Editing William Pitt the Younger (section)

===Reappointment<span class="anchor" id="Second premiership"></span><!-- linked from redirects [[Second premiership of William Pitt the Younger]], [[Second prime ministership of William Pitt the Younger]] -->===
{{Further|Second Pitt ministry}}
[[File:Uncorking-Old-Sherry-Gillray.jpeg|thumb|upright|In ''[[Uncorking Old Sherry]]'' (1805), Gillray caricatured Pitt uncorking a bottle of [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Sheridan]] that is bursting out with puns and invective.]]

Pitt finally returned to the premiership on 10 May 1804. He had originally planned to form a broad coalition government, with both the Tories and Whigs under one government.<ref name="victorianwebb">{{cite web | url=https://victorianweb.org/history/pms/pitt.html | title=William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) }}</ref> But Pitt faced the opposition of George III to the inclusion of Fox, due to the king's dislike. Moreover, many of Pitt's former supporters, including the allies of Addington, joined the Opposition. Thus, Pitt's second ministry was considerably weaker than his first.{{sfn|Hague|2005|pp=529–533}}

Nevertheless, Pitt formed [[Second Pitt ministry|a second government]] which consisted of largely [[Tories (British political faction)|Tory]] members with some former ministers of the previous ministry. These include [[John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon|Lord Eldon]] as [[Lord Chancellor]], former Foreign Secretary [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Lord Hawkesbury]] as [[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]], [[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby|Lord Harrowby]] as [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Foreign Secretary]], former prime ministers [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|Duke of Portland]] and Addington as [[Lord Privy Seal]] and [[Lord President of the Council]], with Pitt's prominent allies [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|the Viscount Melville]] and [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Lord Castlereagh]] as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] and [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]], respectively.<ref name="victorianwebb"/>