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Conservative Government 1852

After the fall of Lord John Russell's Whig government in early 1852, the Tory leader Lord Derby formed a government. The Conservatives had been weakened by the defection of the Peelites, and many of the new Cabinet ministers were men of little experience. The government became known as the Who? Who? Ministry due to the lack of prominence of its ministers. The government was in a significant minority, and lasted less than a year, collapsing in December. The Whigs and Peelites then formed a coalition government under the Peelite leader Lord Aberdeen.


OfficeNameDateNotes
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Derby23 February 1852-17 December 1852 
Chancellor of the ExchequerBenjamin Disraeli27 February 1852 
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryWilliam Forbes Mackenzie 2 March 1852 
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryGeorge Alexander Hamilton 2 March 1852 
Junior Lords of the TreasuryMarquess of Chandos28 February 1852-17 December 1852 
Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox 28 February 1852-17 December 1852
Thomas Bateson 28 February 1852-17 December 1852
Lord ChancellorLord St Leonards27 February 1852 
Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl of Lonsdale27 February 1852 
Lord Privy SealThe Marquess of Salisbury27 February 1852 
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSpencer Horatio Walpole27 February 1852 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir W. Joliffe27 February 1852 
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsThe Earl of Malmesbury27 February 1852 
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsLord Stanley18 May 1852 
Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesSir John Pakington17 February 1852 
Under-Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesThe Earl of Desart 2 March 1852 
First Lord of the AdmiraltyThe Duke of Northumberland28 February 1852 
First Secretary of the Admiralty A. Stafford3 March 1852 
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyA. Duncombe28 February 1852 
President of the Board of ControlJohn Charles Herries28 February 1852 
Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control H.J. Baillie1 March 1852-17 December 1852 
C. Bruce1 March 1852-17 December 1852
Postmaster-GeneralThe Earl of Hardwicke1 March 1852 
President of the Board of TradeJoseph Warner Henley 17 February 1852 
Vice-President of the Board of TradeLord Colchester 27 February 1852 
First Commissioner of WorksLord John Manners4 March 1852 
Chief Secretary for IrelandLord Naas1 March 1852 
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Earl of Eglinton 1 March 1852 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterRobert Adam Christopher1 March 1852 
Master-General of the OrdnanceViscount Hardinge1 March 1852 
Lord Fitzroy Somerset30 September 1852created Lord Raglan 20 October 1852
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceSir G.H. Berkeley18 June 1852 
Clerk of the Ordnance F. Dunne5 March 1852 
Storekeeper of the Ordnance Sir T. Hastings25 July 1845continued in office
Paymaster-GeneralLord Colchester 28 February 1852 
President of the Poor Law BoardSir John Trollope1 March 1852 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board F.W. Knight3 March 1852 
Secretary at WarWilliam Beresford28 February 1852 
Attorney GeneralSir Frederic Thesiger27 February 1852 
Solicitor GeneralSir Fitzroy Kelly27 February 1852 
Judge Advocate GeneralG. Bankes28 February 1852 
Lord AdvocateA. Anderson28 February 1852 
J. Inglis19 May 1852
Solicitor General for ScotlandJ. Inglis28 February 1852 
C. Neaves24 May 1852
Attorney General for Ireland J. NapierFebruary 1852 
Solicitor General for IrelandJ. WhitesideFebruary 1852 
Lord Steward of the HouseholdThe Duke of Montrose27 February 1852 
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdThe Marquess of Exeter 27 February 1852 
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Viscount Newport 5 March 1852 
Master of the HorseThe Earl of Jersey 1 March 1852 
Treasurer of the HouseholdLord Claud Hamilton 27 February 1852 
Comptroller of the HouseholdG. Forester27 February 1852 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsThe Earl of Sandwich 27 February 1852 
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardLord de Ros 27 February 1852 
Master of the BuckhoundsThe Earl of Rosslyn 28 February 1852 
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal Lord Colville of Culross 28 February 1852 
Mistress of the RobesThe Duchess of Atholl16 March 1852 
Lords in Waiting The Earl of Morton 2 March 1852-17 December 1852 
The Earl of Verulam 2 March 1852-17 December 1852
Viscount Hawarden 2 March 1852-17 December 1852
Viscount Galway 2 March 1852-17 December 1852
Lord Crofton 2 March 1852-17 December 1852
Lord Polwarth 2 March 1852-17 December 1852
The Earl Talbot 2 March 1852-17 December 1852

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

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