Aberdeen Ministry

The Cabinet

OFFICE NAME PARTY TERM
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords		 The Earl of Aberdeen Peelite December 1852–February 1855
Lord Chancellor The Lord Cranworth Whig December 1852–February 1855
Lord President of the Council The Earl Granville Whig December 1852–June 1854
The Lord John Russell Whig June 1854–February 1855
Lord Privy Seal The Duke of Argyll Peelite January 1853–February 1855
Home Secretary The Viscount Palmerston Whig December 1852–February 1855
Foreign Secretary The Lord John Russell Whig December 1852–February 1853
The Earl of Clarendon Whig February 1853–February 1855
Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir George Grey, Bt Whig June 1854–February 1855
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies† The Duke of Newcastle Peelite December 1852–February 1855
Chancellor of the Exchequer William Ewart Gladstone Peelite December 1852–February 1855
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham, Bt Peelite December 1852–February 1855
President of the Board of Control Sir Charles Wood, Bt Whig December 1852–February 1855
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Earl Granville Whig June 1854–February 1855
First Commissioner of Works Sir William Molesworth, Bt Radical January 1853–February 1855
Secretary at War Sidney Herbert Peelite December 1852–February 1855
Minister without Portfolio The Marquess of Lansdowne Whig December 1852–February 1855
The Lord John Russell Whig February 1853–June 1854


† After June 1854 office became Secretary of State for War.

Notes
Changes
Preceded by
First Derby Ministry		 British ministries
1852–1855		 Succeeded by
First Palmerston Ministry

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Coalition Government 1852-1855.

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