# First Peel ministry

Sir Robert Peel's first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Peel was also Chancellor of the Exchequer while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young William Ewart Gladstone held office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, his first governmental post in a ministerial career that would span for the next sixty years.
The Peel ministry was a minority government, and relied on Whig support. However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals to defeat the Conservatives at every turn. After a reign of only four months, the government felt obliged to resign, whereupon the Whig leader William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne formed his second government.

## Cabinet
### December 1834 – April 1835

| Office | Name | Term |
| First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons | Sir Robert Peel | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Lord Chancellor | John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Lord President of the Council | James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Lord Privy Seal | James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Home Secretary | Henry Goulburn | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | Sir George Murray | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| President of the Board of Trade Master of the Mint | Alexander Baring | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| President of the Board of Control | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet | December 1834 – April 1835 |
| Secretary at War | John Charles Herries | December 1834 – April 1835 |

## List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.
| Office | Name | Date |
| Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons | Sir Robert Peel | 10 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sir Robert Peel | 10 December 1834 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Sir Thomas Fremantle | 20 December 1834 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet | 19 December 1834 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Yates Peel | 26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln | 26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Murray, Viscount Stormont | 26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Charles Ross | 26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Ewart Gladstone | 26 December 1834 – 27 January 1835 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Iltyd Nicholl | 14 March 1835 – 8 April 1835 |
| Lord Chancellor | John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst | 21 November 1834 |
| Lord President of the Council | James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn | 15 December 1834 |
| Lord Privy Seal | James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe | 15 December 1834 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Goulburn | 15 December 1834 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | William Gregson | 3 January 1835 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 17 November 1834 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon | 17 December 1834 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | 20 December 1834 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | John Stuart-Wortley | 20 December 1834 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | William Ewart Gladstone | 27 January 1835 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey | 22 December 1834 |
| First Secretary of the Admiralty | George Robert Dawson | 24 December 1834 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Baron Ashley | 22 December 1834 |
| President of the Board of Control | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | 18 December 1834 |
| Secretary of the Board of Control | Winthrop Mackworth Praed | 20 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
| Secretary of the Board of Control | Sidney Herbert | 8 January 1835 – 8 April 1835 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | Sir George Murray | 18 December 1834 |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Thomas Creevey | Continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Alexander Perceval | 12 January 1835 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Lord Edward Somerset | 22 December 1834 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Sir Edward Owen | 22 December 1834 |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Francis Robert Bonham | 22 December 1834 |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet | 23 December 1834 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Alexander Baring | 15 December 1834 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | William Lowther, Viscount Lowther | 20 December 1834 |
| Secretary at War | J. C. Herries | 16 December 1834 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir Henry Hardinge | 16 December 1834 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | 1 January 1835 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Charles Williams-Wynn | 26 December 1834 |
| Master of the Mint | Alexander Baring | 23 December 1834 |
| Treasurer of the Navy | William Lowther, Viscount Lowther | 22 December 1834 |
| Postmaster-General | William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough | 23 December 1834 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Lord Granville Somerset | 23 December 1834 |
| Attorney General | Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet | 17 December 1834 |
| Solicitor General | Sir William Webb Follett | 20 December 1834 |
| Judge Advocate General | Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet | 18 December 1834 |
| Lord Advocate | Sir William Rae | 19 December 1834 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Duncan McNeill | 7 January 1835 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | vacant | vacant |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Edward Pennefather | 27 January 1835 |
| Lord Steward of the Household | Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton | 2 January 1835 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey | 15 December 1834 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Frederick Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 29 December 1834 |
| Master of the Horse | Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset | 1 January 1835 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Sir William Henry Fremantle | 27 May 1826 – Continued in office |
| Comptroller of the Household | Henry Lowry-Corry | 29 December 1834 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Henry Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford | 29 December 1834 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown | 5 January 1835 |
| Master of the Buckhounds | George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield | 30 December 1834 |

### Notes

* 1 2 Joint Secretaries from 8 January 1835.