Formation of the Cabinet Council System in Britain, 1679

Name: Formation of the Cabinet Council System in Britain, 1679
Start: 1679

Type Event Region Europe Time 1679

During the Exclusion Crisis of 1679, Charles II reformed the Privy Council advisory mechanism, with a small group of core ministers regularly conferr…

Timeline

1679Whitehall · LondonAfter the outbreak of the Exclusion Crisis, Charles II dismissed the Earl of Danby and reorganized the Privy Council, contracting decision-making power to a core circle of advisors trusted by the king, creating the conditions for a cabinet-style meeting mechanism.
1679–1685London · LondonA small number of ministers met regularly in the Cabinet Room, establishing the practice of collective decision-making. The meeting records and division of labor provided an institutional prototype for the later Hanoverian cabinet government and prime ministerial system.

Sources

Cabinet (government) https://www.britannica.com/topic/cabinet-government
The Origins of the British Cabinet Government — John Miller (1987)