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The Cabinet


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	The Lord John Russell	July 1846–February 1852

Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cottenham	July 1846–July 1850
	The Lord Truro	July 1850–February 1852
Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Lansdowne	July 1846–February 1852
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Minto	July 1846–February 1852
Home Secretary	Sir George Grey, Bt	July 1846–February 1852
Foreign Secretary	The Viscount Palmerston	July 1846–December 1851
	The Earl Granville	December 1851–February 1852
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Earl Grey	July 1846–February 1852
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Charles Wood	July 1846–February 1852
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Auckland	July 1846–January 1849
	Sir Francis Baring	January 1849–February 1852
President of the Board of Control	Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt	July 1846–February 1852
	Fox Maule	February 1852
President of the Board of Trade	The Earl of Clarendon	July 1846–July 1847
	Henry Labouchere	July 1847–February 1852
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Campbell	July 1846–March 1850
	The Earl of Carlisle	March 1850–February 1852
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	Lord Morpeth†	July 1846–July 1850
	Lord Seymour	July 1850–February 1852
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Henry Labouchere	July 1846–July 1847
	successor not in cabinet
Postmaster General	The Marquess of Clanricarde	July 1846–February 1852
Paymaster-General	Thomas Babington Macaulay	July 1846–July 1847
	successor not in cabinet
	The Earl Granville	1851‡–December 1851
	successor not in cabinet
Secretary at War	Fox Maule	1851‡–February 1852
	successor not in cabinet

† became the Earl of Carlisle in 1848 ‡ denotes becoming a member of the cabinet, not gaining the office

Notes

Lord Carlisle served as both Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between March and July of 1850.
Changes
July, 1847: Henry Labouchere succeeds Lord Clarendon as President of the Board of Trade. Labouchere's successor as Chief Secretary for Ireland isn't in the cabinet. Thomas Babington Macaulay leaves the cabinet. His successor as Paymaster-General isn't in the Cabinet.
January, 1849: Sir Francis Baring succeeds Lord Auckland as First Lord of the Admiralty
March, 1850: Lord Carlisle succeeds Lord Campbell as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He remains First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
July, 1850: Lord Truro succeeds Lord Cottenham as Lord Chancellor. Lord Seymour succeeds Lord Carlisle as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Carlisle remains Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
1851: Fox Maule, the Secretary at War, and Lord Granville, the Paymaster-General, enter the Cabinet
December, 1851: Lord Granville succeeds Lord Palmerston as Foreign Secretary. Granville's successor as Paymaster-General isn't in the Cabinet
February, 1852: Fox Maule succeeds Sir John Cam Hobhouse as President of the Board of Control. Maule's successor as Secretary at War isn't in the Cabinet.

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Whig Government 1846-1852.
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