Perceval ministry
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Spencer Perceval from 1809 to 1812. The Perceval ministry saw the beginning of the Regency era, when King George III was formally deemed unfit to reign and his son George ruled as his proxy as Prince Regent.
Perceval was assassinated in May 1812. He is the first and only Prime Minister to have been murdered.
Cabinet
Changes
- December 1809Lord Wellesley succeeds Lord Bathurst as Foreign Secretary. Bathurst continues at the Board of Trade.
- May 1810Lord Mulgrave succeeds Lord Chatham as Master-General of the Ordnance. Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Mulgrave as First Lord of the Admiralty.
- March 1812Lord Castlereagh succeeds Wellesley as Foreign Secretary.
- April 1812Lord Sidmouth succeeds Lord Camden as Lord President. Camden remains in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
- May 1812Perceval is shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons.
List of ministers
| Office | Name | Date |
| First Lord of the Treasury | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 October 180911 May 1812 |
| Leader of the House of Commons | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 October 180911 May 1812 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 October 180911 May 1812 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Hon. Spencer Perceval | 4 October 180911 May 1812 |
| Secretaries to the Treasury | Charles Arbuthnot | continued in office |
| Secretaries to the Treasury | Richard Wharton | 8 December 1809 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Foster | 6 December 18096 January 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Brodrick | 6 December 180916 June 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Eliot | 6 December 18096 January 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | The Earl of Desart | 6 December 180923 June 1810 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Snowdon Barne | 6 December 180916 June 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. Berkeley Paget | 23 June 181016 June 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | 6 January 181216 June 1812 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Richard Wellesley | 6 January 181216 June 1812 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Eldon | continued in office |
| Lord President of the Council | The Earl Camden | continued in office |
| Lord President of the Council | The Viscount Sidmouth | 8 April 1812 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Westmorland | continued in office |
| Home Secretary | Hon. Richard Ryder | 1 November 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Goulburn | February 1810 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl Bathurst | 11 October 1809 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess Wellesley | 6 December 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Bagot | continued in officeDecember 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Charles Culling Smith | December 1809February 1812 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Edward Cooke | February 1812June 1812 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | The Earl of Liverpool | 1 November 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Cooke | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Hon. Charles Jenkinson | 2 November 1809 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Robert Peel | 10 June 1810 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Hon. F. J. Robinson | continued in office |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Henry Bunbury | 2 November 1809 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Lord Mulgrave | continued in office |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Charles Philip Yorke | 4 May 1810 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Viscount Melville | 25 March 1812 |
| First Secretary to the Admiralty | John Wilson Croker | 12 October 1809 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Robert Plumer Ward | continued in office17 June 1811 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office24 November 1809 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | James Buller | continued in office25 March 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Viscount Lowther | 24 November 18093 July 1810 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Hon. F. J. Robinson | 3 July 181016 June 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | Lord Walpole | 17 June 181116 June 1812 |
| Civil Lords of the Admiralty | William Dundas | 25 March 181216 June 1812 |
| President of the Board of Trade | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office |
| Master of the Mint | The Earl Bathurst | continued in office |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | George Rose | continued in office |
| President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Harrowby | continued in office |
| President of the Board of Control | Hon. Robert Dundas | 13 November 1809 |
| President of the Board of Control | The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 7 April 1812 |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | George Peter Holford | continued in office |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | Sir Patrick Murray | January 1810 |
| Secretary to the Board of Control | John Bruce | March 1812 |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | continued in office |
| Master-General of the Ordnance | The Lord Mulgrave | 5 May 1810 |
| Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance | Sir Thomas Trigge | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Joseph Hunt | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Ordnance | Thomas Alcock | 30 January 1810 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | James Murray Hadden | continued in office |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Robert Moorsom | 20 July 1810 |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Hon. Cropley Ashley-Cooper | continued in office |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Robert Plumer Ward | 14 June 1811 |
| Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | Thomas Thoroton | continued in office |
| Storekeeper of the Ordnance | Mark Singleton | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Navy | George Rose | continued in office |
| Secretary at War | The Viscount Palmerston | continued in office |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Charles Long | continued in office |
| Paymaster of the Forces | Lord Charles Somerset | continued in office |
| Postmaster General | The Earl of Chichester | continued in office |
| Postmaster General | The Earl of Sandwich | continued in office |
| Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases | The Lord Glenbervie | continued in officeJuly 1810 |
| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | The Lord Glenbervie | July 1810 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Duke of Portland | 4 October 180930 October 1809 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Earl of Harrowby | November 1809June 1812 |
| Ministers without Portfolio | The Earl Camden | 8 April 1812June 1812 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Richmond | continued in office |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | October 1809 |
| Attorney General | Sir Vicary Gibbs | continued in office |
| Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Plumer | continued in office |
| Judge Advocate General | Charles Manners-Sutton | 8 November 1809 |
| Lord Advocate | Archibald Colquhoun | continued in office |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | David Boyle | continued in office |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | David Monypenny | 22 February 1811 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | William Saurin | continued in office |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | Charles Kendal Bushe | continued in office |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Aylesford | continued in office |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 February 1812 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Stopford | continued in office |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Jocelyn | 8 May 1812 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord George Thynne | continued in office |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Dartmouth | continued in office |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | vacant | 10 November 1810 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Marquess of Hertford | 7 March 1812 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord John Thynne | continued in office |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Earl of Yarmouth | 14 March 1812 |
| Master of the Horse | The Duke of Montrose | continued in office |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess Cornwallis | continued in office |
| Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | continued in office |
| Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | The Earl of Courtown | 26 March 1812 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Macclesfield | continued in office |