Second Salisbury ministry

Second Salisbury ministry
1886–1892
Salisbury (1886)
Date formed	25 July 1886
Date dissolved	15 August 1892
People and organisations
Head of state	Victoria
Head of government	Lord Salisbury
Total no. of ministers	113 appointments
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Liberal Party
Opposition leaders	William Ewart Gladstone in the House of Commons Lord Granville (1886–1891) Lord Kimberley (1891–1892) in the House of Lords
History
Election(s)	1886 general election
Outgoing election	1892 general election
Legislature term(s)	24th Parliament (UK) lost a vote of confidence
Predecessor	Third Gladstone ministry
Successor	Fourth Gladstone ministry

The second Salisbury ministry was formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the Marquess of Salisbury after the 1886 general election, upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria.

Cabinets

August 1886 – January 1887

Salisbury's Cabinet
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Most Hon. The Marquess of Salisbury	1886-87
Lord Chancellor	The Rt Hon. The Earl of Halsbury	1886-92
Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Cranbrook	1886-92
Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Earl Cadogan	1886-92
Home Secretary	The Rt Hon. Henry Matthews MP	1886-92
Foreign Secretary	The Rt Hon. The Earl of Iddesleigh	1886-87
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope MP	1886-87
Secretary of State for War	The Rt Hon. William Henry Smith MP	1886-87
Secretary of State for India	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Cross	1886-92
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Rt Hon. Lord George Hamilton MP	1886-92
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon. Lord Randolph Churchill MP	1886-87
President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. The Lord Stanley of Preston	1886-88
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Rt Hon. Lord John Manners MP	1886-92
Chief Secretary for Ireland	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach MP	1886-87
Secretary for Scotland	The Rt Hon. Arthur Balfour MP	1886-87

January 1887 – August 1892

Salisbury's Cabinet
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords	The Most Hon. The Marquess of Salisbury	1887-92
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon. William Henry Smith MP	1887-91
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	The Rt Hon. Arthur Balfour MP	1891-92
Lord Chancellor	The Rt Hon. The Earl of Halsbury	1886-92
Lord President of the Council	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Cranbrook	1886-92
Lord Privy Seal	The Rt Hon. The Earl Cadogan	1886-92
Home Secretary	The Rt Hon. Henry Matthews MP	1886-92
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Rt Hon. Henry Holland MP	1887-92
Secretary of State for War	The Rt Hon. Edward Stanhope MP	1887-92
Secretary of State for India	The Rt Hon. The Viscount Cross	1886-92
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Rt Hon. Lord George Hamilton MP	1886-92
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury	The Rt Hon. George Goschen MP	1887-92
President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. The Lord Stanley of Preston	1886-88
President of the Board of Trade	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach MP	1888-92
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	His Grace The Duke of Rutland	1886-92
Chief Secretary for Ireland	The Rt Hon. Arthur Balfour MP	1887-91
President of the Local Government Board	The Rt Hon. Charles Ritchie MP	1886-92
President of the Board of Agriculture	The Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin MP	1889-92
Minister without portfolio	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach MP	1887-88

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 Balfour succeeds William Henry Smith (deceased) as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. William Jackson succeeds him as Chief Secretary for Ireland

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 Fourth Gladstone ministry

British governments
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Current ministry

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