Note 9 — Chapter XII

Sir Robert Peel's Administration was composed as follows:

First Lord of the Treasury Sir Robert Peel

Lord Chancellor Lord Lyndhurst

Lord President Lord Wharncliffe

Lord Privy Seal Duke of Buckingham (and, on his retirement, the Duke of Buccleuch)

Chancellor of the Exchequer Right Hon. H. Goulburn

Home Secretary Sir James Graham

Foreign Secretary Earl of Aberdeen

Colonial Secretary Lord Stanley

Secretary at War Sir Henry Hardinge (and, on his departure for India, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert)

Board of Control Lord Ellenborough (and, on his departure for India, Lord FitzGerald—on his death, Earl of Ripon)

Board of Trade Earl of Ripon (and subsequently Mr. Gladstone)

Duchy of Lancaster Lord Granville Somerset

Postmaster-General Lord Lowther

First Lord of the Admiralty Earl of Haddington

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland Earl de Grey

Woods and Forests Earl of Lincoln