Privy Council appointments and ministerial reshuffles in 1782
London Gazette report details the March 1782 Privy Council swearing in of Lord Camden, John Cavendish, Fox, Keppel, Dunning, and Burke, plus appointments of Shelburne and Fox as principal Secretaries of State. It notes new Treasury, Admiralty, War, and ordnance posts, resignations, disputed pensions, and related military and political changes with multiple named figures and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lord Camden
John Cavendish
Exchequer
Charles James Fox
Augustus Keppel
John Dunning
Edmund Burke
Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton
William Earl of
Shelburne
Lenox and
Aubigny
Ordnance
Tho. Townshend
Earl of Jersey
Marquis of
John Frederick
Great Britain
Ashburton
Devon
Fletcher Norton, Wnight
Lord Grantley
Markenfield
Yorkshire
Thomas Dampier
Rochester
Richard Cuf
Jonathan Davis
St. George
Castle of Windsor
Edward Barnard
Royal appointments and naval commands announced in London
London March 30 His Majesty named Lord De Ferrars captain of the band of Gentlemen Pensioners to replace Lord Edgecumbe. Lord Rivers becomes Lord of the Bedchamber succeeding the late Lord Bertie. The Duke of Portland designated Lord Chamberlain to the Household replacing Earl Hertford. Vice Admiral Campbell named Governor of Newfoundland. The Marquis of Rockingham names the Rev King as private secretary and Walpole’s son as clerks to the Treasury. Admiralty plans include Lord Howe commanding the grand fleet, Barrington to the West Indies, Lockhart Ross to the North Seas, and Hode in the mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Holland
Continent
America
Sheridan
Earl of
Isle of Wight
Hugh Palilifer
Greenwich Hospital
Thomas Pye
Lord Howe
Marines
William Knox
John Fisher
Lord Shelburne
American Department
Duke of Richmond
Renee Ees
Arnold
Marquis of
Rockingham
Lieut
Hinton
St. Christophers
Lord de Ferrars
Gentlemen Pensioners
Lord Edgecumbe
Lord Rivers
Lord Robert Bertie
Duke of Portland
Earl Hertford
Campbell
Newfoundland
Walker King
Hoo
Sussex
Raphoe
Chamberlaine
Treasury
Strachey
Lord
Sir William Howe
Marquis of Rockingham
Grey Cooper
John Robinson
Admiralty
Grand Fleet
Admiral Barrington
West Indies
Sir John Lockhart Ross
North Seas
Admiral Hode
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