The coalition ministry of 1852-55. A meeting of the cabinet of the Earl of Aberdeen in 1854

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Illustration from V R I Her Life And Empire published in 1901. After Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897) Info from wiki: 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.

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