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{{seealso|11th Parliament of Great Britain}}{{multiple image | title = Pitt–Devonshire ministry | direction = vertical | width = 220 | image1 = William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Richard Brompton cropped.jpg | image2 = William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.JPG | footer = Pitt the Elder (above) and the Duke of Devonshire (bottom) }}The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of William Pitt the Elder and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire from November 1756 to 1757. Following Pitt's dismissal, a new ministry was formed in July 1757 under Pitt and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. The principal ministers of the Crown were as follows: Office | Office-holder | Date appointed |
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First Lord of the Treasury | The Duke of Devonshire | 16 November 1756 | Chancellor of the Exchequer | Henry Bilson Legge | 16 November 1756 | The Lord Mansfield[1] | 13 April 1757 | Lord Privy Seal | The Earl Gower | 22 December 1755 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Lord Edgcumbe | 22 December 1743 | Secretary of State for the Southern Department | William Pitt | 4 December 1756 (dismissed 6 April 1757)[1] | Secretary of State for the Northern Department | The Earl of Holderness | 23 March 1754 (vacated 9 June 1757) | First Lord of Trade | The Earl of Halifax | 1 November 1748 | First Lord of the Admiralty | The Earl Temple | 19 November 1756 | The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham[1] | 6 April 1757 | Treasurer of the Navy | George Grenville | 23 November 1756 | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Devonshire | 2 April 1755 | The Duke of Bedford | 3 January 1757 |
See alsoReferences1. ^1 2 {{London Gazette|issue=9676|page=2|date=5–9 April 1757}}
- {{cite book|first= Chris|last= Cook |first2= John| last2= Stevenson | title=British Historical Facts 1688–1760| publisher= Macmillan| date= 1988 |pages= 44–5 }}
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