The Canningites, led by George Canning and then the Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, 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 Party, Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Lord Liverpool, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. He had been Prime Minister nearly fifteen years, ever since the Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassination of his predecessor Spencer Perceval in May 1812. The man chosen to succeed him was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 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 Secretary of State for the Home Department, Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, Sir Robert Peel, and national hero Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 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 British Whig Party, 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 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, 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 Tory Government 1828–1830, 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 *John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor *Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, Lord Harrowby – Lord President of the Council *William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, The Duke of Portland – Lord Privy Seal *William Sturges Bourne – Secretary of State for the Home Department *John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, Lord Dudley – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs *Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, 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 (1775–1850), Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control *Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster *Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Lord Palmerston – Secretary at War *Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Lord Lansdowne – Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom), Minister without Portfolio

Changes

*May 1827 – George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, 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 *John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, Lord Lyndhurst – Lord Chancellor *William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, The Duke of Portland – Lord President of the Council *George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, The Earl of Carlisle – Lord Privy Seal *Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, The Marquess of Lansdowne – Secretary of State for the Home Department *John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, 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 *Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, The Marquess of Anglesey – Master-General of the Ordnance *Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg, Charles Grant – President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy *Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850), Charles Williams-Wynn – President of the Board of Control *William Sturges Bourne – First Commissioner of Woods and Forests *Nicholas Vansittart, Lord Bexley – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster *Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Palmerston – Secretary at War

Full list of ministers

This is a list of the members of the government. Members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet are indicated by bold typeface. ;Notes

References

* Chris Cook and John Stevenson, ''British Historical Facts 1760–1830'' * Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, ''The Book of Dignities'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Canningite government, 1827-1828 British ministries, 1827-1828 Whigs (British political party), Government 1827 establishments in the United Kingdom 1828 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1820s in the United Kingdom Ministries of George IV of the United Kingdom Cabinets established in 1827 Cabinets disestablished in 1828