Broad Bottom ministry

Government of Great Britain

Pelham brothers

The Broad Bottom ministry was the factional coalition government of Great Britain between 1744 and 1754.^[1] It was led by the two Pelham brothers in Parliament, Prime Minister Henry Pelham in the House of Commons and the Duke of Newcastle in the House of Lords.

Early in 1746 the King wished a change of prime minister, and Pelham lost power, but only briefly. On returning to office he put in place a strengthened broad coalition of Whigs. The second Broad Bottom administration lasted from Pelham's resumption of power until his death in 1754.^[3]

Ministry

See also

• 1747 British general election

Notes

1. Colley 1985, p. 243
2. Kulisheck 2004
3. Beyond the more senior ministers listed (see below), other significant figures in the ministry from 1746 include Henry Fox as Secretary at War and William Pitt as Paymaster of the Forces.^[2]
4. Haydn 1851, p. 112
5. Haydn 1851, p. 168
6. Haydn 1851, p. 105
7. Haydn 1851, p. 119
8. Haydn 1851, p. 147
9. Haydn 1851, p. 172
10. Haydn 1851, p. 192
11. Haydn 1851, p. 160
12. Haydn 1851, p. 401
13. Haydn 1851, p. 409
14. Haydn 1851, p. 206
15. Haydn 1851, p. 209

Works cited

• Colley, Linda (1985), In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714–60, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-5213-1311-7
• Haydn, Joseph (1851), The Book of Dignities, London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans
• Kulisheck, P. J. (2004), "Pelham, Henry (1694–1754)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21789 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Further reading

• Cook, Chris; John Stevenson (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 42, ISBN 978-1-3490-2369-1
• Kilburn, Matthew (2007), "Broad-bottom ministry (act. 1744–1746)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95199