Conservative Government 1852

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After the fall of Lord John Russell's Whig government in early 1852, the Tory leader Lord Derby formed a government. The Conservatives had been weakened by the defection of the Peelites, and many of the new Cabinet ministers were men of little experience. The government became known as the Who? Who? Ministry due to the lack of prominence of its ministers. The government was in a significant minority, and lasted less than a year, collapsing in December. The Whigs and Peelites then formed a coalition government under the Peelite leader Lord Aberdeen.

Preceded by Whig Government 1846-1852

British Government 1852

Succeeded by Coalition Government 1852-1855

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby	23 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Benjamin Disraeli	27 February 1852
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	William Forbes Mackenzie	2 March 1852
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	George Alexander Hamilton	2 March 1852
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Marquess of Chandos	28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Lord Henry Lennox	28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
	Thomas Bateson	28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Lord Chancellor	The Lord St Leonards	27 February 1852
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Lonsdale	27 February 1852
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Salisbury	27 February 1852
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Spencer Horatio Walpole	27 February 1852
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir William Joliffe, Bt	27 February 1852
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl of Malmesbury	27 February 1852
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Stanley	18 May 1852
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Sir John Pakington	17 February 1852
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	The Earl of Desart	2 March 1852
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Duke of Northumberland	28 February 1852
First Secretary of the Admiralty	Augustus Stafford	3 March 1852
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Arthur Duncombe	28 February 1852
President of the Board of Control	John Charles Herries	28 February 1852
Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control	Henry Baillie	1 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	Charles Bruce	1 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
Postmaster-General	The Earl of Hardwicke	1 March 1852
President of the Board of Trade	Joseph Warner Henley	17 February 1852
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	The Lord Colchester	27 February 1852
First Commissioner of Works	The Lord John Manners	4 March 1852
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Lord Naas	1 March 1852
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Eglinton	1 March 1852
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Robert Adam Christopher	1 March 1852
Master-General of the Ordnance	The Viscount Hardinge	1 March 1852
	The Lord Fitzroy Somerset	30 September 1852	created Lord Raglan 20 October 1852
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley	18 June 1852
Clerk of the Ordnance	Francis Plunkett Dunne	5 March 1852
Storekeeper of the Ordnance	Sir Thomas Hastings	25 July 1845	continued in office
Paymaster-General	The Lord Colchester	28 February 1852
President of the Poor Law Board	Sir John Trollope, Bt	1 March 1852
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board	Frederick Winn Knight	3 March 1852
Secretary at War	William Beresford	28 February 1852
Attorney General	Sir Frederic Thesiger	27 February 1852
Solicitor General	Sir Fitzroy Kelly	27 February 1852
Judge Advocate General	George Bankes	28 February 1852
Lord Advocate	Adam Anderson	28 February 1852
	John Inglis	19 May 1852
Solicitor General for Scotland	John Inglis	28 February 1852
	Charles Neaves	24 May 1852
Attorney General for Ireland	Joseph Napier	February 1852
Solicitor General for Ireland	James Whiteside	February 1852
Lord Steward of the Household	The Duke of Montrose	27 February 1852
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Marquess of Exeter	27 February 1852
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Viscount Newport	5 March 1852
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Jersey	1 March 1852
Treasurer of the Household	The Lord Claud Hamilton	27 February 1852
Comptroller of the Household	George Weld-Forester	27 February 1852
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl of Sandwich	27 February 1852
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Lord de Ros	27 February 1852
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Rosslyn	28 February 1852
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal	Lord Colville of Culross	28 February 1852
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Atholl	16 March 1852
Lords in Waiting	The Earl of Morton	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Earl of Verulam	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Viscount Hawarden	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Viscount Galway	2 March 1852-17 December 1852
	The Lord Crofton	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Lord Polwarth	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852
	The Earl Talbot	2 March 1852 – 17 December 1852

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900