11th Parliament of Great Britain

a list of MPs elected to the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1832 May 2024 August 2017 11th Parliament of Great Britain 1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle was prime minister during most of the Eleventh Parliament Palace of Westminster 1754 general election Newcastle I Pitt–Devonshire 1757 Caretaker Pitt–Newcastle 1754 5 31 y 1761 3 20 y 10th 12th House of Commons The House of Commons 1793-94 by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg Pitt addressing the Commons in 1793 558 MPs Whigs Speaker of the House of Commons Arthur Onslow Leader of the House of Commons Thomas Robinson Henry Fox William Pitt House of Lords House of Lords Microcosm edited.jpg Plate 52 of Microcosm of London (1809) Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Robert Henley, Earl of Northington Leader of the House of Lords Duke of Newcastle William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire 1754 5 31 y 1754 6 5 y 1754 11 14 y 1755 4 25 y 1755 11 13 y 1756 5 27 y 1756 12 2 y 1757 6 4 y 1757 12 1 y 1758 6 20 y 1758 11 23 y 1759 6 2 y 1759 11 13 y 1760 5 22 y 1760 11 18 y 1761 3 19 y The Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain was the parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain that sat from 31 May 1754 to 20 March 1761. It was assembled following the general elections held in April–May 1754. History As with its predecessor, the Eleventh Parliament was an overwhelmingly Whig parliament. Traditional Whig–Tory party alignments had little meaning in the course of this parliament. Instead, political competition ran primarily between different Whig factions, such as the "Old Corps", Bedfordites, and Patriots. There were several changes of ministries in the course of the Eleventh Parliament. Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle's "Old Corps" Whigs assembled the first ministry, but had to accommodate the rise of the Bedfordite faction in late 1755 with several cabinet posts. Newcastle's ministry fell in late 1756, during the parliamentary recess, and the third session began with a new Bedfordite–Patriot Whig coalition in control. However, King George II could not brook them and fired them before the end of that session, placing the government in the hands of an interim caretaker ministry. More satisfactory to the king, Newcastle returned to power in coalition with William Pitt before the beginning of the fourth session in late 1757. The Seven Years' War was fought for the duration of the Eleventh Parliament, and much of its legislation addressed the financing and conduct of the war. Officers thumb|Arthur Onslow was Speaker of the House of Commons. Surrey MP Arthur Onslow was Speaker of the House of Commons for the three prior parliaments, and had been re-elected to serve as speaker for the entire Eleventh Parliament. In the Cabinet, the Secretary of the South served as the Leader of the House of Commons. The "Old Corps" Whig Thomas Robinson held that office until late 1755, when the Bedfordite Henry Fox replaced him. In 1756, William Pitt took and held that position until the end of the parliament. The Prime Minister of Great Britain was Leader of the House of Lords during this parliament, namely Newcastle from 1756 to 1757, Devonshire briefly from 1756 to 1757, and Newcastle again from 1756 to 1761. Sessions The Eleventh Parliament went through eight sessions. Its first session opened on 31 May 1754 for only a few days for formalities, and passed no public act. Thereafter, parliamentary sessions usually opened in November and ran for around six months. They were in recess for the subsequent half of the year. Parliament was not immediately dissolved with the death of King George II (25 October 1760) but rather met for an additional eighth and final session that November, opened by the new King George III. The Eleventh Parliament was finally dissolved on 25 April 1761, and new elections called. By tradition, a parliament passes only one public "act" per session, albeit an act with multiple chapters. Legal statutes are cited by parliamentary session labelled by the regnal year in which that session sat: thus, for example, the British Museum Act 1753 (26 Geo 2 ch 22). The regnal year of George II began on 11 June, and thus most parliamentary sessions do not overlap regnal years (and thereby do not need a double citation). As this parliament was the first new parliament assembled after the calendar reform went into effect in 1752, there is no citation conflict between legal dates and common dates. The session dates in the table below follow Cobbett's Parliamentary History Cobbett 1813. The legal titles of the sessions are as given in common compilations, such as the Statutes at Large Pickering 1766. For the specific acts of parliament passed in each session, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. SessionLabelStartEndNote 1st Session 27 & 28 Geo. 2 31 May 1754 5 June 1754 no public acts 2nd Session 28 Geo. 2 14 November 1754 25 April 1755 3rd Session 29 Geo. 2 13 November 1755 27 May 1756 4th Session 30 Geo. 2 2 December 1756 4 June 1757 5th Session 31 Geo. 2 1 December 1757 20 June 1758 6th Session 32 Geo. 2 23 November 1758 2 June 1759 7th Session 33 Geo. 2 13 November 1759 22 May 1760 death of George II (25 October) during recess 8th Session 1 Geo. 3 18 November 1760 19 March 1761 opened by George III Parliament dissolved 20 March 1761 See also List of parliaments of Great Britain List of acts of the 1st session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 2nd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 3rd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 4th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 5th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 6th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 7th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain List of acts of the 8th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain References Cobbett William William Cobbett 1813 Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 London Hansard XV Pickering Danby Danby Pickering The Statutes at Large https://books.google.com/books?id=a7wuAAAAIAAJ 1766 J. Bentham 11th Parliament of Great Britain 1754–1761 10th Parliament 12th Parliament Category:Parliament of Great Britain Category:1754 establishments in Great Britain Category:1761 disestablishments in Great Britain Category:Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle Category:George II of Great Britain Category:William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire