Carteret ministry

The Carteret ministry was the Whig government of Great Britain that held office from 1742 to 1744, following the defeat of the Walpole ministry by a margin of one vote.[1] The nominal head of the ministry was Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, until his death in 1743. He was succeeded in the role of prime minister by Henry Pelham.

Carteret

The ministry derives its name from John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret. He served as Northern Secretary throughout until his resignation, having been the mainstay of whom the respective prime ministers were dependent for support.

Ministry

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
First Lord of the Treasury[2]	The Earl of Wilmington*	1742	1743
	Henry Pelham*	1743	1744
Lord Chancellor[2]	The Lord Hardwicke	1742	1744
Lord President of the Council[2]	The Earl of Harrington	1742	1744
Lord Privy Seal[2]	The Lord Gower	1742	1743
	The Earl of Cholmondeley	1743	1744
Secretary of State for the Northern Department[2]	The Lord Carteret*	1742	1744
Secretary of State for the Southern Department[2]	The Duke of Newcastle	1742	1743
Chancellor of the Exchequer[2]	Samuel Sandys	1742	1743
	Henry Pelham*	1743	1744
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Montagu	1742	1743
Secretary at War	Thomas Winnington	1741	1744
First Lord of the Admiralty[2]	The Earl of Winchilsea	1742	1744
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[2]	The Earl of Cholmondeley	1742	1743
	The Lord Edgcumbe	1743	1744
Paymaster of the Forces	Henry Pelham	1742	1743
	Thomas Winnington	1743	1744

Notes

1. Sedgwick 1970
2. Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 41

References

• Black, Jeremy (2016), British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727–44, Taylor & Francis, p. 265, ISBN 978-1-317-17163-8
• Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
• Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970), "III. The Second Whig Opposition, 1722–42", in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ISBN 978-0-11-880098-3, retrieved 22 March 2019 – via History of Parliament Online
• Venning, Timothy (2005), Compendium of British Office Holders, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 104, ISBN 978-0-230-50587-2

Further reading

• Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970), "IV. Oppositions, 1742–4 and 1747–51", in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ISBN 978-0-11-880098-3, retrieved 7 October 2020 – via History of Parliament Online