Second Salisbury ministry
January 1887 to August 1892

Second Salisbury ministry

Section Title: January 1887 to August 1892
Table Section Text: None

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party

Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsLeader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Salisbury*	25 July 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative

First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	William Henry Smith	14 January 1887	6 October 1891	Conservative

Arthur Balfour	6 October 1891	15 August 1892	Conservative

Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury	3 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative

Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886	18 August 1892	Conservative

Lord Privy Seal	The Earl Cadogan	3 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative

Secretary of State for the Home Department	Henry Matthews	3 August 1886	15 August 1892	Conservative

Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Lord Knutsford	14 January 1887	11 August 1892	Conservative

Secretary of State for War	Edward Stanhope	14 January 1887	11 August 1892	Conservative

Secretary of State for India	The Viscount Cross	3 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative

First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	1886	1892	Conservative

Chancellor of the Exchequer	George Goschen	14 January 1887	11 August 1892	Liberal Unionist

President of the Board of Trade	The Lord Stanley of Preston	3 August 1886	21 February 1888	Conservative

Sir Michael Hicks Beach	21 February 1888	11 August 1892	Conservative

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Duke of Rutland	16 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative

Chief Secretary for Ireland	Arthur Balfour	7 March 1887	9 November 1891	Conservative

William Jackson	9 November 1891	11 August 1892	Conservative

President of the Local Government Board	Charles Ritchie	1886	1892	Conservative

President of the Board of Agriculture	Henry Chaplin	9 September 1889	11 August 1892	Conservative

Minister without Portfolio	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	7 March 1887	20 February 1888	Conservative

Sentence(s)

In 1887, George Goschen of the Liberal Unionist Party joined the Second Salisbury ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

final_sentence: In 1887, George Goschen of the Liberal Unionist Party joined the Second Salisbury ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.