- Conservative Government 1866–1868
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The Derby Cabinet of 1867 as painted by Henry Gales.
Lord Derby became Prime Minister for the third time after the fall of Lord Russell's Liberal government in 1866. His Chancellor of the Exchequer, Benjamin Disraeli, passed the Second Reform Act in 1867, and Derby retired from politics the following year, Disraeli succeeding him as Prime Minister. However, the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberals in the General Election of that year, and the new Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone formed his first government.
Office Name Date Notes Prime Minister
and First Lord of the TreasuryThe Earl of Derby 28 June 1866 – 25 February 1868 also Leader of the House of Lords Benjamin Disraeli 27 February 1868 – 1 December 1868 also Leader of the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Benjamin Disraeli 6 July 1866 also Leader of the House of Commons George Ward Hunt 29 February 1868 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Thomas Edward Taylor 14 July 1866 Gerard Noel 11 November 1868 Financial Secretary to the Treasury George Ward Hunt 14 July 1866 George Sclater-Booth 4 March 1868 Junior Lords of the Treasury Gerard Noel 12 July 1866 – 2 November 1868 Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt 12 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 Henry Whitmore 12 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 Lord Claud Hamilton 2 November 1868 – 1 December 1868 Lord Chancellor The Lord Chelmsford 6 July 1866 The Lord Cairns 29 February 1868 Lord President of the Council The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 6 July 1866 The Duke of Marlborough 8 March 1867 Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Malmesbury 6 July 1866 also Leader of the House of Lords 27 February 1868-1 December 1868 Secretary of State for the Home Department Spencer Horatio Walpole 6 July 1866 Gathorne Hardy 17 May 1867 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department The Earl Belmore 10 July 1866 Sir James Fergusson, Bt 1 August 1867 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 10 August 1868 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Stanley 6 July 1866 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Christopher Egerton 6 July 1866 Secretary of State for War Jonathan Peel 6 July 1866 Sir John Pakington, Bt 8 March 1867 Under-Secretary of State for War The Earl of Longford 7 July 1866 Surveyor-General of the Ordnance vacant — Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Carnarvon 6 July 1866 The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 8 March 1867 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Charles Adderley 6 July 1866 Secretary of State for India Viscount Cranborne 6 July 1866 Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt 8 March 1867 Under-Secretary of State for India Sir James Fergusson, Bt 6 July 1866 The Lord Clinton 31 July 1867 First Lord of the Admiralty Sir John Pakington, Bt 12 July 1866 Henry Lowry-Corry 8 March 1867 First Secretary of the Admiralty Lord Henry Lennox 16 July 1866 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Charles du Cane 12 July 1866 Frederick Stanley 29 August 1868 Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Naas 10 July 1866 Became Earl of Mayo in 1867 John Wilson-Patten 29 September 1868 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Marquess of Abercorn 13 July 1866 President of the Poor Law Board Gathorne Hardy 12 July 1866 The Earl of Devon 21 May 1867 Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board Ralph Anstruther Earle 12 July 1866 George Sclater-Booth 1 March 1867 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt 28 February 1868 Minister without Portfolio Spencer Horatio Walpole 17 May 1867-1 December 1868 President of the Board of Trade Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt 6 July 1866 The Duke of Richmond 8 March 1867 Vice-President of the Board of Trade Stephen Cave 10 July 1866 office abolished 12 August 1867 and replaced with a Parliamentary Secretaryship First Commissioner of Works Lord John Manners 6 July 1866 Vice-President of the Committee on Education Henry Lowry-Corry 12 July 1866 Lord Robert Montagu 19 March 1867 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Earl of Devon 10 July 1866 John Wilson-Patten 26 June 1867 Thomas Edward Taylor 7 November 1868 Paymaster-General Stephen Cave 10 July 1866 Postmaster-General The Duke of Montrose 19 July 1866 Attorney General Sir Hugh Cairns 10 July 1866 Sir John Rolt 29 October 1866 Sir John Burgess Karslake 18 July 1867 Solicitor General Sir William Bovill 10 July 1866 Sir John Burgess Karslake 29 November 1866 Sir Charles Hasper Selwyn 18 July 1867 Sir William Brett 10 February 1868 Sir Richard Baggallay 16 September 1868 Judge Advocate General John Mowbray 12 July 1866 Lord Advocate George Patton 12 July 1866 Edward Strathearn Gordon 28 February 1867 Solicitor General for Scotland Edward Strathearn Gordon 12 July 1866 John Millar 6 March 1867 Attorney General for Ireland John Edward Walsh 25 July 1866 Michael Morris 1 November 1866 Hedges Eyre Chatterton 1867 Robert Richard Warren 1867 John Thomas Ball 1868 Solicitor General for Ireland Michael Morris 3 August 1866 Hedges Eyre Chatterton 8 November 1866 Robert Richard Warren 1867 Michael Harrison 1867 John Thomas Ball 1868 Henry Ormsby 1868 Lord Steward of the Household The Duke of Marlborough 10 July 1866 The Earl of Tankerville 19 March 1867 Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Bradford 10 July 1866 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Lord Claud Hamilton 10 July 1866 Treasurer of the Household Lord Burghley 10 July 1866 Percy Egerton Herbert 27 February 1867 Comptroller of the Household Viscount Royston 10 July 1866 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Tankerville 10 July 1866 The Marquess of Exeter 20 March 1867 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Earl Cadogan 10 July 1866 Master of the Buckhounds The Lord Colville of Culross 10 July 1866 Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal Lord Alfred Paget 1 July 1859 continued in office; no longer a political appointment after 1866 Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Wellington 25 April 1861 continued in office Lords in Waiting The Viscount Strathallan 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Viscount Hawarden 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Lord Bagot 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Lord Polwarth 13 July 1866 – 16 August 1867 The Lord Crofton 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Lord Skelmersdale 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Lord Raglan 13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 The Earl of Haddington 7 September 1867-1 December 1868 Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900
Preceded by
Liberal Government 1859-1866British Government
1866–1868Succeeded by
Liberal Government 1868-1874Categories:- British ministries
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- 1860s in the United Kingdom
- 1866 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1868 disestablishments
- Ministries of Queen Victoria
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