Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	Marquess of Salisbury	25 July 1886-11 August 1892
First Lord of the Treasury	Marquess of Salisbury	9 August 1886
	W.H. Smith	17 January 1887
	A.J. Balfour	October 1891
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord R. Churchill	3 August 1886
	G.J. Goschen	14 January 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	A. Akers-Douglas	3 August 1886
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	W.L. Jackson	3 August 1886
	Sir J.E. Gorst	9 November 1891
Junior Lords of the Treasury	S. Herbert	9 August 1886-11 August 1892
	(Sir) W.H. Walrond	9 August 1886-11 August 1892
	Sir H. Maxwell	9 August 1886-11 August 1892
Lord Chancellor	Lord Halsbury	3 August 1886
Lord President of the Council	Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886
Lord Privy Seal	Earl Cadogan	3 August 1886	entered the Cabinet April 1887
Secretary of State for the Home Department	H. Matthews	3 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	C. Stuart-Wortley	4 August 1886
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Earl of Iddesleigh	3 August 1886
	Marquess of Salisbury	14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir J. Fergusson	4 August 1886
	J.W. Lowther	22 September 1891
Secretary of State for War	W.H. Smith	3 August 1886
	E. Stanhope	14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for War	Lord Harris	4 August 1886
	Earl Brownlow	1 January 1890
Financial Secretary to the War Office	W.StJ. Brodrick	4 August 1886
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir H.S. Northcote	4 August 1886	office abolished 1888
Secretary of State for the Colonies	E. Stanhope	3 August 1886
	Sir H.T. Holland	14 January 1887	created Lord Knutsford 23 February 1888
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Earl of Dunraven	3 August 1886
	Earl of Onslow	16 February 1887
	Baron H. de Worms	20 February 1888
Secretary of State for India	Viscount Cross	3 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for India	Sir J.E. Gorst	4 August 1886
	G.N. Curzon	9 November 1891
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord G. Hamilton	9 August 1886
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	A.B. Forwood	9 August 1886
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	E. Ashmead Bartlett	9 August 1886
President of the Board of Agriculture	H. Chaplin	9 September 1889
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir M. Hicks Beach	5 August 1886
	A.J. Balfour	7 March 1887
	W.L. Jackson	9 November 1891
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Marquess of Londonderry	3 August 1886
	Earl of Zetland	30 July 1889
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	Lord Ashbourne	3 August 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886
	Lord J. Manners	16 August 1886	succeeded as 7th Duke of Rutland 4 March 1888
President of the Local Government Board	C.T. Ritchie	3 August 1886	entered the Cabinet April 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	W. Long	3 August 1886
Minister without Portfolio	Sir M. Hicks Beach	7 March 1887-20 February 1888
Secretary for Scotland	A.J. Balfour	5 August 1886	entered the Cabinet November 1886
	Marquess of Lothian	11 March 1887
President of the Board of Trade	Sir F.A. Stanley	3 August 1886	created Lord Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886
	Sir M. Hicks Beach	21 February 1888
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Baron H. de Worms	4 August 1886
	Earl of Onslow	21 February 1888
	Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1 January 1889
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Sir H.T. Holland	3 August 1886
	Sir W. Hart Dyke	25 January 1887
Paymaster-General	Earl Beauchamp	19 August 1886
	Earl Brownlow	March 1887
	Earl of Jersey	1889
	Lord Windsor	December 1890
Postmaster-General	H.C. Raikes	19 August 1886
	Sir J. Fergusson	21 September 1891
First Commissioner of Works	D.R. Plunket	5 August 1886
Attorney General	Sir R. Webster	5 August 1886
Solicitor General	Sir E. Clarke	6 August 1886
Judge Advocate General	W.T. Marriott	9 August 1886
Lord Advocate	J.H. Macdonald	6 August 1886
	J.P. Robertson	27 October 1888
	vacant	20 August 1891
	Sir C. Pearson	1 October 1891
Solicitor General for Scotland	J.P. Robertson	6 August 1886
	M.T.S. Darling	27 October 1888
	Sir C. Pearson	31 October 1890
	A.G. Murray	1 October 1891
Attorney General for Ireland	H. Holmes	August 1886
	J.G. Gibson	1887
	P. O'Brien	1888
	D.H. Madden	1890
Solicitor General for Ireland	J.G. Gibson	August 1886
	D.H. Madden	1888
	J. Atkinson	1890
	E. Carson	June 1892
Lord Steward of the Household	Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	16 August 1886
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Earl of Lathom	5 August 1886
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Viscount Lewisham	5 August 1886
	Lord Burghley	24 November 1891
Master of the Horse	Duke of Portland	9 August 1886
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Folkestone	5 August 1886	succeeded as 5th Earl of Radnor 11 March 1889
	Lord W. Gordon-Lennox	20 November 1891
Comptroller of the Household	Lord A. Hill	5 August 1886
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Viscount Barrington	5 August 1886
	Earl of Rosslyn	24 November 1886
	Earl of Yarborough	11 August 1890
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Earl of Kintore	5 August 1886
	Earl of Limerick	29 January 1889
Master of the Buckhounds	Earl of Coventry	16 August 1886
Mistress of the Robes	Duchess of Buccleuch	5 August 1886
Lords in Waiting	Earl of Onslow	5 August 1886-21 February 1887
	Earl of Limerick	5 August 1886-29 January 1889
	Lord Henniker	5 August 1886-11 August 1892
	Earl of Hopetoun	5 August 1886-12 August 1889
	Lord Elphinstone	5 August 1886-11 August 1892
	Lord de Ros	5 August 1886-11 August 1892
	Earl Waldegrave	5 August 1886-11 August 1892
	Lord Balfour of Burleigh	21 February 1887-18 March 1889
	Earl of Romney	5 February 1889-11 August 1892
	Viscount Torrington	18 March 1889-20 October 1889
	Lord Churchill	12 August 1889-11 August 1892
	Lord de Ramsey	10 March 1890-11 August 1892
Extra Lord in Waiting	Lord Sackville	1 October 1876-1 October 1888

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