Aberdeen ministry | |
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1852–1855 | |
Date formed | 19 December 1852 |
Date dissolved | 30 January 1855 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen |
Member parties | Peelites Whigs |
Opposition party | Conservative Party |
Opposition leaders | |
History | |
Predecessor | Who? Who? ministry |
Successor | First Palmerston ministry |
After the collapse of Lord Derby's minority government, the Whigs and Peelites formed a coalition under the Peelite leader Lord 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.