Sir Robert Peel's first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of the

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. Peel was also Chancellor of the Exchequer while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young

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held office as a

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, his first governmental post in a ministerial career that would span for the next sixty years. The Peel ministry was a minority government, and relied on Whig support. However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals to defeat the Conservatives at every turn. After a reign of only four months, the government felt obliged to resign, whereupon the Whig leader

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formed his second government.

Cabinet

December 1834 – April 1835

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face. ;Notes

References

*C. Cook and B. Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830–1900'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Peel 1 British ministries

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