Walpole–Townshend ministry
The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of Prime Minister Robert Walpole (in the House of Commons) and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (in the House of Lords), from 1721 until Townshend departed from the government in 1730.[1]
government of Great BritainRobert WalpoleHouse of CommonsCharles Townshend, 2nd Viscount TownshendHouse of LordsFirst Lord of the TreasuryChancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of CommonsSecretary of State for the Northern DepartmentCharles Townshend, Viscount TownshendSecretary of State for the Southern DepartmentJohn Carteret, Lord CarteretThomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of NewcastleLord ChancellorThomas Parker, Earl of MacclesfieldPeter King, Lord KingLord Privy SealEvelyn Pierrepont, Duke of KingstonThomas Trevor, Lord TrevorLord President of the CouncilHenry Boyle, Lord CarletonWilliam Cavendish, Duke of DevonshireFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyJames Berkeley, Earl of BerkeleyGeorge Byng, Viscount TorringtonMaster-General of the OrdnanceJohn Churchill, Duke of MarlboroughWilliam Cadogan, Earl CadoganJohn Campbell, Duke of ArgyllPaymaster of the ForcesCharles Cornwallis, Lord CornwallisSpencer Compton, Lord WilmingtonLord StewardLionel Sackville, Duke of DorsetLord ChamberlainCharles FitzRoy, Duke of GraftonMaster of the HorseRichard Lumley, Earl of ScarbroughSecretary of State for ScotlandJohn Ker, Duke of Roxburghe1722 British general election1727 British general election5th Parliament of Great BritainWhigs (British political party)Second Stanhope–Sunderland ministryWalpole ministryCabinetSir Robert WalpoleThe Viscount TownshendNorthern SecretarySouthern SecretaryThe Earl GranvilleThe Duke of NewcastleThe Earl of MacclesfieldThe Lord KingThe Duke of KingstonThe Lord TrevorThe Lord CarletonThe Duke of DevonshireThe Earl of BerkeleyThe Viscount TorringtonThe Duke of MarlboroughThe Earl CadoganThe Duke of ArgyllThe Lord CornwallisThe Earl of WilmingtonThe Duke of DorsetThe Duke of GraftonThe Earl of ScarbroughBritish governmentsGreat BritainGodolphin–MarlboroughHarleyTownshendStanhope–Sunderland IStanhope–Sunderland IIWalpoleCarteretBroad Bottom I and IIShort-livedNewcastle IPitt–Devonshire1757 CaretakerPitt–Newcastle (Newcastle II)GrenvilleRockingham IChathamGraftonRockingham IIShelburneFox–North (Portland I)Pitt IUK (GB and Ire)AddingtonPitt IIAll the TalentsPortland IIPercevalLiverpoolCanningGoderichWellington–PeelMelbourne IWellington CaretakerPeel IMelbourne IIPeel IIRussell IWho? Who? (Derby–Disraeli I)AberdeenPalmerston IDerby–Disraeli IIPalmerston IIRussell IIDerby–Disraeli III (Disraeli I)Gladstone IDisraeli IIGladstone IISalisbury IGladstone IIISalisbury IIGladstone IVRoseberySalisbury III and IVBalfourCampbell-Bannerman