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First Pitt ministry

William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801.

For other uses, see Pitt ministry.

First Pitt ministry

19 December 1783 (1783-12-19)

14 March 1801 (1801-03-14)

George III

William Pitt the Younger

38 appointments

1801 co-option

Fox–North coalition

Addington ministry

In 1800, the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland were accepted by their respective parliaments, creating the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), which would be governed by the former Parliament of Great Britain (now the UK Parliament). Pitt governed this new state for the first month of its existence, until differences with King George III over Catholic emancipation caused him to resign.

March 1784 – The Duke of Rutland becomes , remaining also Lord Privy Seal.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

December 1784 – Lord Gower (Lord Stafford from 1786) succeeds Rutland as Lord Privy Seal (Rutland remains Viceroy of Ireland). succeeds Gower as Lord President.

Lord Camden

November 1787 – succeeds Rutland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Lord Buckingham

July 1788 – , Pitt's elder brother, succeeds Lord Howe as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Lord Chatham

June 1789 – (Lord Grenville from 1790) succeeds Lord Sydney as Home Secretary.

William Grenville

October 1789 – succeeds Buckingham as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Lord Westmorland

Henry Dundas

June 1792 – Lord Thurlow resigns as Lord Chancellor. The Great Seal goes into commission.

January 1793 – becomes Lord Chancellor.

Lord Loughborough

Lord Fitzwilliam

Lord Mansfield

February 1795 – succeeds the Duke of Richmond as Master-General of the Ordnance.

Lord Cornwallis

March 1795 – succeeds Fitzwilliam as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Camden

September 1796 – Chatham succeeds Mansfield as Lord President. Chatham remains Lord Privy Seal.

February 1798 – Westmorland succeeds Chatham as Lord Privy Seal. Chatham remains Lord President.

June 1798 – Cornwallis succeeds Camden as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, remaining also Master-General of the Ordnance.

February 1801 – Grenville, Spencer, and Windham resign from the Cabinet. The first two are succeeded by and Lord St Vincent, while Windham's successor is not in the Cabinet.

Lord Hawkesbury