After the collapse of Lord Derby's minority government, the Whigs and Peelites formed a coalition under the Peelite leader Lord Aberdeen. The government resigned in early 1855 after a large parliamentary majority voted for a select committee to enquire into the incompetent management of the Crimean War. The former Home Secretary, Lord Palmerston, then formed his first government.

Members of the Cabinet are indicated by bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen	19 December 1852-30 January 1855
Chancellor of the Exchequer	William Ewart Gladstone	30 December 1852
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	William Goodenough Hayter	5 January 1853
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	James Wilson	5 January 1853
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Lord Alfred Hervey	1 January 1853-7 March 1855
	Lord Elcho	1 January 1853-7 March 1855
	J. Sadleir	1 January 1853-6 March 1854
	Chichester Samuel Fortescue	6 March 1854-16 April 1855
Lord Chancellor	Lord Cranworth	28 December 1852
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Granville	28 December 1852
	Lord John Russell	12 June 1854
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Argyll	4 January 1853
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Viscount Palmerston	28 December 1852
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	H. Fitzroy	28 December 1852
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord John Russell	28 December 1852
	The Earl of Clarendon	21 February 1853
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Wodehouse	28 December 1852
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Duke of Newcastle	28 December 1852	department abolished 10 June 1854
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	F. Peel	28 December 1852
Secretary of State for War	The Duke of Newcastle	12 June 1854
Under-Secretary of State for War	H. Roberts	12 June 1854
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir George Grey	12 June 1854
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	F. Peel	12 June 1854
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir James Graham	30 December 1852
First Secretary of the Admiralty	R. Bernal Osborne	6 January 1853
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	W.F. Cowper	30 December 1852
President of the Board of Control	Sir Charles Wood	30 December 1852
Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control	Robert Lowe	30 December 1852
	T. Redington	30 December 1852	(permanent)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Edward Strutt	3 January 1853
	The Earl Granville	21 June 1854
Minister without Portfolio	The Marquess of Lansdowne	28 December 1852-21 February 1858
	Lord John Russell	26 February 1853-8 June 1854
Secretary at War	Sidney Herbert	30 December 1852
First Commissioner of Works	Sir William Molesworth	5 January 1853
President of the Board of Health	Sir Benjamin Hall	14 January 1854
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir John Young	6 January 1853
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of St Germans	5 January 1853
Master-General of the Ordnance	Lord Raglan	30 September 1852	continued in office
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	L. Maule	5 January 1853
Clerk of the Ordnance	W. Monsell	13 January 1853
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Sir T. Hastings	25 July 1845	continued in office
Paymaster-General	Lord Stanley of Alderley	5 January 1853
Postmaster-General	Viscount Canning	5 January 1853
President of the Poor Law Board	Matthew Talbot Baines	30 December 1852
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board	G.C. Berkeley	7 January 1853
President of the Board of Trade	Edward Cardwell	28 December 1852
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Lord Stanley of Alderley	4 January 1853
Attorney General	Sir Alexander Cockburn	28 December 1852
Solicitor General	Sir Richard Bethell	28 December 1852
Judge Advocate General	Charles Pelham Villiers	30 December 1852
Lord Advocate	J. Montcrieff	30 December 1852
Solicitor General for Scotland	R. Handyside	17 January 1853
	J. Craufurd	16 November 1853
	T. Mackenzie	11 January 1855
Attorney General for Ireland	A. Brewster	April 1853
Solicitor General for Ireland	W. Keogh	April 1853
Lord Steward of the Household	The Duke of Norfolk	4 January 1853
	The Earl Spencer	10 January 1854
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Marquess of Breadalbane	15 January 1853
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord E. Bruce	30 December 1852
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Wellington	21 January 1853
Treasurer of the Household	Earl of Mulgrave	4 January 1853
Comptroller of the Household	Viscount Drumlanrig	4 January 1853
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Lord Foley	30 December 1852
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Viscount Sydney	30 December 1852
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Bessborough	30 December 1852
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal	Lord Alfred Paget	30 December 1852
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Sutherland	15 January 1853
Lords in Waiting	The Marquess of Ormonde	11 January 1853-25 September 1854
	The Earl Somers	13 January 1853-22 February 1857
	Lord Camoys	13 January 1853-21 February 1858
	Lord Elphinstone	13 January 1853-1 October 1853
	Lord Rivers	13 January 1853-21 February 1858
	Lord Waterpark	13 January 1853-21 February 1858
	Lord de Tabley	13 January 1853-21 February 1858
	The Earl of Listowel	1 October 1853-21 February 1856
	Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye	28 November 1854-21 February 1858

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900