The <b>Junto Pembroke Ministry</b> is a retronym applied to the English ministry that was established in 1699 leading the Government of England as a loose Whig-Tory coalition until mid-1702, upon the death of King William III.
As the power and popularity of the Whig Junto declined, William III decided to reshuffle the cabinet and bring prominent Tories into office, in order to appease the people and the house.
The ministry was occupied mainly with the issues of the Court-Country split amongst MPs and the parties, as well as the increasing tensions related to the War of the Spanish Succession and the English Royal Succession Crisis.
Whilst the Ministry is named after the Junto and Pembroke, it was run as a large coalition between prominent Whigs and Tories, with no clear leader.
William offered Robert Harley a place within the new ministry as Secretary of State, but he declined.
No official name was given to the ministry at the time, and as such various retronyms have been applied over time. Many historians refer to the ministry simply as the reshuffle that occured after the Whig Junto and before Marlborough and Godolphin took power, whereas others have referred to it in regards to Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, who is sometimes viewed as the Chief Minister of the ministry, due to his role as Lord President of the Council.
The name of Junto Pembroke for the ministry is based on conjecture and common consensus surrounding the ministry, based on the assumed leadership of Pembroke and the remaining fragments of the Junto.