Aberdeen Ministry

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[edit] The Cabinet

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Aberdeen	December 1852–February 1855
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cranworth	December 1852–February 1855
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Granville	December 1852–June 1854
	The Lord John Russell	June 1854–February 1855
Lord Privy Seal	The Duke of Argyll	December 1852–February 1855
Home Secretary	The Viscount Palmerston	December 1852–February 1855
Foreign Secretary	The Lord John Russell	December 1852–February 1853
	The Earl of Clarendon	February 1853–February 1855
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir George Grey, Bt	June 1854–February 1855
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies†	The Duke of Newcastle	December 1852–February 1855
Chancellor of the Exchequer	William Ewart Gladstone	December 1852–February 1855
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir James Graham, Bt	December 1852–February 1855
President of the Board of Control	Sir Charles Wood, Bt	December 1852–February 1855
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl Granville	December 1852–February 1855
First Commissioner of Works	Sir William Molesworth, Bt	December 1852–February 1855
Secretary at War	Sidney Herbert	December 1852–February 1855
Minister without Portfolio	The Marquess of Lansdowne	December 1852–February 1855
Minister without Portfolio	The Lord John Russell	February 1853–June 1854

† After June of 1854 office became Secretary of State for War.

Notes

• Lord John Russell served as Leader of the House of Commons from December of 1852 to February of 1855.

Changes

• February, 1853: Lord John Russell becomes Minister without Portfolio, remaining Leader of the Commons. Lord Clarendon succeeds him as Foreign Secretary.
• June, 1854: Lord Granville becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord John Russell succeeds him as Lord President, remaining also Leader of the Commons. The Secretaryship of State for War and the Colonies is split up. The Duke of Newcastle stays on as Secretary of State for War, while Sir George Grey becomes Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Preceded by First Derby Ministry

British ministries 1852–1855

Succeeded by First Palmerston Ministry

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Coalition Government 1852-1855.

British ministries

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