Third Gladstone Ministry

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[edit] The Cabinet

OFFICE NAME TERM
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Privy Seal
Leader of the House of Commons
William Ewart Gladstone February–August 1886
Lord Chancellor The Lord Herschell February–August 1886
Lord President of the Council The Earl Spencer February–August 1886
Home Secretary Hugh Childers February–August 1886
Foreign Secretary The Earl of Rosebery February–August 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Leader of the House of Lords
The Earl Granville February–August 1886
Secretary of State for War Henry Campbell-Bannerman February–August 1886
Secretary of State for India The Earl of Kimberley February–August 1886
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir William Harcourt February–August 1886
First Lord of the Admiralty The Marquess of Ripon February–August 1886
President of the Board of Trade Anthony John Mundella February–August 1886
President of the Local Government Board Joseph Chamberlain February–April 1886
  James Stansfeld April–August 1886
Chief Secretary for Ireland John Morley February–August 1886
Secretary for Scotland George Otto Trevelyan February–April 1886
  The Earl of Dalhousie April–August 1886


Changes

April, 1886: James Stansfeld succeeds Joseph Chamberlain at the Local Government Board. The Earl of Dalhousie succeeds George Otto Trevelyan as Secretary for Scotland.

Preceded by
First Salisbury Ministry
British ministries
1886
Succeeded by
Second Salisbury Ministry

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Liberal Government 1886.