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The Harley ministry was the British government that existed between 1710 and 1714 in the reign of Queen Anne. It was headed by Robert Harley and composed largely of Tories. Harley was a former Whig wh
Robert Harley headed the government and has been described as Britain's first Prime Minister.
As well as commanding Allied forces as Captain General the Duke of Marlborough, served in the cabinet as Master-General of the Ordnance until his controversial dismissal.
Bolingbroke served as Northern and then Southern Secretary and oversaw the negotiations that led to the Peace of Utrecht. He unsuccessfully tried to secure a Jacobite succession of Queen Anne's death.
The youngest member of the government William Wyndham served briefly as Secretary at War. He then led the Tories in opposition in the House of Commons for many years after 1714.
This is a list of the principal Ministers of the Crown of the Kingdom of England, and then of the Kingdom of Great Britain, from May 1702, at the beginning of the reign of Queen Anne. During this peri
Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer MET DP856666
Portrait of John Duke of Malborough
The Whig Junto by John James Baker, 1710. The leaders of the second Whig Junto painted the year they fell from office.
Portrait of John Smith by Godfrey Kneller. Smith, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1708