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Conservative Government 1886-1892


OfficeNameDateNotes
Prime MinisterMarquess of Salisbury25 July 1886-11 August 1892 
First Lord of the TreasuryMarquess of Salisbury9 August 1886 
W.H. Smith17 January 1887
A.J. BalfourOctober 1891
Chancellor of the ExchequerLord R. Churchill3 August 1886 
G.J. Goschen14 January 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryA. Akers-Douglas3 August 1886 
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryW.L. Jackson 3 August 1886 
Sir J.E. Gorst9 November 1891
Junior Lords of the TreasuryS. Herbert9 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 ChancellorLord Halsbury3 August 1886 
Lord President of the CouncilViscount Cranbrook3 August 1886 
Lord Privy SealEarl Cadogan3 August 1886entered the Cabinet April 1887
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentH. Matthews3 August 1886 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentC. Stuart-Wortley 4 August 1886 
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsEarl of Iddesleigh3 August 1886 
Marquess of Salisbury14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSir J. Fergusson 4 August 1886 
J.W. Lowther 22 September 1891
Secretary of State for WarW.H. Smith3 August 1886 
E. Stanhope14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for WarLord Harris4 August 1886 
Earl Brownlow 1 January 1890
Financial Secretary to the War Office W.StJ. Brodrick 4 August 1886 
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceSir H.S. Northcote4 August 1886office abolished 1888
Secretary of State for the ColoniesE. Stanhope3 August 1886 
Sir H.T. Holland14 January 1887created Lord Knutsford 23 February 1888
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesEarl of Dunraven 3 August 1886 
Earl of Onslow16 February 1887
Baron H. de Worms 20 February 1888
Secretary of State for IndiaViscount Cross3 August 1886 
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaSir J.E. Gorst4 August 1886 
G.N. Curzon9 November 1891
First Lord of the AdmiraltyLord G. Hamilton9 August 1886 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty A.B. Forwood 9 August 1886 
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyE. Ashmead Bartlett 9 August 1886 
President of the Board of AgricultureH. Chaplin9 September 1889 
Chief Secretary for IrelandSir M. Hicks Beach5 August 1886 
A.J. Balfour7 March 1887
W.L. Jackson 9 November 1891
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandMarquess of Londonderry3 August 1886 
Earl of Zetland30 July 1889
Lord Chancellor of IrelandLord Ashbourne3 August 1886 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterViscount Cranbrook3 August 1886 
Lord J. Manners16 August 1886succeeded as 7th Duke of Rutland 4 March 1888
President of the Local Government BoardC.T. Ritchie3 August 1886entered the Cabinet April 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board W. Long3 August 1886 
Minister without PortfolioSir M. Hicks Beach7 March 1887-20 February 1888 
Secretary for ScotlandA.J. Balfour5 August 1886entered the Cabinet November 1886
Marquess of Lothian 11 March 1887 
President of the Board of TradeSir F.A. Stanley3 August 1886created Lord Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886
Sir M. Hicks Beach21 February 1888 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron H. de Worms 4 August 1886 
Earl of Onslow21 February 1888
Lord Balfour of Burleigh1 January 1889
Vice-President of the Committee on EducationSir H.T. Holland3 August 1886 
Sir W. Hart Dyke 25 January 1887
Paymaster-GeneralEarl Beauchamp 19 August 1886 
Earl Brownlow March 1887
Earl of Jersey 1889
Lord Windsor December 1890
Postmaster-GeneralH.C. Raikes19 August 1886 
Sir J. Fergusson 21 September 1891
First Commissioner of WorksD.R. Plunket5 August 1886 
Attorney GeneralSir R. Webster 5 August 1886 
Solicitor GeneralSir E. Clarke 6 August 1886 
Judge Advocate GeneralW.T. Marriott 9 August 1886 
Lord AdvocateJ.H. Macdonald 6 August 1886 
J.P. Robertson 27 October 1888
vacant20 August 1891
Sir C. Pearson 1 October 1891
Solicitor General for ScotlandJ.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'Brien1888
D.H. Madden 1890
Solicitor General for IrelandJ.G. Gibson August 1886 
D.H. Madden 1888
J. Atkinson 1890
E. CarsonJune 1892
Lord Steward of the HouseholdEarl of Mount Edgcumbe 16 August 1886 
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdEarl of Lathom 5 August 1886 
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Viscount Lewisham 5 August 1886 
Lord Burghley 24 November 1891
Master of the HorseDuke of Portland 9 August 1886 
Treasurer of the HouseholdViscount Folkestone 5 August 1886succeeded as 5th Earl of Radnor 11 March 1889
Lord W. Gordon-Lennox 20 November 1891 
Comptroller of the HouseholdLord A. Hill 5 August 1886 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsViscount Barrington 5 August 1886 
Earl of Rosslyn 24 November 1886
Earl of Yarborough 11 August 1890
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardEarl of Kintore 5 August 1886 
Earl of Limerick 29 January 1889
Master of the BuckhoundsEarl of Coventry 16 August 1886 
Mistress of the RobesDuchess of Buccleuch5 August 1886 
Lords in Waiting Earl of Onslow5 August 1886-21 February 1887 
Earl of Limerick 5 August 1886-29 January 1889
Lord Henniker 5 August 1886-11 August 1892
Earl of Hopetoun5 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 Burleigh21 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

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