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Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

's first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of

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. Peel was also

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while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young

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held office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, his first governmental post in a ministerial career that would span for the next sixty years. The Peel ministry was a

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, and relied on Whig support. However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals to defeat the Conservatives at every turn. After a reign of only four months, the government felt obliged to resign, whereupon the Whig leader

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 177924 November 1848) was a British Whig (political faction), Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership end ...

formed his second government.

Cabinet

December 1834 – April 1835

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face. ;Notes

References

*C. Cook and B. Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830–1900'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Peel 1 British ministries

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