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| Period in Office: | June, 1812 - April, 1827 |
| PM Predecessor: | Spencer Perceval |
| PM Successor: | George Canning |
| Date of Birth: | 7 June 1770 |
| Place of Birth: | London |
| Political Party: | Tory |
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (June 7, 1770 - December 4, 1828) was a British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827.
The son of George III's close adviser Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He entered the House of Commons in 1790 and rose quickly through the Tory ranks. He served as a member of the Board of Control for India (1793-1796), and as Master of the Mint (1799-1801). He was Lord Hawkesbury from 1796 to 1808, before succeeding to his father's title. In Henry Addington's government Hawkesbury entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he negotiated the Treaty of Amiens with France.
In later governments, Hawkesbury continued to serve in important cabinet positions - as Home Secretary in Pitt's second government and the Duke of Portland's second government, and then as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Perceval's government.
When Perceval was assassinated in May, 1812, Lord Liverpool succeeded him as prime minister. Liverpool's ministry was a long and eventful one - it saw Britain's victory in the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna, and the eventful early years of peace which followed. Liverpool, aware that his abilities were no more than moderate, generally stayed in the background, letting more brilliant subordinates like Lord Castlereagh, George Canning, the Duke of Wellington, Robert Peel, and William Huskisson, all of whom served under him, take leading parts. Nevertheless, Liverpool was himself a skilful politician, and held together the liberal and reactionary wings of the Tory party, which his successor, Canning, failed to do. Liverpool retired in 1827.
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| Preceded by: Sir George Yonge | Master of the Mint 1799–1801 | Followed by: The Lord Grenville | Foreign Secretary 1801–1804 | Followed by: The Lord Harrowby |
| Preceded by: Charles Philip Yorke | Home Secretary 1804–1806 | Followed by: The Earl Spencer | ||
| Preceded by: William Pitt the Younger | Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1806–1827 | Followed by: The Duke of Wellington | ||
| Preceded by: The Earl Spencer | Home Secretary 1807–1809 | Followed by: Richard Ryder | ||
| Preceded by: The Lord Grenville | Leader of the House of Lords 1807–1827 | Followed by: The Viscount Goderich | ||
| Preceded by: Viscount Castlereagh | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1809–1812 | Followed by: The Earl Bathurst | ||
| Preceded by: Spencer Perceval | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1812–1827 | Followed by: George Canning |
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