Aberdeen ministry
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After the collapse of Lord Derby's minority government, the Whigs and Peelites formed a coalition under the Peelite leader George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. The government resigned in earl
Aberdeen (circa 1847)
The Coalition Ministry of 1854 as painted by Sir John Gilbert (1855)
First Palmerston ministry
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Lord Palmerston, of the Whigs, first formed a government by popular demand in 1855, after the resignation of the Aberdeen Coalition. Initially, the government was a continuation of the previous coalit
Aberdeen ministry
…voted for a select committee to enquire into the incompetent management of the Crimean War. The former Home Secretary, Lord Palmerston, then formed his first government. † After June 1854 office became Secretary of State for War…
Portrait of Lord Palmerston by John Partridge