First Salisbury ministry explained

Cabinet Type:Caretaker government
Jurisdiction:the United Kingdom
Incumbent:1885–1886
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Lord Salisbury
State Head Title:Monarch
State Head:Victoria
Total Number:70 appointments
Political Party:Conservative Party
Last Election:1885 general election
Opposition Party:Liberal Party
Previous:Second Gladstone ministry
Successor:Third Gladstone ministry

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

Cabinet

Changes

  • August 1885The 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

class=unsortableOfficeclass=unsortableNameDate
scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Marquess of Salisbury
First Lord of the Treasuryscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Earl of Iddesleigh
scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Sir Michael Hicks Beach
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasuryscope=row Aretas Akers-Douglas
Financial Secretary to the Treasuryscope=row Sir Henry Holland
scope=row Sir Matthew White Ridley
scope=row William Jackson
Junior Lords of the Treasuryscope=row Charles Dalrymple
scope=row Sidney Herbert
scope=row William Walrond
Lord Chancellorscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Lord Halsbury
Lord President of the Councilscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Viscount Cranbrook
Lord Privy Sealscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Earl of Harrowby
Secretary of State for the Home Departmentscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Sir R. A. Cross
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Departmentscope=row Charles Stuart-Wortley
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairsscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Marquess of Salisbury
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairsscope=row Robert Bourke
Secretary of State for Warscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" William Henry Smith
Under-Secretary of State for Warscope=row Viscount Bury
Financial Secretary to the War Officescope=row Henry Northcote
Surveyor-General of the Ordnancescope=row Guy Dawnay
Secretary of State for the Coloniesscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Frederick Stanley
Under-Secretary of State for the Coloniesscope=row The Earl of Dunraven
Secretary of State for Indiascope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Lord Randolph Churchill
Under-Secretary of State for Indiascope=row The Lord Harris
First Lord of the Admiraltyscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Lord George Hamilton
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiraltyscope=row Charles Ritchie
Civil Lord of the Admiraltyscope=row Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
Vice-President of the Committee on Educationscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Edward Stanhope
scope=row Sir Henry Holland
Chief Secretary for Irelandscope=row Sir William Hart Dyke
scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" William Henry Smith
Lord Lieutenant of Irelandscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Earl of Carnarvon
Lord Chancellor of Irelandscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Lord Ashbourne
Postmaster Generalscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Lord John Manners
Secretary for Scotlandscope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Duke of Richmond
President of the Board of Tradescope=row style="font-weight:bold;" The Duke of Richmond
scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" Edward Stanhope
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Tradescope=row Baron Henry de Worms
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancasterscope=row Henry Chaplin
President of the Local Government Boardscope=row Arthur Balfour
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Boardscope=row The Earl Brownlow
Paymaster Generalscope=row The Earl Beauchamp
First Commissioner of Worksscope=row David Robert Plunket
Attorney Generalscope=row Sir Richard Webster
Solicitor Generalscope=row John Eldon Gorst
Judge Advocate Generalscope=row William Thackeray Marriott
Lord Advocatescope=row John Macdonald
Solicitor General for Scotlandscope=row James Robertson
Attorney-General for Irelandscope=row Hugh Holmes
Solicitor-General for Irelandscope=row John Munroe
scope=row John George Gibson
Lord Steward of the Householdscope=row The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Lord Chamberlain of the Householdscope=row The Earl of Lathom
Vice-Chamberlain of the Householdscope=row Viscount Lewisham
Master of the Horsescope=row The Earl of Bradford
Treasurer of the Householdscope=row Viscount Folkestone
Comptroller of the Householdscope=row Lord Arthur Hill
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Armsscope=row The Earl of Coventry
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guardscope=row The Viscount Barrington
Master of the Buckhoundsscope=row The Marquess of Waterford
Mistress of the Robesscope=row The Duchess of Buccleuch
Lords in Waitingscope=row The Lord de Ros
scope=row The Earl of Kintore
scope=row The Viscount Hawarden
scope=row The Lord Henniker
scope=row The Earl of Hopetoun
scope=row The Lord Elphinstone
scope=row The Lord Boston
Extra Lord in Waitingscope=row The Lord Sackville

References

Sources

  • Book: Cook , Chris . Brendan Keith . and . British Historical Facts: 1830–1900 . registration . 1975 . first . Palgrave Macmillan UK . 978-1-349-01348-7 .
  • Book: Shannon , Richard . Richard Shannon (historian) . [{{GBurl|id=_4CKAAAAMAAJ}} The Age of Salisbury, 1881–1902: Unionism and Empire ]. 1996 . Longman . 978-0-582-09608-0 .
  • Book: Yu , Wangteh . The English Cabinet System . Suffolk . Richard Clay and Company Ltd . 1939 .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury . . 16 November 2017.

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