The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-04
Our Q9lio.
THE NEW CABINET.
Sketches of the Members of the New
Salisbury Ministry.

Sketches of the Members of the New
Salisbury Ministry.
Lord Salisbury is 80 years of age, and
is the head of the great English house of
the Cecils He sat in the House of Com
mons for fifteen years before his fathers
death in 1868, raised him to the House of
Lords. He was a member of Lord Derby S
ministry in 1866, but the following year
quarreled with Disraeli because the latter
introduced reform bill in the House Of
Commons, and therefore left the ministry
When in 1874 Disraei was called to the
head of affairs, he summoned Lord Sails
bury to his old place as secretary of state
for India. In 1878 he was made foreign
secretary on the secession of Lord Derby
from the ministry. With Disraeli he at
tended the Berlin congress and shared in
the immediate triumph of it. He remain
ed in the Beaconsfeld ministry until its
overthrow When his chief died Lord
Salisbury became tory leader In the House
of Lords. He has been frequent con-
tributor to the Quarterly and Saturday Re
views.
Sir Stafford Northcote is sixty
years of age; was at one time private sec
retary to Mr. Gladstone He entered
Parliament in 1855, and has represented
North Devon since 1866. He was ap-
pointed president of the Board of Trade
in Lord Derby's administration of 1866,
and in the following year became secretary
of state for India In Disraeli's cabinet of
1874 he was made chancellor of the ex-
chesquer, and became leader of the lower
house when the premier was raised to the
peerage.
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach was
born in 1887, and entered Parliament at
the age of twenty-seven When the con-
servatives came into office in 1874 he was
appointed chief secretary for ireland, and
three years later was admitted to seat in
the cabinet. He succeeded Lord Carnar-
Won as secretary of state for colonies in
1878, and went out of Office with his party
in $780,
Sir Hardinge Gifard is an Oxford
graduate, who obtained silk gown in
1865. He was appointed solicitor general
under Disraeli in 1875, and was then
knighted He was elected to the House
of Commons in 1877.
The Viscount Cranbrook is an Oxford
graduate, and was called to the bar in
1910. He was Gas Mr.. Hardy mem
Der of the House from 1856 to 1866, rep
resenting Leominster, when he defeated
Mr.. Gladstone by 180 majority in the Ok
ford election In 1853 he was appointed
under secretary of state for the home de-
partment under Lord Derby, and became
secretary of state for the home department
in 1867. Under Disraeli he was in 1874
made secretary of state for war; He was
raised to the peerage in 1878, and succeed
ed the Marquis of Salisbury as secretary OF
state for India, retiring with the conserya-
tives in 1880.
The Earl of Harrowby was born in 1881
and graduated from Oxford. He served
several terms in the House of Commons
and was formerly liberal He has taken
great interest in the private business of the
House and in church affairs He was
raised to the peerage in 1873. He in
that year twice refused the Office Of chief
secretary for ireland, but became president
of the Board of Trade.
Sir Richard Assheton Cross is banker
and barrister, and is 81 years of age. He
entered parliament nearly thirty years ago
Disraeli made him home secretary in his
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several legal works, and given the degree
of LII. D. by Cambridge in 1878.
The Right Hon. VIM. Henry Smith is
sixty years of age His business firm has
the monopoly of railway book-selling and
newsvending on the principal lines of Greai
Britain. In 1868 he defeated John Stuart
Mill for Parliament in Westminster. HI
was financial secretary of the treasury from
February, 1874, to 1877, when he wa
appointed first lord of the admiralty anC
cabinet minister. He went out of offict
with his party in $780, The Universit,
of Oxford conferred on him the degree O.
d. c. L. in 1879.
Lord Randolph Churchill is the seconC
son of the Duke of Marlborough, and il
thirty-six years of age. He has brought
himself into prominence by disagreein!
with his party on many important ques
tions, notably the Irish question, and ha
frequently expressed radical ideas. Herepre
sents the progressive element in his party
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon i
now sixty-seven years old. He is a grad
uate of Oxford, and was aid-de-camp Il
the Duke of Wellington from 1912 to 1852
He was made privy councillor in 1859
and resigned with the retirement of th,
Derby government. He was president o
the Board of Trade from March, 1867, t
December, 1868. He has been leade
among the conservatives in the House o
Lords, and was made lord president of th'
council when his party came into power il
1874. He was the introducer of the bill
abolishing church patronage in Scotland
and of the agricultural holdings bill o
1875.
The Earl of Carnarvon, who represent
younger branch of the noble house o
Pembroke, succeeded to the title durin;
his minority. Lord Derby complimentec
him on his first speech in the House 0
Lords and nominated him high steward Of
the University of Oxford. He was unde
secretary of state for the colonies in Lor,
Derby's cabinet-1959-59- seretar,
for the same in the third Derby cabinet III
held the same position in Disraeli's cabine
in 1874, and resigned on account of dis
agreement with his colleagues about order
ing the feet to the Dardanelles. He
the author of number of works.
The Right Hon. Edward Gibson is tn
conservative representative in Parliamen
of Dublin University. He is skillfu
lawyer and platform orator
Lord George Hamilton, who succeed
Lord Northbrook as first lord of the ad
miralty, is the third son of the Duke Q
Abercorn, who was twice lord lieutenant o
ireland under tory administrations. Hi
mother was a daughter of the sixth Duk
, of Bedford, so that he is if anything NOR
, blue-blooded than Lord Randolph Church
) HILL He is four years older than the lat
ter, having been born in 1845. He i
1868 entered Parliament for MiddIesex