# Second Pitt ministry

Former prime minister William Pitt the Younger reassumed the premiership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1804, succeeding Henry Addington as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. This second ministry was cut short by Pitt's 1806 death.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| First Lord of the TreasuryChancellor of the Exchequer | William Pitt the Younger(head of ministry) | 10 May 1804 (1804-5-10) | 23 January 1806 (1806-1-23) | Tory |
| Lord Chancellor | John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon | Continued | 7 February 1806 (1806-2-7) | Tory |
| Lord President of the Council | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | Continued | 14 January 1805 (1805-1-14) | Tory |
| Lord President of the Council | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth | 14 January 1805 (1805-1-14) | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | Tory |
| Lord President of the Council | John Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | 19 February 1806 (1806-2-19) | Tory |
| Lord Privy Seal | John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland | Continued | 5 February 1806 (1806-2-5) | Tory |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby | 14 May 1804 (1804-5-14) | 11 January 1805 (1805-1-11) | Tory |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave | 11 January 1805 (1805-1-11) | 7 February 1806 (1806-2-7) | Tory |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Robert Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury | 12 May 1804 (1804-5-12) | 5 February 1806 (1806-2-5) | Tory |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | John Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | 14 May 1804 (1804-5-14) | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | Tory |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | 5 February 1806 (1806-2-5) | Tory |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville | 1804 (1804) | 1805 (1805) | Tory |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham | 1805 (1805) | 1806 (1806) | Tory |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham | Continued | 1806 (1806) | Independent |
| President of the Board of Trade | James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose | 7 June 1804 (1804-6-7) | 5 February 1806 (1806-2-5) | Tory |
| President of the Board of Control | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | Continued | 11 February 1806 (1806-2-11) | Tory |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave | 6 June 1804 (1804-6-6) | 14 January 1805 (1805-1-14) | Tory |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire | 14 January 1805 (1805-1-14) | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | Tory |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby | 10 July 1805 (1805-7-10) | 12 February 1806 (1806-2-12) | Tory |
| Minister without Portfolio | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | January 1805 (1805-1) | February 1806 (1806-2) | Tory |

### Changes

* January 1805 –
** Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Harrowby as Foreign Secretary.
** Lord Buckinghamshire (Lord Hobart before November 1804) succeeds Mulgrave at the Duchy of Lancaster.
** Lord Sidmouth succeeds the Duke of Portland as Lord President. Portland becomes a minister without portfolio.
* April 1805 – Lord Barham succeeds Lord Melville as First Lord of the Admiralty.
* July 1805 –
** Lord Harrowby succeeds Lord Buckinghamshire as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
** Lord Camden succeeds Lord Sidmouth as Lord President.
** Lord Castlereagh succeeds Camden as Colonial Secretary. He remains at the Board of Control.