Note 13 — Chapter XXIII · (continued 2)
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[This view of the case is certainly unjust to Lord Brougham, who had more respect and regard for Lord Grey than for any other statesman of the time, as his correspondence with the Earl, now recently published in Brougham’s ‘Posthumous Memoirs’ sufficiently proves.]
[The first Administration of Lord Melbourne was thus constituted:
First Lord of the TreasuryViscount Melbourne.
Lord ChancellorLord Brougham.
Lord PresidentMarquis of Lansdowne.
Home SecretaryViscount Duncannon.
Foreign SecretaryViscount Palmerston.
Colonial SecretaryMr. Spring Rice.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Viscount Althorp.
AdmiraltyLord Auckland.
Board of ControlMr. Charles Grant.
Board of TradeMr. Poulett Thomson.
Duchy of LancasterLord Holland.
Paymaster of the ForcesLord John Russell.
Secretary-at-WarMr Edward Ellice.
Lord Privy SealEarl of Mulgrave.
Postmaster-GeneralMarquis of Conyngham.
Irish SecretaryMr. Littleton.]