First Salisbury ministry

First Salisbury ministry

Caretaker government of the United Kingdom
1885–1886
Salisbury (1882)
Date formed23 June 1885 (1885-06-23)
Date dissolved28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
People and organisations
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Total no. of members70 appointments
Member partyConservative Party
Status in legislature
Minority
dependent on IPP support
Opposition partyLiberal Party
Opposition leaders
History
Outgoing election1885 general election
Legislature terms
PredecessorSecond Gladstone ministry
SuccessorThird Gladstone ministry

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury formed a government in June 1885,[1][2][3] upon his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria, succeeding William Ewart Gladstone. His ministry lasted for over seven months.[3]

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
(head of ministry)23 June 1885 (1885-06-23)6 February 1886 (1886-02-06)
First Lord of the Treasury29 June 1885 (1885-06-29)1 February 1886 (1886-02-01)
Lord Chancellor24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Lord President of the Council24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)6 February 1886 (1886-02-06)
Lord Privy Seal24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Secretary of State for the Home Department24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)1 February 1886 (1886-02-01)
Secretary of State for the Colonies24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Secretary of State for War24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)21 January 1886 (1886-01-21)
21 January 1886 (1886-01-21)6 February 1886 (1886-02-06)
Secretary of State for India24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
First Lord of the Admiralty1885 (1885)1886 (1886)
24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
President of the Board of Trade24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)19 August 1885 (1885-08-19)
19 August 1885 (1885-08-19)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Chief Secretary for Ireland23 January 1886 (1886-01-23)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Postmaster General1885 (1885)1886 (1886)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland27 June 1885 (1885-06-27)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Lord Chancellor of Ireland1885 (1885)February 1886 (1886-02)
Secretary for Scotland17 August 1885 (1885-08-17)28 January 1886 (1886-01-28)
Vice-President of the Council24 June 1885 (1885-06-24)17 September 1885 (1885-09-17)

Changes

  • August 1885 – The Duke of Richmond becomes Secretary for Scotland. Edward Stanhope succeeds him at the Board of Trade; his successor as Vice-President of the Council is not in the Cabinet.
  • January 1886 –
    • The Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland goes into commission.
    • William Henry Smith becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord Cranbrook succeeds him as Secretary for War while remaining Lord President.

List of ministers

Office Name Date
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 23 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
First Lord of the Treasury Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 24 Jun 1885
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet 24 Jun 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Aretas Akers-Douglas 24 Jun 1885
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sir Henry Holland 24 Jun 1885
Sir Matthew White Ridley 1885
William Jackson 1886
Junior Lords of the Treasury Charles Dalrymple 29 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
Sidney Herbert 29 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
William Walrond 29 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
Lord Chancellor Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury 24 Jun 1885
Lord President of the Council Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook 24 Jun 1885
Lord Privy Seal Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby 24 Jun 1885
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir R. A. Cross 24 Jun 1885
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Charles Stuart-Wortley 30 Jun 1885
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 24 Jun 1885
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Bourke 25 Jun 1885
Secretary of State for War William Henry Smith 24 Jun 1885
Under-Secretary of State for War William Keppel, Viscount Bury 26 Jun 1885
Financial Secretary to the War Office Henry Northcote 26 Jun 1885
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Guy Dawnay 27 Jun 1885
Secretary of State for the Colonies Frederick Stanley 24 Jun 1885
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl 24 Jun 1885
Secretary of State for India Lord Randolph Churchill 24 Jun 1885
Under-Secretary of State for India George Harris, 4th Baron Harris 25 Jun 1885
First Lord of the Admiralty Lord George Hamilton 24 Jun 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty Charles Ritchie 1 Jul 1885
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 1 Jul 1885
Vice-President of the Committee on Education Edward Stanhope 24 Jun 1885
Sir Henry Holland 17 Sep 1885
Chief Secretary for Ireland Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet 25 Jun 1885
William Henry Smith 23 Jan 1886
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 27 Jun 1885
Lord Chancellor of Ireland Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne 27 Jun 1885
Postmaster General Lord John Manners 24 Jun 1885
Secretary for Scotland Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond 17 Aug 1885
President of the Board of Trade Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond 24 Jun 1885
Edward Stanhope 19 Aug 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron Henry de Worms 24 Jun 1885
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Henry Chaplin 24 Jun 1885
President of the Local Government Board Arthur Balfour 24 Jun 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow 24 Jun 1885
Paymaster General Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp 24 Jun 1885
First Commissioner of Works David Robert Plunket 24 Jun 1885
Attorney General Sir Richard Webster 27 Jul 1885
Solicitor General John Eldon Gorst 2 Jul 1885
Judge Advocate General William Thackeray Marriott 13 Jul 1885
Lord Advocate John Macdonald 2 Jul 1885
Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson 2 Jul 1885
Attorney-General for Ireland Hugh Holmes 3 Jul 1885
Solicitor-General for Ireland John Munroe 3 Jul 1885
John George Gibson 1885
Lord Steward of the Household William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 27 Jun 1885
Lord Chamberlain of the Household Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom 27 Jun 1885
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household William Legge, Viscount Lewisham 27 Jun 1885
Master of the Horse Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1 Jul 1885
Treasurer of the Household William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 27 Jun 1885
Comptroller of the Household Lord Arthur Hill 27 Jun 1885
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry 6 Jul 1885
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington 27 Jun 1885
Master of the Buckhounds John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford 27 Jun 1885
Mistress of the Robes Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch 27 Jun 1885
Lords in Waiting Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone 27 Jun 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
George Irby, 6th Baron Boston 6 Jul 1885 – 28 Jan 1886
Extra Lord in Waiting Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville 1 Oct 1876 – 1 Oct 1888

Notes

  1. ^ The position of Prime Minister was not a formal ministerial office.

References

  1. ^ Yu 1939, p. 12.
  2. ^ Shannon 1996, p. 142.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury". Gov.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

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