Second Russell ministry

The Cabinet

OFFICE NAME TERM
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords		 The Earl Russell October 1865–June 1866
Lord Chancellor The Lord Cranworth October 1865–June 1866
Lord President of the Council The Earl Granville October 1865–June 1866
Lord Privy Seal The Duke of Argyll October 1865–June 1866
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons		 William Ewart Gladstone October 1865–June 1866
Home Secretary Sir George Grey, Bt October 1865–June 1866
Foreign Secretary The Earl of Clarendon October 1865–June 1866
Secretary of State for the Colonies Edward Cardwell October 1865–June 1866
Secretary of State for War The Earl de Grey October 1865–February 1866
  Marquess of Hartington February–June 1866
Secretary of State for India Sir Charles Wood, Bt October 1865–February 1866
  The Earl de Grey February–June 1866
First Lord of the Admiralty The Duke of Somerset October 1865–June 1866
President of the Board of Trade Thomas Milner Gibson October 1865–June 1866
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster George Goschen January–June 1866[1]
President of the Poor Law Board Charles Pelham Villiers October 1865–June 1866
Postmaster General The Lord Stanley of Alderley October 1865–June 1866
Changes

References

  1. ^ The post had been vacant. John Prest, Lord John Russell (University of South Carolina Press, 1972), 431.
Preceded by
Second Palmerston ministry		 British ministries
1865–1866		 Succeeded by
Third Derby ministry

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Liberal Government 1859-1866.

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