Who? Who? Ministry

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868.

The "Who? Who?" Ministry was a short-lived British Conservative Government which was in power for a matter of months in 1852. Lord Derby was the Prime Minister and Benjamin Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It marked the first time the protectionist wing of the party had taken office since the Corn Laws schism of 1846.

Though the government had little impact, it gained infamy through its plethora of new political names, which demonstrated the relative inexperience of the party. Only four members of the Cabinet (Derby himself, St Leonards, Lonsdale, and Herries) were existing Privy Councillors and many others were complete political unknowns. This led the now octogenarian and largely deaf Duke of Wellington, then in his last year, to shout out "Who?", "Who?" as each new cabinet member was announced in the House of Lords.

[edit] The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Derby	February–December 1852

Lord Chancellor	The Lord St Leonards	February–December 1852
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Lonsdale	February–December 1852
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Salisbury	February–December 1852
Home Secretary	Spencer H. Walpole	February–December 1852
Foreign Secretary	The Earl of Malmesbury	February–December 1852
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Sir John Pakington, Bt	February–December 1852
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Duke of Northumberland	February–December 1852
President of the Board of Control	J.C. Herries	February–December 1852
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Benjamin Disraeli	February–December 1852
President of the Board of Trade	J.W. Henley	February–December 1852
First Commissioner of Works	The Lord John Manners	February–December 1852
Postmaster-General	The Earl of Hardwicke	February–December 1852

See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.

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Lord Derby looses bigotry on the streets - Manchester Guardian, Saturday July 3, 1852"

Preceded by First Russell Ministry	British ministries 1852	Succeeded by Aberdeen Ministry

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