to the Board of Control	George Peter Holford		continued in office
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Lord Mulgrave		4 April 1807
First Secretary to the Admiralty	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole		1807
Civil Lords of the Admiralty	Robert Plumer Ward		6 April 1807
	The Viscount Palmerston		6 April 1807
	James Buller		6 April 1807
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Westmorland		25 March 1807
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Earl of Chatham		4 April 1807
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance	Sir Thomas Trigge		continued in office
Treasurer of the Ordnance	Joseph Hunt		continued in office
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	James Murray Hadden		continued in office
Clerk of the Ordnance	Hon. William Wellesley-Pole		7 April 1807
	Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper		29 July 1807
Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance	Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper		7 April 1807
	Thomas Thoroton		29 July 1807
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Mark Singleton		7 April 1807
Treasurer of the Navy	George Rose		15 April 1807
Secretary at War	Sir James Murray Pulteney		30 March 1807
	Lord Granville Leveson-Gower		27 June 1809
Paymaster of the Forces	Charles Long		April 1807
	Lord Charles Henry Somerset		April 1807
Postmaster General	The Earl of Chichester		1807
	The Earl of Sandwich		1807
Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases	The Lord Glenbervie		1807
Ministers without Portfolio	The Duke of Portland		4 October 1809 – 30 October 1809
	The Earl of Harrowby		November 1809 – June 1812
	The Earl Camden		8 April 1812 – June 1812
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Richmond		April 1807
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley		April 1807
	Hon. Robert Saunders-Dundas		April 1809
Attorney General	Sir Vicary Gibbs		April 1807
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Plumer		April 1807
Judge Advocate General	Nathaniel Bond		8 March 1806
	Richard Ryder		4 December 1807
Lord Advocate	Archibald Colquhoun		1807
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Boyle		1807
Attorney General for Ireland	William Saurin		15 May 1807
Solicitor General for Ireland	Charles Kendal Bushe		continued in office
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Aylesford		continued in office
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Stopford		1807
Comptroller of the Household	Lord George Thynne		continued in office
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Dartmouth		continued in office
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord John Thynne		continued in office
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Montrose		1807
Master of the Buckhounds	The Marquess Cornwallis		continued in office
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners	The Lord St John of Bletso		continued in office
	The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe		2 March 1808
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Macclesfield		continued in office

References

• Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830
• Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities

Notes