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Shelburne ministry | |
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| 1782–1783 | |
 Shelburne (1791) | |
| Date formed | 4 July 1782 |
| Date dissolved | 26 March 1783 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
| Total no. of members | 16 appointments |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) 282 / 558 (51%) |
| Opposition parties | |
| Opposition leaders | |
| History | |
| Legislature terms | 15th GB Parliament |
| Predecessor | Second Rockingham ministry |
| Successor | Fox–North coalition |
This is a list of the principal holders of government office during the premiership of the Earl of Shelburne between July 1782 and April 1783.
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Upon the fall of the North ministry in March 1782, Whig Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham became prime minister for a second time. He died in office four months later, and Home Secretary Lord Shelburne was invited to form a government. However, Charles James Fox and several other former Rockinghamites (including Lord John Cavendish and Edmund Burke) refused to serve under Shelburne and went into opposition. The Foxites allied with the supporters of Lord North to bring down the government, and the Fox–North coalition came to power in April 1783. This government did not long survive the hostility of King George III, and many of Shelburne's ministers returned to office under the leadership of William Pitt the Younger in December 1783, though Shelburne himself was consoled with the title Marquess of Lansdowne.
