First Salisbury Ministry

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902.

[edit] The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords	The Lord Salisbury	July 1885–February 1886

First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Iddesleigh	July 1885–February 1886
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury	July 1885–February 1886
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook	July 1885–February 1886
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Harrowby	July 1885–February 1886
Home Secretary	Sir Richard Cross	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir Frederick Stanley	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	July 1885–January 1886
	The Viscount Cranbrook	January 1886–February 1886
Secretary of State for India	Lord Randolph Churchill	July 1885–February 1886
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	July 1885–February 1886
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt	July 1885–February 1886
President of the Board of Trade	The Duke of Richmond	July 1885–August 1885
	Edward Stanhope	August 1885–February 1886
Chief Secretary for Ireland	William Henry Smith	January 1886–February 1886
Postmaster-General	The Lord John Manners	July 1885–February 1886
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Carnarvon	July 1885–January 1886
	in commission	January 1886–February 1886
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	The Lord Ashbourne	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary for Scotland	The Duke of Richmond	July 1885–February 1886
Vice President of the Council	Edward Stanhope	July 1885–August 1885
	not a cabinet post	August 1885–February 1886

Notes

Lord Cranbrook served concurrently as Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for War between January and February of 1886.

Changes

August, 1885: The Duke of Richmond becomes Secretary for Scotland. Edward Stanhope succeeds him at the Board of Trade. Stanhope's successor as Vice President of the Council is not in the Cabinet.
January, 1886: The Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland is put into commission. William Henry Smith becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord Cranbrook succeeds him as Secretary for War, while remaining Lord President.