North ministry | |
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1770–1782 | |
![]() North by Nathaniel Dance-Holland | |
Date formed | 28 January 1770 |
Date dissolved | 27 March 1782 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | Lord North |
Total no. of members | 33 appointments |
Member parties | |
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Opposition party | Rockingham Whigs |
History | |
Elections | |
Legislature terms | |
Predecessor | Grafton ministry |
Successor | Second Rockingham ministry |
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.[3]