Second Gladstone Ministry

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William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894.

[edit] The Cabinet


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	William Ewart Gladstone	April 1880–June 1885

Lord Chancellor	The Lord Selborne†	April 1880–June 1885
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Spencer	April 1880–March 1883
	The Lord Carlingford	March 1883–June 1885
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Argyll	April 1880–May 1881
	The Lord Carlingford	May 1881–March 1885
	The Earl of Rosebery	March 1885–June 1885
Home Secretary	Sir William Harcourt	April 1880–June 1885
Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl Granville	April 1880–June 1885
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Kimberley	April 1880–December 1882
	The Earl of Derby	December 1882–June 1885
Secretary of State for War	Hugh Childers	April 1880–December 1882
	Marquess of Hartington	December 1882–June 1885
Secretary of State for India	Marquess of Hartington	April 1880–December 1882
	The Earl of Kimberley	December 1882–June 1885
Chancellor of the Exchequer	William Ewart Gladstone	April 1880–December 1882
	Hugh Childers	December 1882–June 1885
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Northbrook	April 1880–June 1885
President of the Board of Trade	Joseph Chamberlain	April 1880–June 1885
President of the Local Government Board	John George Dodson	April 1880–December 1882
	Sir Charles Dilke, Bt	December 1882–June 1885
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	John Bright	April 1880–July 1882
	The Earl of Kimberley	July 1882–December 1882
	John George Dodson	December 1882–October 1884
	George Otto Trevelyan	October 1884–June 1885
Postmaster General	George John Shaw-Lefevre	March–June 1885
Chief Secretary for Ireland	William Edward Forster	April 1880–May 1882
	successor not in the cabinet
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl Spencer	April 1882–June 1885

†Created Earl of Selborne in 1882.

Notes

William Ewart Gladstone served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between April of 1880 and December of 1882.
The Earl Spencer served as both Lord President and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between April of 1882 and March of 1883.
The Earl of Kimberley served as both Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December of 1882.
The Lord Carlingford served as both Lord Privy Seal and Lord President between March of 1883 and March of 1885.

Changes

May 1881: The Lord Carlingford succeeds the Duke of Argyll as Lord Privy Seal.
April 1882: The Earl Spencer becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but retains his seat in the cabinet and his position as Lord President.
May 1882: William Edward Forster resigns as Chief Secretary for Ireland. His successor is not in the cabinet.
July 1882: The Earl of Kimberley succeeds John Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster remaining also Colonial Secretary.
December 1882: Hugh Childers succeeds William Ewart Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Hartington succeeds Childers as Secretary for War. Kimberley succeeds Hartington as Secretary for India. The Earl of Derby succeeds Kimberley as Colonial Secretary. John George Dodson succeeds Kimberley as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Charles Dilke succeeds Dodson as President of the Local Government Board.
March 1883: Carlingford succeeds Spencer as Lord President, remaining also Lord Privy Seal. Spencer remains in the Cabinet as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
October 1884: George Otto Trevelyan succeeds Dodson as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
March 1885: The Earl of Rosebery succeeds Carlingford as Lord Privy Seal. Carlingford remains Lord President. George John Shaw-Lefevre enters the cabinet as Postmaster-General.

Preceded by Second Disraeli Ministry	British ministries 1880–1885	Succeeded by First Salisbury Ministry

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