Paymaster General 1848-52, Foreign Secretary 1851-52, 1870-74, 1880-85, Lord President of the Council 1852-54, 1855-58, 1859-66, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1854-55, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1868-70, 1886
Leader of the Whig Party in the House of Lords 1855-59, Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords 1859-68, 1868-91