First Salisbury ministry


Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury formed a government in June 1885, upon his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria, succeeding William Ewart Gladstone. His ministry lasted for over seven months.

Cabinet

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List of ministers

OfficeNameDate
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
First [Lord of the Treasury]Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryAretas Akers-Douglas
Financial Secretary to the TreasurySir Henry Holland
Financial Secretary to the TreasurySir Matthew White Ridley
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryWilliam Jackson
Junior Lords of the TreasuryCharles Dalrymple
Junior Lords of the TreasurySidney Herbert
Junior Lords of the TreasuryWilliam Walrond
Lord ChancellorHardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury
Lord President of the CouncilGathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
Lord Privy SealDudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir R. A. Cross
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentCharles Stuart-Wortley
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsRobert Bourke
Secretary of State for WarWilliam Henry Smith
Under-Secretary of State for WarWilliam Keppel, Viscount Bury
Financial Secretary to the War OfficeHenry Northcote
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceGuy Dawnay
Secretary of State for the ColoniesFrederick Stanley
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesWindham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Secretary of State for IndiaLord Randolph Churchill
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaGeorge Harris, 4th Baron Harris
First Lord of the AdmiraltyLord George Hamilton
Parliamentary Secretary to the AdmiraltyCharles Ritchie
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyEllis Ashmead-Bartlett
Vice-President of the Committee on EducationEdward Stanhope
Vice-President of the Committee on EducationSir Henry Holland
Chief Secretary for IrelandSir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
Chief Secretary for IrelandWilliam Henry Smith
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandHenry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Lord Chancellor of IrelandEdward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
Postmaster GeneralLord John Manners
Secretary for ScotlandCharles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
President of the [Board of Trade]Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
President of the Board of TradeEdward Stanhope
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradeBaron Henry de Worms
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterHenry Chaplin
President of the Local Government BoardArthur Balfour
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardAdelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow
Paymaster GeneralFrederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
First Commissioner of WorksDavid Robert Plunket
Attorney GeneralSir Richard Webster
Solicitor GeneralJohn Eldon Gorst
Judge Advocate GeneralWilliam Thackeray Marriott
Lord AdvocateJohn Macdonald
Solicitor General for ScotlandJames Robertson
Attorney-General for IrelandHugh Holmes
Solicitor-General for IrelandJohn Munroe
Solicitor-General for IrelandJohn George Gibson
Lord Steward of the HouseholdWilliam Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdEdward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdWilliam Legge, Viscount Lewisham
Master of the HorseOrlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford
Treasurer of the HouseholdWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone
Comptroller of the HouseholdLord Arthur Hill
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsGeorge Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardGeorge Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington
Master of the BuckhoundsJohn Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford
Mistress of the RobesLouisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
Lords in WaitingDudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros
Lords in WaitingAlgernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
Lords in WaitingCornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden
Lords in WaitingJohn Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker
Lords in WaitingJohn Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Lords in WaitingWilliam Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone
Lords in WaitingGeorge Irby, 6th Baron Boston
Extra Lord in WaitingMortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville