Second Salisbury ministry

The Second Salisbury Ministry was formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the Marquess of Salisbury on 25 July 1886, after the 1886 general election.

Cabinets

August 1886 – January 1887

January 1887 – August 1892

Changes

List of Ministers

OfficeNameDateNotes
Prime Minister
and Leader of the House of Lords
The Marquess of Salisbury25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892 
First Lord of the TreasuryThe Marquess of Salisbury9 August 1886 
William Henry Smith17 January 1887also Leader of the House of Commons
Arthur BalfourOctober 1891also Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the ExchequerLord Randolph Churchill3 August 1886also Leader of the House of Commons
George Goschen14 January 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryAretas Akers-Douglas3 August 1886 
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryWilliam Jackson3 August 1886 
Sir John Eldon Gorst9 November 1891
Junior Lords of the TreasurySidney Herbert9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892William Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889
William Walrond9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Lord ChancellorThe Lord Halsbury3 August 1886 
Lord President of the CouncilThe Viscount Cranbrook3 August 1886 
Lord Privy SealThe Earl Cadogan3 August 1886entered the Cabinet April 1887
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentHenry Matthews3 August 1886 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentCharles Stuart-Wortley4 August 1886 
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsThe Earl of Iddesleigh3 August 1886 
The Marquess of Salisbury14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSir James Fergusson, Bt4 August 1886 
James Lowther22 September 1891
Secretary of State for WarWilliam Henry Smith3 August 1886 
Edward Stanhope14 January 1887
Under-Secretary of State for WarThe Lord Harris4 August 1886 
The Earl Brownlow1 January 1890
Financial Secretary to the War OfficeSt John Brodrick4 August 1886 
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceSir Henry Northcote, Bt4 August 1886office abolished 1888
Secretary of State for the ColoniesEdward Stanhope3 August 1886 
Sir Henry Holland, Bt14 January 1887created Baron Knutsford 23 February 1888
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesThe Earl of Dunraven3 August 1886 
The Earl of Onslow16 February 1887
Baron Henry de Worms20 February 1888
Secretary of State for IndiaThe Viscount Cross3 August 1886 
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaSir John Eldon Gorst4 August 1886 
George Curzon9 November 1891
First Lord of the AdmiraltyLord George Hamilton9 August 1886 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the AdmiraltyArthur Forwood9 August 1886 
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyEllis Ashmead-Bartlett9 August 1886 
President of the Board of AgricultureHenry Chaplin9 September 1889 
Chief Secretary for IrelandSir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt5 August 1886 
Arthur Balfour7 March 1887
William Jackson9 November 1891
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Marquess of Londonderry3 August 1886 
The Earl of Zetland30 July 1889
Lord Chancellor of IrelandThe Lord Ashbourne3 August 1886 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterThe Viscount Cranbrook3 August 1886 
Lord John Manners16 August 1886succeeded as 7th Duke of Rutland 4 March 1888
President of the Local Government BoardCharles Ritchie3 August 1886entered the Cabinet April 1887
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardWalter Long3 August 1886 
Minister without PortfolioSir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888 
Secretary for ScotlandArthur Balfour5 August 1886entered the Cabinet November 1886
The Marquess of Lothian11 March 1887 
President of the Board of TradeSir Frederick Stanley3 August 1886created Lord Stanley of Preston 27 August 1886
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt21 February 1888 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradeBaron Henry de Worms4 August 1886 
The Earl of Onslow21 February 1888
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh1 January 1889
Vice-President of the Committee on EducationSir Henry Holland, Bt3 August 1886 
Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt25 January 1887
Paymaster-GeneralThe Earl Beauchamp19 August 1886 
The Earl BrownlowMarch 1887
The Earl of Jersey1889
The Lord WindsorDecember 1890
Postmaster-GeneralHenry Cecil Raikes19 August 1886 
Sir James Fergusson, Bt21 September 1891
First Commissioner of WorksDavid Robert Plunket5 August 1886 
Attorney GeneralSir Richard Webster5 August 1886 
Solicitor GeneralSir Edward Clarke6 August 1886 
Judge Advocate GeneralWilliam Thackeray Marriott9 August 1886 
Lord AdvocateJohn Macdonald6 August 1886 
James Robertson27 October 1888
vacant20 August 1891
Sir Charles Pearson1 October 1891
Solicitor General for ScotlandJames Robertson6 August 1886 
Moir Tod Stormonth Darling27 October 1888
Sir Charles Pearson31 October 1890
Andrew Murray1 October 1891
Attorney General for IrelandHugh HolmesAugust 1886 
John George Gibson1887
Peter O'Brien1888
Dodgson Hamilton Madden1890
Solicitor General for IrelandJohn George GibsonAugust 1886 
Dodgson Hamilton Madden1888
John Atkinson1890
Edward CarsonJune 1892
Lord Steward of the HouseholdThe Earl of Mount Edgcumbe16 August 1886 
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdThe Earl of Lathom5 August 1886 
Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdViscount Lewisham5 August 1886 
Lord Burghley24 November 1891
Master of the HorseThe Duke of Portland9 August 1886 
Treasurer of the HouseholdViscount Folkestone5 August 1886succeeded as 5th Earl of Radnor 11 March 1889
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox20 November 1891 
Comptroller of the HouseholdLord Arthur Hill5 August 1886 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsThe Viscount Barrington5 August 1886 
The Earl of Rosslyn24 November 1886
The Earl of Yarborough11 August 1890
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardThe Earl of Kintore5 August 1886 
The Earl of Limerick29 January 1889
Master of the BuckhoundsThe Earl of Coventry16 August 1886 
Mistress of the RobesThe Duchess of Buccleuch5 August 1886 
Lords in WaitingThe Earl of Onslow5 August 1886 – 21 February 1887 
The Earl of Limerick5 August 1886 – 29 January 1889
The Lord Henniker5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
The Earl of Hopetoun5 August 1886 – 12 August 1889
The Lord Elphinstone5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
The Lord de Ros5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
The Earl Waldegrave5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
The Lord Balfour of Burleigh21 February 1887 – 18 March 1889
The Earl of Romney5 February 1889 – 11 August 1892
The Viscount Torrington18 March 1889 – 20 October 1889
The Lord Churchill12 August 1889 – 11 August 1892
The Lord de Ramsey10 March 1890 – 11 August 1892
Extra Lord in WaitingThe Lord Sackville1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888 

References

Preceded by
Third Gladstone Ministry
Government of the United Kingdom
1886–1892
Succeeded by
Liberal Government 1892–1895
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