The Marquess of Salisbury formed his second ministry, in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, following the 1886 general election and his reappointment as the British prime minister by Queen Victoria.

Second Salisbury ministry
1886–1892
Salisbury (1892)
Date formed25 July 1886 (1886-07-25)
Date dissolved11 August 1892 (1892-08-11)
People and organisations
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord Salisbury
Total no. of members113 appointments
Member partiesConservative Party
Status in legislature
Minority
dependent on Liberal Unionist support
Opposition partyLiberal Party
Opposition leaders
History
Election1886 general election
Outgoing election1892 general election
Legislature terms
PredecessorThird Gladstone ministry
SuccessorFourth Gladstone ministry

Cabinet

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
First Lord of the Treasury(head of ministry)25 July 1886 (1886-07-25)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
14 January 1887 (1887-01-14)6 October 1891 (1891-10-06) Conservative
6 October 1891 (1891-10-06)15 August 1892 (1892-08-15) Conservative
Leader of the House of Lords(head of ministry)25 July 1886 (1886-07-25)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Lord Chancellor3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Lord President of the Council3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)18 August 1892 (1892-08-18) Conservative
Lord Privy Seal3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Secretary of State for the Home Department3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)15 August 1892 (1892-08-15) Conservative
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)12 January 1887 (1887-01-12) Conservative
(head of ministry)14 January 1887 (1887-01-14)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Secretary of State for the Colonies3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)14 January 1887 (1887-01-14) Conservative
14 January 1887 (1887-01-14)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Secretary of State for War3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)14 January 1887 (1887-01-14) Conservative
14 January 1887 (1887-01-14)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Secretary of State for India3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
First Lord of the Admiralty9 August 1886 (1886-08-09)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Chancellor of the Exchequer3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)14 January 1887 (1887-01-14) Conservative
14 January 1887 (1887-01-14)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Liberal Unionist
Leader of the House of Commons3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)14 January 1887 (1887-01-14) Conservative
6 October 1891 (1891-10-06)15 August 1892 (1892-08-15) Conservative
President of the Board of Trade3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)21 February 1888 (1888-02-21) Conservative
21 February 1888 (1888-02-21)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster3 August 1886 (1886-08-03)16 August 1886 (1886-08-16) Conservative
16 August 1886 (1886-08-16)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Chief Secretary for Ireland5 August 1886 (1886-08-05)7 March 1887 (1887-03-07) Conservative
7 March 1887 (1887-03-07)9 November 1891 (1891-11-09) Conservative
9 November 1891 (1891-11-09)11 August 1892 (1892-08-11) Conservative
Secretary for Scotland5 August 1886 (1886-08-05)11 March 1887 (1887-03-11) Conservative

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List of ministers

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Note: Cabinet members are listed in bold face.
Office Name Tenure
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury 25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892
First Lord of the Treasury 9 August 1886
William Henry Smith[b] 17 January 1887
Arthur Balfour[b] October 1891
Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Randolph Churchill[b] 3 August 1886
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
John Eldon Gorst 9 November 1891
Junior Lords of the Treasury Sidney Herbert 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
William Walrond[c] 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Herbert Maxwell, Bt 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Lord Chancellor Hardinge Giffard, Lord Halsbury 3 August 1886
Lord President of the Council Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook 3 August 1886
Lord Privy Seal George Cadogan, Earl Cadogan[d] 3 August 1886
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 Stafford Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh 3 August 1886
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury 14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 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 George Harris, Lord Harris 4 August 1886
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, Earl Brownlow 1 January 1890
Financial Secretary to the War Office St John Brodrick 4 August 1886
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance[e] Henry Northcote 4 August 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies Edward Stanhope 3 August 1886
Henry Holland[f] 14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven 3 August 1886
William Onslow, Earl of Onslow 16 February 1887
Baron Henry de Worms 20 February 1888
Secretary of State for India R. A. Cross, Viscount Cross 3 August 1886
Under-Secretary of State for India 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 Michael Hicks Beach 5 August 1886
Arthur Balfour 7 March 1887
William Jackson 9 November 1891
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry 3 August 1886
Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland 30 July 1889
Lord Chancellor of Ireland Edward Gibson, Lord Ashbourne 3 August 1886
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook 3 August 1886
Lord John Manners[g] 16 August 1886
President of the Local Government Board Charles Ritchie[d] 3 August 1886
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board Walter Long 3 August 1886
Minister without Portfolio Michael Hicks Beach 7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888
Secretary for Scotland Arthur Balfour[h] 5 August 1886
Schomberg Kerr, Marquess of Lothian 11 March 1887
President of the Board of Trade Frederick Stanley[i] 3 August 1886
Michael Hicks Beach 21 February 1888
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron Henry de Worms 4 August 1886
William Onslow, Earl of Onslow 21 February 1888
Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1 January 1889
Vice-President of the Committee on Education Henry Holland 3 August 1886
William Hart Dyke 25 January 1887
Paymaster General Frederick Lygon, Earl Beauchamp 19 August 1886
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, Earl Brownlow March 1887
Victor Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey 1889
Robert Windsor-Clive, Lord Windsor December 1890
Postmaster General Henry Cecil Raikes 19 August 1886
James Fergusson, Bt 21 September 1891
First Commissioner of Works David Plunket 5 August 1886
Attorney General Richard Webster 5 August 1886
Solicitor General 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
Charles Pearson 1 October 1891
Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson 6 August 1886
Moir Tod Stormonth Darling 27 October 1888
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 William Edgcumbe, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 16 August 1886
Lord Chamberlain of the Household Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, Earl of Lathom 5 August 1886
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household William Legge, Viscount Lewisham 5 August 1886
Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley 24 November 1891
Master of the Horse William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland 9 August 1886
Treasurer of the Household William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone[j] 5 August 1886
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 20 November 1891
Comptroller of the Household Lord Arthur Hill 5 August 1886
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms George Barrington, Viscount Barrington 5 August 1886
Robert St Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn 24 November 1886
Charles Pelham, Earl of Yarborough 11 August 1890
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Algernon Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore 5 August 1886
William Pery, Earl of Limerick 29 January 1889
Master of the Buckhounds George Coventry, Earl of Coventry 16 August 1886
Mistress of the Robes Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch 5 August 1886
Lords-in-Waiting William Onslow, Earl of Onslow 5 August 1886 – 21 February 1887
William Pery, Earl of Limerick 5 August 1886 – 29 January 1889
John Henniker-Major, Lord Henniker 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun 5 August 1886 – 12 August 1889
William Elphinstone, Lord Elphinstone 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, Lord de Ros 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
William Waldegrave, Earl Waldegrave 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh 21 February 1887 – 18 March 1889
Charles Marsham, Earl of Romney 5 February 1889 – 11 August 1892
George Byng, Viscount Torrington 18 March 1889 – 20 October 1889
Victor Spencer, Lord Churchill 12 August 1889 – 11 August 1892
Edward Fellowes, Lord de Ramsey 10 March 1890 – 11 August 1892
Extra Lord in Waiting Mortimer Sackville-West, Lord Sackville 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888

Notes

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  1. ^ The position of prime minister was not a formal ministerial office.
  2. ^ a b c Also served as Leader of the House of Commons.
  3. ^ Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889.
  4. ^ a b Entered the Cabinet in April 1887.
  5. ^ Office abolished in 1888.
  6. ^ Holland was created Baron Knutsford on 23 February 1888.
  7. ^ Manners succeeded as the 7th Duke of Rutland on 4 March 1888.
  8. ^ Balfour entered the Cabinet in November 1886.
  9. ^ Stanley was created Baron Stanley of Preston on 27 August 1886.
  10. ^ Folkestone succeeded as the 5th Earl of Radnor on 11 March 1889.

References

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  • Tout, T. F. (1910). An Advanced History of Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Edward VII (new ed.). New York: Longmans, Green (published 1912). pp. 740–741 . OL 13991885M.
  • Cook, Chris; Keith, Brendan (1975). British Historical Facts: 1830–1900. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-01348-7.
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