Note 1 — Chapter VIII

[The Administration formed by Lord Palmerston was composed as follows:—

First Lord of the Treasury Viscount Palmerston

Lord Chancellor Lord Cranworth

Lord President Earl Granville

Lord Privy Seal Duke of Argyll

Home Secretary Sir George Grey

Foreign Secretary Earl of Clarendon

Colonial Secretary Right Hon. Sidney Herbert (and, on his resignation, Lord John Russell)

Secretary at War Lord Panmure

Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Gladstone (and, on his resignation, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis)

Board of Control Sir Charles Wood

First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham (and, on his resignation, Sir Charles Wood, who was replaced at the Board of Control by Mr. Vernon Smith)

Board of Trade Right Hon. E. Cardwell (and, on his resignation, Lord Stanley of Alderley)

Postmaster General Viscount Canning

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Earl of Carlisle

Woods and Forests Sir Benjamin Hall.]