# Perceval ministry

This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
| First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsChancellor of the ExchequerChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Spencer Perceval(head of ministry) | 4 October 1809 (1809-10-4) | 11 May 1812 (1812-5-11) |
| Lord Chancellor | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | 1807 (1807) | 1827 (1827) |
| Lord President of the Council | John Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | 26 March 1807 (1807-3-26) | 8 April 1812 (1812-4-8) |
| Lord President of the Council | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth | 8 April 1812 (1812-4-8) | 11 June 1812 (1812-6-11) |
| Lord Privy Seal | John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland | 1807 (1807) | 1827 (1827) |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Richard Ryder | 1 November 1809 (1809-11-1) | 8 June 1812 (1812-6-8) |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst | 1 November 1809 (1809-11-1) | 6 December 1809 (1809-12-6) |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley | 6 December 1809 (1809-12-6) | 4 March 1812 (1812-3-4) |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 4 March 1812 (1812-3-4) | 12 August 1822 (1822-8-12) |
| President of the Board of Trade | Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst | 31 March 1807 (1807-3-31) | 29 September 1812 (1812-9-29) |
| Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesLeader of the House of Lords | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | 1 November 1809 (1809-11-1) | 11 June 1812 (1812-6-11) |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave | 1807 (1807) | 1810 (1810) |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Charles Philip Yorke | 1810 (1810) | 1812 (1812) |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham | 1807 (1807) | 1810 (1810) |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave | 1810 (1810) | 1819 (1819) |
| Minister without Portfolio | Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby | November 1809 (1809-11) | June 1812 (1812-6) |
| Minister without Portfolio | John Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | 8 April 1812 (1812-4-8) | December 1812 (1812-12) |

### Changes

* December 1809 – Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade.
* May 1810 – Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty.
* March 1812 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
* April 1812 – Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
* May 1812 – Perceval is shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons.

## List of ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.
| Office | Name | Date |
| First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsChancellor of the ExchequerChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 Oct 1809 – 11 May 1812 |
| Secretaries to the Treasury | Charles Arbuthnot | continued in office |
| Secretaries to the Treasury | Richard Wharton | 8 Dec 1809 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Foster | 6 Dec 1809 – 6 Jan 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Brodrick | 6 Dec 1809 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Eliot | 6 Dec 1809 – 6 Jan 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | The Earl of Desart | 6 Dec 1809 – 23 Jun 1810 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Snowdon Barne | 6 Dec 1809 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. Berkeley Paget | 23 Jun 1810 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | 6 Jan 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Richard Wellesley | 6 Jan 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Eldon | continued in office |
| Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | continued in office |
| Lord President of the Council | The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 Apr 1812 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | continued in office |
| Home Secretary | Hon. Richard Ryder | 1 Nov 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Goulburn | Feb 1810 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 11 Oct 1809 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess Wellesley | 6 Dec 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Bagot | continued in office – Dec 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Culling Smith | Dec 1809 – Feb 1812 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Edward Cooke | Feb 1812 – Jun 1812 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Earl of Liverpool | 1 Nov 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Cooke | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | 2 Nov 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Robert Peel | 10 Jun 1810 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Hon. F. J. Robinson | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Henry Bunbury | 2 Nov 1809 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Lord Mulgrave | continued in office |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Charles Philip Yorke | 4 May 1810 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Viscount Melville | 25 Mar 1812 |
| First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | 12 Oct 1809 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Robert Plumer Ward | continued in office – 17 Jun 1811 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office – 24 Nov 1809 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | James Buller | continued in office – 25 Mar 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Viscount Lowther | 24 Nov 1809 – 3 Jul 1810 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Hon. F. J. Robinson | 3 Jul 1810 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Lord Walpole | 17 Jun 1811 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | William Dundas | 25 Mar 1812 – 16 Jun 1812 |
| President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office |
| Master of the Mint | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | George Rose | continued in office |
| President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Harrowby | continued in office |
| President of the Board of Control | Hon. Robert Dundas | 13 Nov 1809 |
| President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 7 Apr 1812 |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | George Peter Holford | continued in office |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | Sir Patrick Murray | Jan 1810 |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | John Bruce | Mar 1812 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | continued in office |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | The Lord Mulgrave | 5 May 1810 |
| Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Trigge | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Joseph Hunt | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Thomas Alcock | 30 Jan 1810 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | James Murray Hadden | continued in office |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Robert Moorsom | 20 Jul 1810 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper | continued in office |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Robert Plumer Ward | 14 Jun 1811 |
| Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Thomas Thoroton | continued in office |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Navy | George Rose | continued in office |
| Secretary at War | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Charles Long | continued in office |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Lord Charles Somerset | continued in office |
| Postmaster General | The Earl of Chichester | continued in office |
| Postmaster General | The Earl of Sandwich | continued in office |
| Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases | The Lord Glenbervie | continued in office – Jul 1810 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Lord Glenbervie | Jul 1810 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Duke of Portland | 4 Oct 1809 – 30 Oct 1809 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Earl of Harrowby | Nov 1809 – Jun 1812 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Earl Camden | 8 Apr 1812 – Jun 1812 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Richmond | continued in office |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | Oct 1809 |
| Attorney General | Sir Vicary Gibbs | continued in office |
| Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Plumer | continued in office |
| Judge Advocate General | Charles Manners-Sutton | 8 Nov 1809 |
| Lord Advocate | Archibald Colquhoun | continued in office |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | David Boyle | continued in office |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | David Monypenny | 22 Feb 1811 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | William Saurin | continued in office |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | Charles Kendal Bushe | continued in office |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Aylesford | continued in office |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 Feb 1812 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Stopford | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Jocelyn | 8 May 1812 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Thynne | continued in office |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Dartmouth | continued in office |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | vacant | 10 Nov 1810 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Marquess of Hertford | 7 Mar 1812 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord John Thynne | continued in office |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Earl of Yarmouth | 14 Mar 1812 |
| Master of the Horse | The Duke of Montrose | continued in office |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess Cornwallis | continued in office |
| Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | continued in office |
| Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Courtown | 26 Mar 1812 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | continued in office |