Former prime minister

William Pitt the Younger William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, p ...

reassumed the premiership of the

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in 1804, succeeding

Henry Addington Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (30 May 175715 February 1844) was a British Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804 and as Speaker of the House of Commons (U ...

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and

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. This second ministry was cut short by Pitt's 1806 death.

Cabinet

Changes

*January 1805 **Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Harrowby as Foreign Secretary. ** Lord Buckinghamshire (Lord Hobart before November 1804) succeeds Mulgrave at the Duchy of Lancaster. ** Lord Sidmouth succeeds the Duke of Portland as Lord President. Portland becomes a

minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...

. *April 1805 Lord Barham succeeds Lord Melville as First Lord of the Admiralty. *July 1805 **Lord Harrowby succeeds Lord Buckinghamshire as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. **Lord Camden succeeds Lord Sidmouth as Lord President. **Lord Castlereagh succeeds Camden as Colonial Secretary. He remains at the Board of Control.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitt 2 British ministries 1804 establishments in the United Kingdom 1806 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1800s in the United Kingdom Ministries of George III Ministry 2 Cabinets established in 1804 Cabinets disestablished in 1806