{{short description|British premiership of Frederick North from 1770 to 1782}} {{about|the premiership of Frederick North|the former British government department|Northern Department}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox government cabinet |incumbent = 1770–1782 |image = Nathaniel Dance Lord North cropped cropped.jpg |caption = North by Nathaniel Dance-Holland |date_formed = {{Start date|1770|1|28|df=y}} |date_dissolved = {{End date|1782|3|27|df=y}} |government_head_title = Prime Minister |government_head = Frederick North, Lord North |state_head_title = Monarch |state_head = George III |former_members_number = |total_number = 33 appointments |political_parties = {{unbulleted list | Bedfordites{{sfn|Thomas|1991|pages=2–4}} | Grenvillites{{sfn|Thomas|1991|pages=2–4}} | Tory Party{{sfn|Thomas|1991|pages=2–4}} }} |legislature_status = {{unbulleted list | Majority (coalition){{sfn|Volo|2012}} (1770–1774) | Majority (1774–1782) }} |legislature_term = {{unbulleted list | 14th GB Parliament | {{Longitem|15th GB Parliament<br />''lost a vote of confidence''}} }} |opposition_party = Rockingham Whigs |election = {{unbulleted list | 1774 general election | 1780 general election }} |previous = Grafton ministry |successor = Second Rockingham ministry |flag=Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg}}

Frederick North, Lord North was appointed to lead the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by King George III from 1770 to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis of 1770, the 1780 Gordon Riots and the outbreak of the American War of Independence.{{sfn|Whiteley|1996}}

==Ministers== {{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}} {{Cabinet table minister | title = {{unbulleted list|First Lord of the Treasury|Chancellor of the Exchequer}} | minister1 = Frederick North, Lord North | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1770|1|28|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Tories (British political party) | minister1_ministryhead= y }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord Chancellor | minister1 = Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1771|1|23|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1778|6|3|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Tories (British political party) | minister2 = Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1778|6|3|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1783|4|7|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Tories (British political party) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord President of the Council | minister1 = Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1767|12|22|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1779|11|24|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Tories (British political party) | minister2 = Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1779|11|24|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Tories (British political party) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord Privy Seal | minister1 = George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1770|2|26|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1771|1|22|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Tories (British political party) | minister2 = Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1771|1|22|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1771|6|12|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Independent politician | minister3 = Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | minister3_termstart = {{start date|1771|6|12|df=yes}} | minister3_termend = {{end date|1775|11|4|df=yes}} | minister3_party = Whigs (British political party) | minister4 = William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth | minister4_termstart = {{start date|1775|11|4|df=yes}} | minister4_termend = {{end date|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | minister4_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord Steward | minister1 = William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1761|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1782|4|27|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord Chamberlain | minister1 = Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1766|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1782|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Secretary of State for the Southern Department | minister1 = Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1768|10|21|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1770|12|12|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Tories (British political party) | minister2 = William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1770|12|19|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1775|11|9|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Independent politician | minister3 = Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth | minister3_termstart = {{start date|1775|11|9|df=yes}} | minister3_termend = {{end date|1779|11|24|df=yes}} | minister3_party = Tories (British political party) | minister4 = Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough | minister4_termstart = {{start date|1779|11|24|df=yes}} | minister4_termend = {{end date|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | minister4_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Secretary of State for the Northern Department | minister1 = William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1768|10|21|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1770|12|19|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician | minister2 = John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1770|12|19|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1771|1|12|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Whigs (British political party) | minister3 = George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax | minister3_termstart = {{start date|1771|1|22|df=yes}} | minister3_termend = {{end date|1771|6|6|df=yes}} | minister3_party = Tories (British political party) | minister4 = Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk | minister4_termstart = {{start date|1771|6|12|df=yes}} | minister4_termend = {{end date|1779|3|7|df=yes}} | minister4_party = Independent politician | minister5 = David Murray, Viscount Stormont | minister5_termstart = {{start date|1779|10|27|df=yes}} | minister5_termend = {{end date|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | minister5_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Secretary of State for the Colonies | minister1 = Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1768|2|27|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1772|8|27|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician | minister2 = William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1772|8|27|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1775|11|10|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Independent politician | minister3 = Lord George Germain | minister3_termstart = {{start date|1775|11|10|df=yes}} | minister3_termend = {{end date|1782|2|df=yes}} | minister3_party = Independent politician | minister4 = Welbore Ellis | minister4_termstart = {{start date|1782|2|df=yes}} | minister4_termend = {{end date|1782|3|8|df=yes}} | minister4_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | minister1 = James Smith-Stanley | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1762|12|13|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1771|6|14|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician | minister2 = Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1771|6|14|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1782|4|17|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = First Lord of the Admiralty | minister1 = Sir Edward Hawke | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1766|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1771|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician | minister2 = John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1771|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1782|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Master-General of the Ordnance | minister1 = George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1772|10|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1782|3|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | minister1 = George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend | minister1_termstart = {{start date|1767|8|19|df=yes}} | minister1_termend = {{end date|1772|10|29|df=yes}} | minister1_party = Independent politician | minister2 = Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt | minister2_termstart = {{start date|1772|10|29|df=yes}} | minister2_termend = {{end date|1776|12|7|df=yes}} | minister2_party = Independent politician | minister3 = John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire | minister3_termstart = {{start date|1776|12|7|df=yes}} | minister3_termend = {{end date|1780|11|29|df=yes}} | minister3_party = Independent politician | minister4 = Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle | minister4_termstart = {{start date|1780|11|29|df=yes}} | minister4_termend = {{end date|1782|4|8|df=yes}} | minister4_party = Independent politician }} {{Cabinet table end}}

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==References== {{refbegin |30em |indent=y}} * {{cite book |last=Cook |first=Chris |last2=Stevenson |first2=John |title=British Historical Facts: 1760–1830 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishhistorica0000cook_t2t9 |url-access=registration |date=28 February 1980 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-0-333-21512-8}} * {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Peter David Garner |author-link=P. D. G. Thomas |title=Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bR9fRMjtC-8C |year=1991 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-820142-7}} * {{cite book |last=Volo |first=James M. |title=The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution: The Foundations of Revolution |section=Tories and Whigs |section-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=403f4VrQwvYC&pg=PA131|date=19 July 2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39875-9}} * {{cite book |last=Whiteley |first=Peter |title=Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America |chapter=Introduction |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-7eBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 |date=1 July 1996 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-8264-3493-7}} {{refend}}

==External links== * {{cite web |url-status=live |url=http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/ministry/northmin.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181922/http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/ministry/northmin.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |title=The Ministry of Lord North: January 1770{{snd}}March 1782 |last=Bloy |first=Marjorie |date=12 January 2016 |website=A Web of English History}}

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