| Office | Name | Date |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone | 3 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| First Lord of the Treasury | William Ewart Gladstone | 3 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| Leader of the House of Commons | William Ewart Gladstone | 3 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Robert Lowe | 9 December 1868 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | William Ewart Gladstone | 11 August 1873 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | George Glyn | 9 December 1868 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Arthur Peel | 1 August 1873 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Acton Smee Ayrton | 9 December 1868 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | James Stansfeld | 2 November 1869 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | William Edward Baxter | 17 March 1871 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | John Dodson | 11 August 1873 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | James Stansfeld | 16 December 1868 – 2 November 1869 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne | 16 December 1868 – 25 April 1872 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Patrick Adam | 16 December 1868 – 8 August 1873 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | John Cranch Walker Vivian | 16 December 1868 – 4 August 1870 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Henry Gladstone | 2 November 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Frederick Cavendish | 8 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Algernon Greville | 8 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lord Chancellor | William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley | 9 December 1868 |
| Lord Chancellor | Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne | 15 October 1872 |
| Lord President of the Council | George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey | 9 December 1868 |
| Lord President of the Council | Henry Bruce | 9 August 1873 |
| Lord Privy Seal | John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley | 9 December 1868 |
| Lord Privy Seal | Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax | 6 July 1870 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Bruce | 9 December 1868 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Robert Lowe | 9 August 1873 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen | 10 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | George Shaw-Lefevre | 11 January 1871 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Winterbotham | 17 March 1871 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon | 9 December 1868 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville | 6 July 1870 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Arthur Otway | 12 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | George Byng, Viscount Enfield | 9 January 1871 |
| Secretary of State for War | Edward Cardwell | 9 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Thomas Barin, 2nd Baron Northbrook | 10 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne | 26 April 1872 |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | John Cranch Walker Vivian | 5 August 1870 |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 15 November 1871 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Sir Henry Storks | 5 August 1870 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville | 9 December 1868 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley | 6 July 1870 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | William Monsell | 10 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen | 14 January 1871 |
| Secretary of State for India | George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll | 9 December 1868 |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | M. E. Grant Duff | 10 December 1868 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Hugh Childers | 9 December 1868 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | George Goschen | 24 March 1871 |
| First (later Parliamentary) Secretary to the Admiralty | William Edward Baxter | 18 December 1868 |
| First (later Parliamentary) Secretary to the Admiralty | George Shaw-Lefevre | 17 March 1871 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | George Trevelyan | 21 December 1868 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown | 11 July 1870 |
| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | William Edward Forster | 9 December 1868 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Chichester Fortescue | 16 December 1868 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington | 12 January 1871 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer | 18 December 1868 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye | 12 December 1868 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Hugh Childers | 9 August 1872 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | John Bright | 30 September 1873 |
| President of the Poor Law Board | George Goschen | 9 December 1868 |
| President of the Poor Law Board | James Stansfeld | 24 March 1871 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board | Arthur Peel | 10 December 1868 |
| President of the Local Government Board | James Stansfeld | 19 August 1871 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board | John Tomlinson Hibbert | 19 August 1871 |
| Postmaster-General | Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington | 9 December 1868 |
| Postmaster-General | William Monsell | 14 January 1871 |
| Postmaster-General | Lyon Playfair | 18 November 1873 |
| President of the Board of Trade | John Bright | 9 December 1868 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Chichester Fortescue | 14 January 1871 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | George Shaw-Lefevre | 9 December 1868 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Arthur Peel | 14 January 1871 |
| Paymaster General | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye | 12 December 1868 |
| Paymaster General | Hugh Childers | 9 August 1872 |
| Paymaster General | William Patrick Adam | 30 September 1873 |
| First Commissioner of Works | Austen Henry Layard | 9 December 1868 |
| First Commissioner of Works | Acton Smee Ayrton | 26 October 1869 |
| First Commissioner of Works | William Patrick Adam | 11 August 1873 |
| Attorney General | Sir Robert Collier | 12 December 1868 |
| Attorney General | Sir John Coleridge | 10 November 1871 |
| Attorney General | Sir Henry James | 20 November 1873 |
| Solicitor General | Sir John Coleridge | 12 December 1868 |
| Solicitor General | Sir George Jessel | 10 November 1871 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Henry James | 26 September 1873 |
| Solicitor General | Sir William Vernon Harcourt | 20 November 1873 |
| Judge Advocate General | Sir Colman O'Loghlen | 16 December 1868 |
| Judge Advocate General | John Robert Davison | 28 December 1870 |
| Judge Advocate General | Sir Robert Phillimore | 17 May 1871 |
| Judge Advocate General | Acton Smee Ayrton | 21 August 1873 |
| Lord Advocate | James Moncreiff | 10 December 1868 |
| Lord Advocate | George Young | 14 October 1869 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | George Young | 14 December 1868 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark | 14 October 1869 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Edward Sullivan | 12 December 1868 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Charles Robert Barry | 26 January 1870 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Richard Dowse | 13 January 1872 |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Christopher Palles | 5 November 1872 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Charles Robert Barry | 12 December 1868 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Richard Dowse | 14 February 1870 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Christopher Palles | 6 February 1872 |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Hugh Law | 18 November 1872 |
| Lord Steward of the Household | John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough | 12 December 1868 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney | 9 December 1868 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse | 12 December 1868 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord Richard Grosvenor | 25 February 1872 |
| Master of the Horse | George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury | 12 December 1868 |
| Treasurer of the Household | George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron De Tabley | 12 December 1868 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore | 1 March 1872 |
| Treasurer of the Household | William Monson, 7th Baron Monson | 1 January 1874 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord Otho FitzGerald | 12 December 1868 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley | 12 December 1868 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby | 27 December 1869 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper | 20 April 1871 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester | 1 January 1874 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans | 22 December 1868 |
| Master of the Buckhounds | Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork | 12 December 1868 |
| Mistress of the Robes | Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll | 17 December 1868 |
| Mistress of the Robes | Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland | 22 January 1870 |
| Lords in Waiting | George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby | 17 December 1868 – 27 December 1869 |
| Lords in Waiting | Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown | 17 December 1868 – 11 July 1870 |
| Lords in Waiting | Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys | 17 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield | 17 December 1868 – 25 February 1872 |
| Lords in Waiting | Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen | 17 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley | 22 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan | 27 January 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley | 27 December 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly | 21 July 1870 – 1 March 1873 |
| Lords in Waiting | Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare | 25 February 1872 – 17 February 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane | 1 March 1873 – 17 February 1874 |