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Sir Robert Peel's first government succeeded the caretaker ministry of the Duke of Wellington. Peel was also Chancellor of the Exchequer while the Duke of Wellington served as Foreign Secretary. A young William Gladstone held office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, his first governmental post in a ministerial career that would span for the next sixty years.
The Peel administration 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 Tories at every turn. After a reign of only four months, the government felt obliged to resign, whereupon the Whig leader Lord Melbourne formed his second government.
Members of the Cabinet are indicated by 'bold' face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	'Sir Robert Peel'	10 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
Chancellor of the Exchequer	'Sir Robert Peel'	10 December 1834
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle	20 December 1834
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Sir George Clerk	19 December 1834
Junior Lords of the Treasury	William Yates Peel	26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
	Earl of Lincoln	26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
	Viscount Stormont	26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
	Charles Ross	26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
	William Ewart Gladstone	26 December 1834 – 27 January 1835
	John Nicholl	14 March 1835 – 8 April 1835
Lord Chancellor	'The Lord Lyndhurst'	21 November 1834
Lord President of the Council	'The Earl of Rosslyn'	15 December 1834
Lord Privy Seal	'The Lord Wharncliffe'	15 December 1834
Secretary of State for the Home Department	'Henry Goulburn'	15 December 1834
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Gregson	3 January 1835
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	'The Duke of Wellington'	17 November 1834
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Viscount Mahon	17 December 1834
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	'The Earl of Aberdeen'	20 December 1834
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	John Stuart Wortley	20 December 1834
	William Ewart Gladstone	27 January 1835
First Lord of the Admiralty	'The Earl de Grey'	22 December 1834
First Secretary of the Admiralty	George Robert Dawson	24 December 1834
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Lord Ashley	22 December 1834
President of the Board of Control	'The Lord Ellenborough'	18 December 1834
Secretary of the Board of Control	Winthrop Mackworth Praed	20 December 1834 – 8 April 1835	Joint Secretaries from 8 January 1835
	Sidney Herbert	8 January 1835 – 8 April 1835
Master-General of the Ordnance	'Sir George Murray'	18 December 1834
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	The Lord Robert Somerset	22 December 1834
Clerk of the Ordnance	Sir Edward Owen	22 December 1834
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Francis Robert Bonham	22 December 1834
Paymaster-General	'Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt'	23 December 1834
President of the Board of Trade	'Alexander Baring'	15 December 1834
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Viscount Lowther	20 December 1834
Secretary at War	'John Charles Herries'	16 December 1834
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir Henry Hardinge	16 December 1834
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Haddington	1 January 1835
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	26 December 1834
Master of the Mint	Alexander Baring	23 December 1834
Treasurer of the Navy	Viscount Lowther	22 December 1834
Postmaster-General	Lord Maryborough	23 December 1834
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests	The Lord Granville Somerset	23 December 1834
Attorney General	Sir Frederick Pollock	17 December 1834
Solicitor General	Sir William Webb Follett	20 December 1834
Judge Advocate General	Sir John Beckett	18 December 1834
Lord Advocate	Sir William Rae	19 December 1834
Solicitor General for Scotland	Duncan McNeill	7 January 1835
Attorney General for Ireland	''vacant''
Solicitor General for Ireland	Edward Pennefather	27 January 1835
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Wilton	2 January 1835
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Jersey	15 December 1834
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Viscount Castlereagh	29 December 1834
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Dorset	1 January 1835
Treasurer of the Household	Sir William Henry Fremantle	27 May 1826	continued in office
Comptroller of the Household	Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	29 December 1834
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Viscount Hereford	29 December 1834
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Courtown	5 January 1835
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Chesterfield	30 December 1834

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C. Cook and B. Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830-1900''