# Second Peel ministry

The second Peel ministry was formed by Sir Robert Peel in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1841.

## History

Peel came to power for a second time after the Conservative victory in the General Election caused the Whig government of Lord Melbourne to resign.
Henry Goulburn was Chancellor of the Exchequer, the future Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen Foreign Secretary and Sir James Graham Home Secretary. William Gladstone, who was yet to join the Liberal Party, became a member of the cabinet for the first time in 1843 when he was appointed President of the Board of Trade. His future rival Benjamin Disraeli was overlooked by Peel and was a sharp critic of the government.
The government was brought down by Peel's decision in 1846 to support the repeal of the Corn Laws, leading to a split in the Tory party and the formation of a Whig government under Lord John Russell.

## Cabinet
### September 1841 – July 1846

| Office | Name | Term |
| First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons | Sir Robert Peel | September 1841 – July 1846 |
| Lord Chancellor | John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst | September 1841 – July 1846 |
| Lord President of the Council | James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe | September 1841 – December 1845 |
| | Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | December 1845 – July 1846 |
| Lord Privy Seal | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos | September 1841 – February 1842 |
| | Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | February 1842 – January 1846 |
| | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | January–July 1846 |
| Home Secretary | Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet | September 1841 – July 1846 |
| Foreign Secretary | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | September 1841 – July 1846 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Edward Smith-Stanley, Baron Stanley | September 1841 – December 1845 |
| | William Gladstone | December 1845 – July 1846 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | September 1841 – January 1846 |
| | Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough | January–July 1846 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Henry Goulburn | September 1841 – July 1846 |
| President of the Board of Control | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | September–October 1841 |
| | William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey | October 1841 – May 1843 |
| | Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon | May 1843 – July 1846 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon | September 1841 – May 1843 |
| | William Gladstone | May 1843 – January 1845 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln | February 1845 – January 1846 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Lord Granville Somerset | May 1844 – July 1846 |
| Secretary at War | Sir Henry Hardinge | September 1841 – January 1845 |
| | Sidney Herbert | January 1845 – July 1846 |
| Paymaster General | Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet | September 1841 – January 1845 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln | January–July 1846 |
| Minister without Portfolio Leader of the House of Lords | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | September 1841 – July 1846 |

#### Changes

* October 1841: Lord FitzGerald succeeds Lord Ellenborough as President of the Board of Control.
* February 1842: The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds the Duke of Buckingham as Lord Privy Seal.
* May 1843: Lord Ripon succeeds FitzGerald as President of the Board of Control. William Gladstone succeeds Ripon at the Board of Trade.
* May 1844: Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, enters the Cabinet. Sir Henry Hardinge leaves the cabinet. His successor as Secretary at War is not in the Cabinet.
* February 1845: William Gladstone resigns as President of the Board of Trade. His successor in that post is not in the Cabinet. The First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, Lord Lincoln, enters the Cabinet, while Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Paymaster, leaves it.
* May 1845: Sidney Herbert, the Secretary at War, enters the Cabinet.
* December 1845: Gladstone succeeds Lord Stanley as Secretary for War and the Colonies.
* January 1846: The Duke of Buccleuch succeeds Lord Wharnecliffe as Lord President. Lord Haddington succeeds Buccleuch as Lord Privy Seal. Ellenborough succeeds Haddington as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lincoln becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. His successor as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests is not in the Cabinet.

## List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.
| Office | Name | Date |
| Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons | Sir Robert Peel | 30 August 1841 – 29 June 1846 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Henry Goulburn | 4 September 1841 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Sir Thomas Fremantle | 8 September 1841 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | John Young | 21 May 1844 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet | 8 September 1841 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Edward Cardwell | 4 February 1845 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | James Milnes Gaskell | 6 September 1841 – 11 March 1846 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Henry Bingham Baring | 6 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Alexander Perceval | 6 September 1841 – 16 September 1841 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Alexander Pringle | 6 September 1841 – 26 April 1845 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Young | 16 September 1841 – 21 May 1844 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Arthur Lennox | 21 May 1844 – 8 August 1845 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Forbes Mackenzie | 26 April 1845 – 11 March 1846 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Cripps | 8 August 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Swynfen Carnegie | 11 March 1846 – 27 June 1846 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Ralph Neville | 11 March 1846 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lord Chancellor | John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst | 3 September 1841 |
| Lord President of the Council | James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe | 3 September 1841 |
| Lord President of the Council | Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | 21 January 1846 |
| Lord Privy Seal | Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos | 3 September 1841 |
| Lord Privy Seal | Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | 2 February 1842 |
| Lord Privy Seal | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | 21 January 1846 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet | 3 September 1841 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | John Manners-Sutton | 3 September 1841 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | 3 September 1841 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning | 4 September 1841 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | George Smythe | 27 January 1846 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Edward Smith-Stanley, Baron Stanley | 3 September 1841 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | William Gladstone | 23 December 1845 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | George William Hope | 8 September 1841 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton | 8 January 1846 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | 6 September 1841 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough | 8 January 1846 |
| First Secretary of the Admiralty | Sidney Herbert | 10 September 1841 |
| First Secretary of the Admiralty | Henry Lowry-Corry | 4 February 1845 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Henry Lowry-Corry | 6 September 1841 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Henry Fitzroy | 10 February 1845 |
| President of the Board of Control | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | 4 September 1841 |
| President of the Board of Control | William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey | 23 October 1841 |
| President of the Board of Control | Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon | 17 May 1843 |
| Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control | James Emerson Tennent | 8 September 1841 – 5 August 1845 |
| Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control | Bingham Baring | 8 September 1841 – 17 February 1845 |
| Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control | Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn | 17 February 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control | Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon | 5 August 1845 – 27 June 1846 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Lord Granville Somerset | 3 September 1841 |
| Paymaster General | Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet | 8 September 1841 |
| Paymaster General | Bingham Baring | 1 March 1845 |
| Minister without Portfolio Leader of the House of Lords | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 3 September 1841 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Frederick Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon | 3 September 1841 |
| President of the Board of Trade | William Gladstone | 15 May 1843 |
| President of the Board of Trade | James Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie | 5 February 1845 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | William Gladstone | 3 September 1841 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | James Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie | 10 June 1843 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet | 5 February 1845 |
| Secretary at War | Sir Henry Hardinge | 4 September 1841 |
| Secretary at War | Sir Thomas Fremantle | 17 May 1844 |
| Secretary at War | Sidney Herbert | 4 February 1845 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln | 16 September 1841 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning | 2 March 1846 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Edward Eliot, Baron Eliot | 6 February 1841 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir Thomas Fremantle | 1 February 1845 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln | 14 February 1846 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey | 11 September 1841 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury | 17 July 1844 |
| Master of the Mint | William Gladstone | 9 September 1841 |
| Master of the Mint | Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet | 12 February 1845 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | Sir George Murray | 9 September 1841 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Jonathan Peel | 9 September 1841 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Henry George Boldero | 9 September 1841 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Lord Arthur Lennox | 7 August 1845 |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Francis Robert Bonham | 9 September 1841 |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Hastings | 25 July 1845 |
| Postmaster-General | William Lowther, Viscount Lowther | 9 September 1841 |
| Postmaster-General | Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans | 30 December 1845 |
| Attorney General | Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet | 6 September 1841 |
| Attorney General | Sir William Webb Follett | 15 April 1844 |
| Attorney General | Sir Frederic Thesiger | 29 June 1845 |
| Solicitor General | Sir William Webb Follett | 6 September 1841 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Frederic Thesiger | 29 June 1844 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Fitzroy Kelly | 17 July 1845 |
| Judge Advocate General | John Iltyd Nicholl | 8 September 1841 |
| Judge Advocate General | James Stuart-Wortley | 24 January 1846 |
| Lord Advocate | Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet | 4 September 1841 |
| Lord Advocate | Duncan McNeill | 26 October 1842 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Duncan McNeill | 9 September 1841 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Adam Anderson | 8 November 1842 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Francis Blackburne | 23 September 1841 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Thomas Cusack-Smith | 10 November 1842 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Richard Wilson Greene | 2 February 1846 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Edward Pennefather | 23 September 1841 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Joseph Devonsher Jackson | 10 November 1841 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Thomas Cusack-Smith | 21 September 1842 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Richard Wilson Greene | 1 November 1842 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Abraham Brewster | 2 February 1846 |
| Lord Steward of the Household | Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool | 3 September 1841 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr | 8 September 1841 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord Ernest Bruce | 7 September 1841 |
| Master of the Horse | George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey | 4 September 1841 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn | 9 September 1841 |
| Comptroller of the Household | George Dawson-Damer | 9 September 1841 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester | 8 September 1841 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian | 8 September 1841 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | George Percy, Earl of Beverley | 15 January 1842 |
| Master of the Buckhounds | James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn | 10 September 1841 |
| Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal | Lord Charles Wellesley | 10 September 1841 |
| Mistress of the Robes | Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch | 10 September 1841 |
| Lords in Waiting | John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde | 10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick | 10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton | 10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke | 10 September 1841 – 31 January 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers | 10 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden | 15 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 |
| Lords in Waiting | George Murray, Baron Glenlyon | 31 January 1846 – 27 June 1846 |

### Notes

* ↑ Resigned 6 December 1845 and resumed 20 December 1845.
* ↑ Created Earl of Ellenborough 22 October 1844.
* ↑ Entered the Cabinet May 1844.
* ↑ Entered the Cabinet May 1845.
* ↑ Entered the Cabinet February 1845.
* ↑ Succeeded as 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 19 March 1844.