Short-lived ministry

Bath–Granville ministry

Bath (top) and Granville (bottom)

The Bath–Granville ministry,^[1] better known as the "short-lived" ministry, was a ministry of Patriot Whigs that existed briefly in February 1746.

On 10 February, with the resignation of Henry Pelham and the Cobhamites, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, undertook the formation of a ministry with John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, the former Northern Secretary. However, it only lasted two days, collapsing on 12 February (even before all the ministers could be appointed), and Pelham was reappointed by the King to resume the Broad Bottom ministry on 14 February.^[2]

Cabinet

Below are Bath's appointments before he abandoned the attempt to form a ministry; it does not appear that either Carlisle or Winchilsea actually received the seals of office from the King.^{[clarification needed]}


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
First Lord of the Treasury^[3]	The Earl of Bath (head of ministry)	10 February 1746 (1746-02-10)	12 February 1746 (1746-02-12)
Lord Privy Seal^[4]	The Earl of Carlisle	10 February 1746 (1746-02-10)	12 February 1746 (1746-02-12)
First Lord of the Admiralty^[3]	The Earl of Winchilsea	10 February 1746 (1746-02-10)	12 February 1746 (1746-02-12)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department^{[citation needed]} Secretary of State for the Northern Department^[5]	The Earl Granville (head of ministry)	10 February 1746 (1746-02-10)	12 February 1746 (1746-02-12)

Other appointments which had been determined upon but not made, according to contemporary rumour,^{[example needed]} were:

Citations

^ Sedgwick 1970
^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 42
^ ^a ^b Haydn 1851, p. 93
^ Haydn 1851, p. 93
^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 42; Haydn 1851, p. 93

References

Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
Haydn, Joseph Timothy (1851), The Book of Dignities, London: Longman Brown
Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970), "IV. Oppositions, 1742–4 and 1747–51", in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ISBN 978-0-11-880098-3, retrieved 7 October 2020 – via History of Parliament Online

Preceded by First Broad Bottom ministry	Government of Great Britain 10–12 February 1746 (1746-02-10 – 1746-02-12)	Succeeded by Second Broad Bottom ministry

[1] Sedgwick 1970

[FOOTNOTECookStevenson198842-2] Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 42

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[FOOTNOTEHaydn1851<span_class="plainlinks">[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidGyQIAAAAQAAJpgPA93_93_]</span>_<span_style="position:relative;_top:_-2px;">[[File:Lock-green.svg|9px|link=Open_access#Free_access|Free_to_read|alt=Free_access_icon]]</span>-4] Haydn 1851, p. 93

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