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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg/220px-William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg/330px-William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg/440px-William_Pitt%2C_1st_Earl_of_Chatham_by_William_Hoare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3051" /></a><figcaption>Chatham (circa 1754)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustus_FitzRoy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne" title="William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne">Lord Shelburne</a>, a close ally of Chatham, served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Southern Secretary</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Chatham ministry</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> government led by <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham</a> that ruled between 1766 and 1768. Because of Pitt's former prominence before his title, it is sometimes referred to as the <b>Pitt ministry</b>. Unusually for a politician considered to be prime minister, Pitt was not <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a> during the administration, but instead held the post of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chatham_ministry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pitt had been in opposition since his 1761 resignation as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Secretary of State</a>. In July 1766, <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a> summoned Pitt from his <a href="/wiki/Burton_Pynsent_House" title="Burton Pynsent House">Burton Pynsent</a> <a href="/wiki/Country_estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Country estate">country estate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He travelled hastily to the capital and met the king at <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Lodge" title="Richmond Lodge">Richmond Lodge</a> who invited him to form a government. It took several weeks of negotiations before he could settle the membership of the new administration.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pitt, who moved to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> as Earl of Chatham upon his accession to the ministry, was determined to form a ministry of "measures, not men" that would give office to the most competent men without regard to faction.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the ministry kept on Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_Conway" title="Henry Seymour Conway">Henry Seymour Conway</a> from the previous, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Whig" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockingham Whig">Rockingham Whig</a>, ministry, and, after Chatham's brother-in-law <a href="/wiki/Richard_Grenville-Temple,_2nd_Earl_Temple" title="Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple">Lord Temple</a> refused the Treasury and decided to continue in opposition with his brother, former prime minister <a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">George Grenville</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he promoted Conway's fellow Rockingham Whig the <a href="/wiki/Augustus_FitzRoy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton" title="Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton">Duke of Grafton</a> to that position. Chatham's own close associates <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pratt,_1st_Earl_Camden" title="Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden">Lord Camden</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne" title="William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne">Lord Shelburne</a> became <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Southern Secretary of State</a>, respectively, and the ministry was filled out with other politicians of unclear factional allegiance – keeping on <a href="/wiki/John_Perceval,_2nd_Earl_of_Egmont" title="John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont">Lord Egmont</a> at the Admiralty and <a href="/wiki/John_Manners,_Marquess_of_Granby" title="John Manners, Marquess of Granby">Lord Granby</a> at the Ordnance Board, moving the former Lord Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Henley,_1st_Earl_of_Northington" title="Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington">Lord Northington</a> to the sinecure position of <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>, and appointing the slippery <a href="/wiki/Charles_Townshend" title="Charles Townshend">Charles Townshend</a> to the Exchequer. </p><p>Chatham was ill with <a href="/wiki/Gout" title="Gout">gout</a> for long periods, and his government struggled to fulfill its various goals. Almost immediately its "measures, not men" philosophy began to come apart when Lord Egmont resigned the Admiralty due to his opposition to Chatham's foreign policy and was replaced by the Rockingham Whig <a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(admiral)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Saunders (admiral)">Sir Charles Saunders</a>. Its major foreign policy objective – to secure Britain a major alliance partner in Europe that would end its diplomatic isolation – failed when <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> of Prussia rejected an offer to reform the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Prussian_alliance_(1756)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Prussian alliance (1756)">Anglo-Prussian Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after, Chatham managed to largely alienate the heretofore cautiously friendly Rockingham faction by dismissing their ally <a href="/wiki/George_Edgcumbe,_1st_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe" title="George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe">Lord Edgcumbe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Household" title="Treasurer of the Household">Treasurer of the Household</a>. Though both Grafton, who had already been moving away from the Rockinghams due to his strong admiration for Pitt, and Conway remained in the ministry, Saunders and a large number of non-cabinet officeholders from the Rockingham faction resigned their positions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Saunders was replaced by the competent Admiral <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke" title="Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke">Sir Edward Hawke</a>, most of the other positions were given to former supporters of the royal favourite <a href="/wiki/John_Stuart,_3rd_Earl_of_Bute" title="John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute">Lord Bute</a>, increasing the unpopularity of the ministry and strengthening the opposition. At around the same time, and with Chatham absent from the capital, the ministry was further riven by Chancellor Townshend's introduction of the idea of what was to become the <a href="/wiki/Townshend_Duties" class="mw-redirect" title="Townshend Duties">Townshend Duties</a> on the American colonies, which strongly divided the ministry. </p><p>In the midst of this crisis in early 1767 Chatham apparently had a nervous breakdown and withdrew entirely from the conduct of affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grafton attempted to maintain the ministry in his absence, but with difficulty due to the alliance between the three opposition factions of the Rockingham Whigs, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Whigs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford Whigs">Bedford Whigs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grenvillites" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenvillites">Grenvillites</a> and to conflicts within the ministry itself.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After an unsuccessful attempt to bring his former allies in the Rockingham faction to support the government, Grafton instead turned to the Bedfords, leading to a major reconstruction of the ministry in late 1767 and early 1768, with Bedford's followers <a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Marquess_of_Stafford" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford">Lord Gower</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thynne,_1st_Marquess_of_Bath" title="Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath">Lord Weymouth</a> as Lord President and Northern Secretary (Conway became a <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">minister without portfolio</a>), and the like-minded <a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">Lord Hillsborough</a> given the new office of <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for the Colonies">Secretary of State for the Colonies</a> – taking responsibility for the American colonies from the more conciliatory Shelburne, whose differences with the rest of the cabinet had led him to cease attendance at cabinet meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The death of Charles Townshend had also led to his replacement at the Exchequer by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">Lord North</a>, who also took leadership of the commons over from Conway, who was increasingly uncomfortable with the direction of the ministry. </p><p>The adhesion of the Bedfords ultimate gave them a dominant role in the ministry, which they used to pursue a more hardline policy towards the American colonies than Chatham had originally intended, or than several of the remaining were comfortable with. In October 1768, the Bedfords persuaded Grafton that it would be necessary to remove Shelburne from the ministry. This threatened dismissal roused Chatham, who resigned his post alongside Shelburne.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Chatham's close friend Camden remained in the government, it was clear that the ministry was now dominated by the Bedfords, and the Duke of Grafton formally took over as prime minister and led the <a href="/wiki/Grafton_ministry" title="Grafton ministry">Grafton ministry</a>, which lasted for slightly over a year until January 1770. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministry">Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chatham_ministry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1253789634">@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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sticky-header-multi" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Portfolio</th> <th>Minister</th> <th>Took office</th> <th>Left office</th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Augustus_FitzRoy,_3rd_Duke_of_Grafton" title="Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton">The Duke of Grafton</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pratt,_1st_Earl_Camden" title="Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden">The Lord Camden</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Henley,_1st_Earl_of_Northington" title="Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington">The Earl of Northington</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>22 December 1767<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1767-12-22</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Marquess_of_Stafford" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford">The Earl Gower</a></div></td><td>22 December 1767<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1767-12-22</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#3333CC"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">Earl of Chatham</a></div>(head of ministry)</td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Townshend" title="Charles Townshend">Charles Townshend</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>4 September 1767<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1767-09-04</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">Lord North</a></div></td><td>4 September 1767<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1767-09-04</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#3333CC"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Northern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Northern Department">Secretary of State for the Northern Department</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a></li></ul></div></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_Conway" title="Henry Seymour Conway">Henry Seymour Conway</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>20 January 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-01-20</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thynne,_1st_Marquess_of_Bath" title="Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath">The Viscount Weymouth</a></div></td><td>20 January 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1768-01-20</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#3333CC"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department" title="Secretary of State for the Southern Department">Secretary of State for the Southern Department</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne" title="William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne">The Earl of Shelburne</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for the Colonies">Secretary of State for the Colonies</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">The Earl of Hillsborough</a></div></td><td>27 February 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1768-02-27</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#DCDCDC"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/John_Perceval,_2nd_Earl_of_Egmont" title="John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont">The Earl of Egmont</a></div></td><td>30 July 1766<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>September 1766</td><td style="background:#3333CC"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Charles Saunders</a></div></td><td>September 1766</td><td>December 1766</td><td 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itvstart">1766-07-30</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)" title="Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)">Minister without Portfolio</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_Conway" title="Henry Seymour Conway">Henry Seymour Conway</a></div></td><td>20 January 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1768-01-20</span>)</span></td><td>14 October 1768<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1768-10-14</span>)</span></td><td style="background:#FF7F00"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political 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class="reference-text">Brown p.322-23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown p.324-31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJensen1968">Jensen 1968</a>, p. 216</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBloy2002" class="citation web cs1">Bloy, Marjie (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/chatham.html">"William Pitt (the Edler), Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)"</a>. <i>Victorian Web</i><span 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ministry">Godolphin–Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_ministry" title="Harley ministry">Harley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townshend_ministry" title="Townshend ministry">Townshend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Stanhope%E2%80%93Sunderland_ministry" title="First Stanhope–Sunderland ministry">Stanhope–Sunderland I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Stanhope%E2%80%93Sunderland_ministry" title="Second Stanhope–Sunderland ministry">Stanhope–Sunderland II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole%E2%80%93Townshend_ministry" title="Walpole–Townshend ministry">Walpole–Townshend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole_ministry" title="Walpole ministry">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_ministry" title="Carteret ministry">Carteret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Bottom_ministry" title="Broad Bottom ministry">Broad Bottom I and II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short-lived_ministry" title="Short-lived ministry">Short-lived</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Newcastle_ministry" title="First Newcastle ministry">Newcastle I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt%E2%80%93Devonshire_ministry" title="Pitt–Devonshire ministry">Pitt–Devonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1757_caretaker_ministry" title="1757 caretaker ministry">1757 Caretaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt%E2%80%93Newcastle_ministry" title="Pitt–Newcastle ministry">Pitt–Newcastle (Newcastle II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bute_ministry" title="Bute ministry">Bute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenville_ministry" title="Grenville ministry">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Rockingham_ministry" title="First Rockingham ministry">Rockingham I</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton_ministry" title="Grafton ministry">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_ministry" title="North ministry">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Rockingham_ministry" title="Second Rockingham ministry">Rockingham II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelburne_ministry" title="Shelburne ministry">Shelburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox%E2%80%93North_coalition" title="Fox–North coalition">Fox–North (Portland I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Pitt_ministry" title="First Pitt ministry">Pitt I</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="HM Government of the United Kingdom's Royal Coat of Arms"><img alt="HM Government of the United Kingdom's Royal Coat of Arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" 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ministry">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canningite_government,_1827%E2%80%931828" title="Canningite government, 1827–1828">Canning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canningite_government,_1827%E2%80%931828" title="Canningite government, 1827–1828">Goderich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington%E2%80%93Peel_ministry" title="Wellington–Peel ministry">Wellington–Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whig_government,_1830%E2%80%931834" title="Whig government, 1830–1834">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whig_government,_1830%E2%80%931834" title="Whig government, 1830–1834">Melbourne I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_caretaker_ministry" title="Wellington caretaker ministry">Wellington Caretaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Peel_ministry" title="First Peel ministry">Peel I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Melbourne_ministry" title="Second Melbourne ministry">Melbourne II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Peel_ministry" title="Second Peel ministry">Peel II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Russell_ministry" title="First Russell ministry">Russell I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who%3F_Who%3F_ministry" title="Who? Who? ministry">Who? Who? (Derby–Disraeli I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_ministry" title="Aberdeen ministry">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Palmerston_ministry" title="First Palmerston ministry">Palmerston I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Derby%E2%80%93Disraeli_ministry" title="Second Derby–Disraeli ministry">Derby–Disraeli II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1859%E2%80%931866" title="Liberal government, 1859–1866">Palmerston II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1859%E2%80%931866" title="Liberal government, 1859–1866">Russell II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Derby%E2%80%93Disraeli_ministry" title="Third Derby–Disraeli ministry">Derby–Disraeli III (Disraeli I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gladstone_ministry" title="First Gladstone ministry">Gladstone I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Disraeli_ministry" title="Second Disraeli ministry">Disraeli II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gladstone_ministry" title="Second Gladstone ministry">Gladstone 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1905–1915">Asquith I–III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Asquith Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Lloyd George I and II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK (GB and NI)</a><br 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