- Conservative Government 1885–1886
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Office Name Date Notes Prime Minister
and Leader of the House of LordsThe Marquess of Salisbury 23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 First Lord of the Treasury The Earl of Iddesleigh 24 June 1885 Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Leader of the House of CommonsSir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt 24 June 1885 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Aretas Akers-Douglas 24 June 1885 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sir Henry Holland, Bt 24 June 1885 Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt William Jackson Junior Lords of the Treasury Charles Dalrymple 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 Sidney Herbert 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 William Walrond 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 Lord Chancellor The Lord Halsbury 24 June 1885 Lord President of the Council The Viscount Cranbrook 24 June 1885 Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Harrowby 24 June 1885 Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir R. A. Cross 24 June 1885 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Charles Stuart-Wortley 30 June 1885 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Marquess of Salisbury 24 June 1885 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Bourke 25 June 1885 Secretary of State for War William Henry Smith 24 June 1885 Under-Secretary of State for War Viscount Bury 26 June 1885 Financial Secretary to the War Office Henry Northcote 26 June 1885 Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Guy Dawnay 27 June 1885 Secretary of State for the Colonies Frederick Stanley 24 June 1885 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Dunraven 24 June 1885 Secretary of State for India Lord Randolph Churchill 24 June 1885 Under-Secretary of State for India The Lord Harris 25 June 1885 First Lord of the Admiralty Lord George Hamilton 24 June 1885 Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty Charles Ritchie 1 July 1885 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 1 July 1885 Vice-President of the Committee on Education Edward Stanhope 24 June 1885 Sir Henry Holland, Bt 17 September 1885 Chief Secretary for Ireland Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt 25 June 1885 William Henry Smith 23 January 1886 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Earl of Carnarvon 27 June 1885 Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord Ashbourne 27 June 1885 Postmaster-General Lord John Manners 24 June 1885 Secretary for Scotland The Duke of Richmond 17 August 1885 President of the Board of Trade The Duke of Richmond 24 June 1885 Edward Stanhope 19 August 1885 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron Henry de Worms 24 June 1885 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Henry Chaplin 24 June 1885 President of the Local Government Board Arthur Balfour 24 June 1885 Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board The Earl Brownlow 24 June 1885 Paymaster-General The Earl Beauchamp 24 June 1885 First Commissioner of Works David Robert Plunket 24 June 1885 Attorney General Sir Richard Webster 27 July 1885 Solicitor General John Eldon Gorst 2 July 1885 Judge Advocate General William Thackeray Marriott 13 July 1885 Lord Advocate John Hay Macdonald 2 July 1885 Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson 2 July 1885 Attorney General for Ireland Hugh Holmes 3 July 1885 Solicitor General for Ireland John Munroe 3 July 1885 John George Gibson 1885 Lord Steward of the Household The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 27 June 1885 Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Lathom 27 June 1885 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Viscount Lewisham 27 June 1885 Master of the Horse The Earl of Bradford 1 July 1885 Treasurer of the Household Viscount Folkestone 27 June 1885 Comptroller of the Household Lord Arthur Hill 27 June 1885 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Coventry 6 July 1885 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Viscount Barrington 27 June 1885 Master of the Buckhounds The Marquess of Waterford 27 June 1885 Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Buccleuch 27 June 1885 Lords in Waiting The Lord de Ros 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Earl of Kintore 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Viscount Hawarden 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Lord Henniker 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Earl of Hopetoun 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Lord Elphinstone 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 The Lord Boston 6 July 1885 – 28 January 1886 Extra Lord in Waiting The Lord Sackville 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888 Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900
Preceded by
Liberal Government 1880-1885British Government
1885–1886Succeeded by
Liberal Government 1886Categories:- British ministries
- Conservative Party (UK)
- 1880s in the United Kingdom
- 1885 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1886 disestablishments
- Ministries of Queen Victoria
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