Second Salisbury ministry
List of ministers
Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

Second Salisbury ministry

Section Title: List of ministers
Table Section Text: Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

Office	Name	Date

Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury	25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892

Leader of the House of Lords

First Lord of the Treasury	The Marquess of Salisbury	9 August 1886

William Henry Smith	17 January 1887

Arthur Balfour	October 1891

Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord Randolph Churchill	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

Sir John Eldon Gorst	9 November 1891

Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sidney Herbert	9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892

William Walrond	9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892

Sir Herbert Maxwell	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

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	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	4 August 1886

Secretary of State for the Colonies	Edward Stanhope	3 August 1886

Sir Henry Holland	14 January 1887

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	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

President of the Local Government Board	Charles Ritchie	3 August 1886

Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Walter Long	3 August 1886

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

Secretary for Scotland	Arthur Balfour	5 August 1886

The Marquess of Lothian	11 March 1887

President of the Board of Trade	Sir Frederick Stanley	3 August 1886

Sir Michael Hicks Beach	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	3 August 1886

Sir William Hart Dyke	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	21 September 1891

First Commissioner of Works	David 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

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

Sentence(s)

In October 1891, Arthur Balfour succeeded William Henry Smith as First Lord of the Treasury.

final_sentence: In October 1891, Arthur Balfour succeeded William Henry Smith as First Lord of the Treasury.