- Conservative Government 1886–1892
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Office Name Date Notes Prime Minister
and Leader of the House of LordsThe Marquess of Salisbury 25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892 First Lord of the Treasury The Marquess of Salisbury 9 August 1886 William Henry Smith 17 January 1887 also Leader of the House of Commons Arthur Balfour October 1891 also Leader of the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Randolph Churchill 3 August 1886 also Leader of the House of Commons 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 Sir John Eldon Gorst 9 November 1891 Junior Lords of the Treasury Sidney Herbert 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 William Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889 William Walrond 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 Lord Chancellor The Lord Halsbury 3 August 1886 Lord President of the Council The Viscount Cranbrook 3 August 1886 Lord Privy Seal The Earl Cadogan 3 August 1886 entered the Cabinet April 1887 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 The Earl of Iddesleigh 3 August 1886 The Marquess of Salisbury 14 January 1887 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir 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 The Lord Harris 4 August 1886 The Earl Brownlow 1 January 1890 Financial Secretary to the War Office St John Brodrick 4 August 1886 Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Sir Henry Northcote, Bt 4 August 1886 office abolished 1888 Secretary of State for the Colonies Edward Stanhope 3 August 1886 Sir Henry Holland, Bt 14 January 1887 created Baron Knutsford 23 February 1888 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Dunraven 3 August 1886 The Earl of Onslow 16 February 1887 Baron Henry de Worms 20 February 1888 Secretary of State for India The Viscount Cross 3 August 1886 Under-Secretary of State for India Sir 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 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 5 August 1886 Arthur Balfour 7 March 1887 William Jackson 9 November 1891 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Marquess of Londonderry 3 August 1886 The Earl of Zetland 30 July 1889 Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord Ashbourne 3 August 1886 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Viscount Cranbrook 3 August 1886 Lord John Manners 16 August 1886 succeeded as 7th Duke of Rutland 4 March 1888 President of the Local Government Board Charles Ritchie 3 August 1886 entered the Cabinet April 1887 Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board Walter Long 3 August 1886 Minister without Portfolio Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888 Secretary for Scotland Arthur Balfour 5 August 1886 entered the Cabinet November 1886 The Marquess of Lothian 11 March 1887 President of the Board of Trade Sir Frederick Stanley 3 August 1886 created Lord Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 21 February 1888 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Baron Henry de Worms 4 August 1886 The Earl of Onslow 21 February 1888 The Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1 January 1889 Vice-President of the Committee on Education Sir Henry Holland, Bt 3 August 1886 Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt 25 January 1887 Paymaster-General The Earl Beauchamp 19 August 1886 The Earl Brownlow March 1887 The Earl of Jersey 1889 The Lord Windsor December 1890 Postmaster-General Henry Cecil Raikes 19 August 1886 Sir James Fergusson, Bt 21 September 1891 First Commissioner of Works David Robert Plunket 5 August 1886 Attorney General Sir Richard Webster 5 August 1886 Solicitor General Sir 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 Sir Charles Pearson 1 October 1891 Solicitor General for Scotland James Robertson 6 August 1886 Moir Tod Stormonth Darling 27 October 1888 Sir 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 The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 16 August 1886 Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Lathom 5 August 1886 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Viscount Lewisham 5 August 1886 Lord Burghley 24 November 1891 Master of the Horse The Duke of Portland 9 August 1886 Treasurer of the Household Viscount Folkestone 5 August 1886 succeeded as 5th Earl of Radnor 11 March 1889 Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 20 November 1891 Comptroller of the Household Lord Arthur Hill 5 August 1886 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Viscount Barrington 5 August 1886 The Earl of Rosslyn 24 November 1886 The Earl of Yarborough 11 August 1890 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Earl of Kintore 5 August 1886 The Earl of Limerick 29 January 1889 Master of the Buckhounds The Earl of Coventry 16 August 1886 Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Buccleuch 5 August 1886 Lords in Waiting The Earl of Onslow 5 August 1886-21 February 1887 The Earl of Limerick 5 August 1886-29 January 1889 The Lord Henniker 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 The Earl of Hopetoun 5 August 1886 – 12 August 1889 The Lord Elphinstone 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 The Lord de Ros 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 The Earl Waldegrave 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 The Lord Balfour of Burleigh 21 February 1887 – 18 March 1889 The Earl of Romney 5 February 1889 – 11 August 1892 The Viscount Torrington 18 March 1889 – 20 October 1889 The Lord Churchill 12 August 1889 – 11 August 1892 The Lord de Ramsey 10 March 1890 – 11 August 1892 Extra Lord in Waiting The Lord Sackville 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888 Principal source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900
Preceded by
Liberal Government 1886British Government
1886–1892Succeeded by
Liberal Government 1892–1895Categories:- British ministries
- Conservative Party (UK)
- 19th century in the United Kingdom
- 1886 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1892 disestablishments
- Ministries of Queen Victoria
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