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