Second Salisbury ministry

Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Second Salisbury Ministry was formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the Marquess of Salisbury on 25 July 1886, after the 1886 general election.

Cabinets

August 1886 – January 1887

Lord Salisbury – Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Halsbury – Lord Chancellor
Lord Cranbrook – Lord President of the Council
Lord Cadogan – Lord Privy Seal
Henry Matthews – Secretary of State for the Home Department
Lord Iddesleigh – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Edward Stanhope – Secretary of State for the Colonies
William Henry Smith – Secretary of State for War
Lord Cross – Secretary of State for India
Lord George Hamilton – First Lord of the Admiralty
Lord Randolph Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Stanley of Preston – President of the Board of Trade
Lord John Manners – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Sir Michael Hicks Beach – Chief Secretary for Ireland
Arthur James Balfour – Secretary for Scotland

January 1887 – August 1892

Changes

February 1888; Sir Michael Hicks Beach succeeds Lord Stanley of Preston as President of the Board of Trade
September 1889; Henry Chaplin enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.
October 1891; Arthur James Balfour succeeds William Henry Smith (deceased) as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. William Lawies Jackson succeeds him as Irish Secretary.

List of Ministers

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Salisbury	25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892
First Lord of the Treasury	The Marquess of Salisbury	9 August 1886
	William Henry Smith	17 January 1887	also Leader of the House of Commons
	Arthur Balfour	October 1891	also Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord Randolph Churchill	3 August 1886	also Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer	George Goschen	14 January 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Aretas Akers-Douglas	3 August 1886
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	William Jackson	3 August 1886
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Sir John Eldon Gorst	9 November 1891
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sidney Herbert	9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892	William Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889
	William Walrond	9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
	Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt	9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury	3 August 1886
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl Cadogan	3 August 1886	entered the Cabinet April 1887
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Henry Matthews	3 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Charles Stuart-Wortley	4 August 1886
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl of Iddesleigh	3 August 1886
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess of Salisbury	14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir James Fergusson, Bt	4 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	James Lowther	22 September 1891
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	3 August 1886
Secretary of State for War	Edward Stanhope	14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Lord Harris	4 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl Brownlow	1 January 1890
Financial Secretary to the War Office	St John Brodrick	4 August 1886
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir Henry Northcote, Bt	4 August 1886	office abolished 1888
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Edward Stanhope	3 August 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir Henry Holland, Bt	14 January 1887	created Baron Knutsford 23 February 1888
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Dunraven	3 August 1886
	The Earl of Onslow	16 February 1887
	Baron Henry de Worms	20 February 1888
Secretary of State for India	The Viscount Cross	3 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for India	Sir John Eldon Gorst	4 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for India	George Curzon	9 November 1891
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	9 August 1886
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Arthur Forwood	9 August 1886
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	9 August 1886
President of the Board of Agriculture	Henry Chaplin	9 September 1889
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	5 August 1886
	Arthur Balfour	7 March 1887
	William Jackson	9 November 1891
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Marquess of Londonderry	3 August 1886
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Zetland	30 July 1889
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	The Lord Ashbourne	3 August 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Lord John Manners	16 August 1886	succeeded as 7th Duke of Rutland 4 March 1888
President of the Local Government Board	Charles Ritchie	3 August 1886	entered the Cabinet April 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Walter Long	3 August 1886
Minister without Portfolio	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888
Secretary for Scotland	Arthur Balfour	5 August 1886	entered the Cabinet November 1886
Secretary for Scotland	The Marquess of Lothian	11 March 1887
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Frederick Stanley	3 August 1886	created Lord Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	21 February 1888
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Baron Henry de Worms	4 August 1886
	The Earl of Onslow	21 February 1888
	The Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1 January 1889
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Sir Henry Holland, Bt	3 August 1886
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt	25 January 1887
Paymaster-General	The Earl Beauchamp	19 August 1886
	The Earl Brownlow	March 1887
	The Earl of Jersey	1889
	The Lord Windsor	December 1890
Postmaster-General	Henry Cecil Raikes	19 August 1886
Postmaster-General	Sir James Fergusson, Bt	21 September 1891
First Commissioner of Works	David Robert Plunket	5 August 1886
Attorney General	Sir Richard Webster	5 August 1886
Solicitor General	Sir Edward Clarke	6 August 1886
Judge Advocate General	William Thackeray Marriott	9 August 1886
Lord Advocate	John Macdonald	6 August 1886
	James Robertson	27 October 1888
	vacant	20 August 1891
	Sir Charles Pearson	1 October 1891
Solicitor General for Scotland	James Robertson	6 August 1886
	Moir Tod Stormonth Darling	27 October 1888
	Sir Charles Pearson	31 October 1890
	Andrew Murray	1 October 1891
Attorney General for Ireland	Hugh Holmes	August 1886
	John George Gibson	1887
	Peter O'Brien	1888
	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	1890
Solicitor General for Ireland	John George Gibson	August 1886
	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	1888
	John Atkinson	1890
	Edward Carson	June 1892
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	16 August 1886
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Lathom	5 August 1886
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Viscount Lewisham	5 August 1886
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord Burghley	24 November 1891
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Portland	9 August 1886
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Folkestone	5 August 1886	succeeded as 5th Earl of Radnor 11 March 1889
Treasurer of the Household	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	20 November 1891
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Arthur Hill	5 August 1886
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Viscount Barrington	5 August 1886
	The Earl of Rosslyn	24 November 1886
	The Earl of Yarborough	11 August 1890
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Kintore	5 August 1886
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Limerick	29 January 1889
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Coventry	16 August 1886
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Buccleuch	5 August 1886
Lords in Waiting	The Earl of Onslow	5 August 1886 – 21 February 1887
	The Earl of Limerick	5 August 1886 – 29 January 1889
	The Lord Henniker	5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
	The Earl of Hopetoun	5 August 1886 – 12 August 1889
	The Lord Elphinstone	5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
	The Lord de Ros	5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
	The Earl Waldegrave	5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
	The Lord Balfour of Burleigh	21 February 1887 – 18 March 1889
	The Earl of Romney	5 February 1889 – 11 August 1892
	The Viscount Torrington	18 March 1889 – 20 October 1889
	The Lord Churchill	12 August 1889 – 11 August 1892
	The Lord de Ramsey	10 March 1890 – 11 August 1892
Extra Lord in Waiting	The Lord Sackville	1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888

References

C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900’’

Preceded by Third Gladstone Ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 1886–1892	Succeeded by Liberal Government 1892–1895

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