Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was appointed Secretary of State under the reign of a man who died in what year?
Whig government, 1714–1717 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department by George I in September 1714. He was the de facto leader of this Whig ministry as Northern Secretary until 1717, when he was demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in favour of the first Stanhope–Sunderland ministry after being outmaneuvered by his rival Whigs.
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'KG', '4': "} (25 March 1605 (baptised) – January 1684) was an English politician and courtier. He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1643 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Jermyn. He was one of the most influential courtiers of the period, constantly devising and promoting schemes to involve foreign powers in the restoration of the monarchy, both before and after the execution of Charles I.