Conservative Government 1885-1886

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Preceded by
Liberal Government 1880-1885		 British Government
1885–1886		 Succeeded by
Liberal Government 1886
Office Name Date Notes
Prime Ministerd The Marquess of Salisbury 23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886  
First Lord of the Treasury The Earl of Iddesleigh 24 June 1885  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Michael Hicks-Beach 24 June 1885  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Aretas Akers-Douglas 24 June 1885  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sir Henry Holland 24 June 1885  
Sir Matthew White Ridley  
William Lawies Jackson  
Junior Lords of the Treasury Charles Dalrymple 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886  
Sidney Herbert 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
William Hood Walrond 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
Lord Chancellor The Lord Halsbury 24 June 1885  
Lord President of the Council The Viscount Cranbrook 24 June 1885  
Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Harrowby 24 June 1885  
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Richard Cross 24 June 1885  
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Charles Stuart-Wortley 30 June 1885  
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Marquess of Salisbury 24 June 1885  
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Bourke 25 June 1885  
Secretary of State for War William Henry Smith 24 June 1885  
Under-Secretary of State for War Viscount Bury 26 June 1885  
Financial Secretary to the War Office Henry Stafford Northcote 26 June 1885  
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Guy Dawnay 27 June 1885  
Secretary of State for the Colonies Frederick Arthur Stanley 24 June 1885  
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Dunraven 24 June 1885  
Secretary of State for India Lord Randolph Churchill 24 June 1885  
Under-Secretary of State for India The Lord Harris 25 June 1885  
First Lord of the Admiralty Lord George Hamilton 24 June 1885  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty Charles Thomson Ritchie 1 July 1885  
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 1 July 1885  
Vice-President of the Committee on Education Edward Stanhope 24 June 1885  
Sir Henry Holland 17 September 1885
Chief Secretary for Ireland Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt 25 June 1885  
William Henry Smith 23 January 1886
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Earl of Carnarvon 27 June 1885  
Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord Ashbourne 27 June 1885  
Postmaster-General Lord John Manners 24 June 1885  
Secretary for Scotland The Duke of Richmond 17 August 1885  
President of the Board of Trade The Duke of Richmond 24 June 1885  
Edward Stanhope 19 August 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron Henry de Worms 24 June 1885  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Henry Chaplin 24 June 1885  
President of the Local Government Board Arthur Balfour 24 June 1885  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board The Earl Brownlow 24 June 1885  
Paymaster-General The Earl Beauchamp 24 June 1885  
First Commissioner of Works David Robert Plunket 24 June 1885  
Attorney General Sir Richard Webster 27 July 1885  
Solicitor General John Eldon Gorst 2 July 1885  
Judge Advocate General William Thackeray Marriott 13 July 1885  
Lord Advocate John Hay Macdonald 2 July 1885  
Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson 2 July 1885  
Attorney General for Ireland Hugh Holmes 3 July 1885  
Solicitor General for Ireland John Munroe 3 July 1885  
John George Gibson 1885
Lord Steward of the Household The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 27 June 1885  
Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Lathom 27 June 1885  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Viscount Lewisham 27 June 1885  
Master of the Horse The Earl of Bradford 1 July 1885  
Treasurer of the Household Viscount Folkestone 27 June 1885  
Comptroller of the Household Lord Arthur Hill 27 June 1885  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Coventry 6 July 1885  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Viscount Barrington 27 June 1885  
Master of the Buckhounds The Marquess of Waterford 27 June 1885  
Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Buccleuch 27 June 1885  
Lords in Waiting The Lord de Ros 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886  
The Earl of Kintore 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
The Viscount Hawarden 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
The Lord Henniker 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
The Earl of Hopetoun 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
The Lord Elphinstone 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
The Lord Boston 6 July 1885 – 28 January 1886
Extra Lord in Waiting The Lord Sackville 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888  

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

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