# Canningite government, 1827–1828

The Canningites, led by George Canning and then the Viscount Goderich as First Lord of the Treasury, governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1827 until 1828.

## Formation

On 9 April 1827 the Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Liverpool, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. He had been prime minister nearly fifteen years, ever since the assassination of his predecessor Spencer Perceval in May 1812. The man chosen to succeed him was the Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons, George Canning. Canning was very much on the moderate wing of the Tory Party, and many of the more hard-line members of Liverpool's government, including the Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, and national hero the Duke of Wellington (Master-General of the Ordnance), refused to serve under him. Canning's government was therefore recruited from the moderate wing of the Tory Party, known as the Canningites, with the support of several members of the Whig Party.

## Fate

Canning, who was in poor health at the time of his appointment, died in office on 8 August 1827, and the Leader of the House of Lords F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon succeeded him as prime minister. However, Goderich's government never even met in a session of Parliament, and was replaced by a High Tory government under the Duke of Wellington on 22 January 1828.

## Cabinets
### George Canning's Cabinet, April 1827 – August 1827

* George Canning – First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
* Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor
* Lord Harrowby – Lord President of the Council
* The Duke of Portland – Lord Privy Seal
* William Sturges Bourne – Secretary of State for the Home Department
* Lord Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
* Lord Goderich – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords
* William Huskisson – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
* Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control
* Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Lord Palmerston – Secretary at War
* Lord Lansdowne – Minister without Portfolio

#### Changes

* May 1827 – Lord Carlisle, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, enters the Cabinet
* July 1827 – The Duke of Portland becomes a minister without portfolio. Lord Carlisle succeeds him as Lord Privy Seal. W. S. Bourne succeeds Carlisle as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Lansdowne succeeds Bourne as Home Secretary. George Tierney, the Master of the Mint, enters the cabinet

### The Viscount Goderich's Cabinet, September 1827 – January 1828

* Lord Goderich – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
* Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor
* The Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council
* The Earl of Carlisle – Lord Privy Seal
* The Marquess of Lansdowne – Secretary of State for the Home Department
* The Earl of Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
* William Huskisson – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
* J. C. Herries – Chancellor of the Exchequer
* The Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance
* Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
* Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control
* William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
* Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War

## Full list of ministers

This is a list of the members of the government. Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold typeface.
| Office | Name | Date |
| First Lord of the Treasury | George Canning | 10 April 1827 – 8 August 1827 |
| First Lord of the Treasury | The Viscount Goderich | 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | George Canning | 20 April 1827 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | John Charles Herries | 3 September 1827 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Joseph Planta | 19 April 1827 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | John Charles Herries | Continued in office |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Thomas Frankland Lewis | 4 September 1827 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | The Earl of Mount Charles | 30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Francis Leveson-Gower | 30 April 1827 – 8 September 1827 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Eliot | 30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Edmund Alexander Macnaghten | 30 April 1827 – 26 January 1828 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Maurice FitzGerald | 31 July 1827 – 26 January 1828 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Earl of Harrowby | Continued in office |
| Lord President of the Council | The Duke of Portland | 17 August 1827 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Lyndhurst | 2 May 1827 |
| Home Secretary | William Sturges Bourne | 20 April 1827 |
| Home Secretary | The Marquess of Lansdowne | 16 July 1827 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Spencer Perceval | 30 April 1827 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Thomas Spring Rice | 16 July 1827 |
| Foreign Secretary | The Viscount Dudley and Ward | 30 April 1827 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Lord Howard de Walden | Continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess of Clanricarde | Continued in office until 17 August 1827 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Viscount Goderich | 30 April 1827 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | William Huskisson | 3 September 1827 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Robert Wilmot Horton | Continued in office |
| President of the Board of Trade | William Huskisson | Continued in office |
| President of the Board of Trade | Charles Grant | 3 September 1827 |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | Charles Grant | Continued in office |
| President of the Board of Control | Charles Williams-Wynn | Continued in office |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | Thomas Courtenay | Continued in office |
| Lord High Admiral | The Duke of Clarence | 17 April 1827 |
| First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | Continued in office |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Duke of Portland | 30 April 1827 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Carlisle | 16 July 1827 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Lord Bexley | Continued in office |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | The Marquess of Anglesey | 30 April 1827 |
| Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir William Henry Clinton | Continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | William Holmes | Continued in office |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Sir Edward Owen | 14 May 1827 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Sir George Clerk | 4 May 1827 |
| Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Hon. Edmund Phipps | Continued in office |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | Continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Navy | William Huskisson | Continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Navy | Charles Grant | 10 September 1827 |
| Secretary at War | Viscount Palmerston | Continued in office |
| Master of the Mint | George Tierney | 29 May 1827 |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Hon. William Vesey-FitzGerald | Continued in office |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Earl of Carlisle | 30 May 1827 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | William Sturges Bourne | 23 July 1827 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Marquess of Lansdowne | May 1827 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Duke of Portland | May 1827 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Marquess Wellesley | Continued in office |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Hon. William Lamb | 29 April 1827 |
| Attorney General | Sir James Scarlett | 27 April 1827 |
| Solicitor General | Nicolas Conyngham Tindal | Continued in office |
| Judge Advocate General | Hon. James Abercromby | 12 May 1827 |
| Lord Advocate | Sir William Rae | Continued in office |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | John Hope | Continued in office |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Henry Joy | 18 June 1827 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | John Doherty | 18 June 1827 |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Marquess Conyngham | Continued in office |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Duke of Devonshire | 5 May 1827 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Sir Samuel Hulse | 5 May 1827 |
| Master of the Horse | The Duke of Leeds | 4 May 1827 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Sir William Henry Fremantle | Continued in office |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Beresford | Continued in office |
| Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Viscount Hereford | 1827 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | Continued in office |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Lord Maryborough | Continued in office |

### Notes

* ↑ Created Earl of Dudley on 5 October 1827.
* ↑ Appointed Home Secretary July 1827.
* ↑ Appointed Lord President August 1827.