North ministry

North ministry
1770–1782
North by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Date formed	28 January 1770 (1770-01-28)
Date dissolved	27 March 1782 (1782-03-27)
People and organisations
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Lord North
Total no. of members	33 appointments
Member parties	Bedfordites[2] Grenvillites[2] Tory Party[2]
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)[1] (1770–1774) 292 / 558 Majority (1774–1782) 343 / 558 (1774-1780) 282 / 558 (1780-1782)
Opposition party	Rockingham Whigs
History
Election(s)	1774 general election 1780 general election
Legislature term(s)	14th GB Parliament 15th GB Parliament lost a vote of confidence
Predecessor	Grafton ministry
Successor	Second Rockingham ministry

Frederick North, Lord North was appointed to lead the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by King George III from 1770 to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis of 1770, the 1780 Gordon Riots and the outbreak of the American War of Independence.^[3]