Aberdeen ministry

Aberdeen ministry
1852–1855
Aberdeen (circa 1847)
Date formed19 December 1852 (1852-12-19)
Date dissolved30 January 1855 (1855-01-30)
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Member partiesPeelites
Whigs
Opposition partyConservative Party
Opposition leaders
History
PredecessorWho? Who? ministry
SuccessorFirst Palmerston ministry

After the collapse of Lord Derby's minority government, the Whigs and Peelites formed a coalition under the Peelite leader George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. The government resigned in early 1855 after a large parliamentary majority voted for a select committee to enquire into the incompetent management of the Crimean War. The former Home Secretary, Lord Palmerston, then formed his first government.

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