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 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
The Marquess of Salisbury |
14 January 1887 |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
Sir James Fergusson, Bt |
4 August 1886 |
|
James Lowther |
22 September 1891 |
Secretary of State for War |
William Henry Smith |
3 August 1886 |
|
Edward Stanhope |
14 January 1887 |
Under-Secretary of State for War |
The Lord Harris |
4 August 1886 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
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