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The Lords Justices were appointed by
George I while he was away, in Germany, in the capacity of
Elector of Hanover.
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William Wake,
Archbishop of Canterbury;
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Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull,
Lord President of the Council;
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Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent,
Lord Privy Seal;
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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll,
Lord Steward of the Household;
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle,
Lord Chamberlain;
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Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton;
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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Captain General;
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John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe,
Secretary of State for Scotland;
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland,
First Commissioner of the Treasury and
Groom of the Stool;
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James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley,
First Commissioner of the Admiralty;
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James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope,
Secretary of State for the Northern Department;
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James Craggs the Younger,
Secretary of State for the Southern Department.