August 1827
- George Canning - First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Lyndhurst - Lord Chancellor
- Lord Harrowby - Lord President of the Council
- The Duke of Portland - Lord Privy Seal
- William Sturges Bourne - Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Dudley - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Lord Goderich - Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords
- William Huskisson - President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
- Charles Williams-Wynn - President of the Board of Control
- Lord Bexley - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Palmerston - Secretary at War
- Lord Lansdowne - Minister without Portfolio
Changes
- May, 1827 - Lord Carlisle, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, enters the Cabinet
- July, 1827 - The Duke of Portland becomes a minister without portfolio. Lord Carlisle succeeds him as Lord Privy Seal. W. S. Bourne succeeds Carlisle as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord Lansdowne succeeds Bourne as Home Secretary. George Tierney, the Master of the Mint, enters the cabinet
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