Second Salisbury ministry

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury formed his second ministry, in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, following the 1886 general election and his reappointment as the British prime minister by Queen Victoria.

Cabinet

Changes

• In 1887 a Liberal Unionist, George Goschen, joined the ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Template:Ref labelTemplate:Rp
• February 1888Template:SndSir Michael Hicks Beach succeeds Lord Stanley of Preston as President of the Board of Trade.
• September 1889Template:SndHenry Chaplin enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.
• October 1891Template:SndArthur Balfour succeeds the late William Henry Smith as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. William Jackson succeeds him as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

List of ministers

Office	Name	Tenure
Template:Ubli	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
First Lord of the Treasury		Template:Dts
	William Henry SmithTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
	Arthur BalfourTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord Randolph ChurchillTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
	George Goschen	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Aretas Akers-Douglas	Template:Dts
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	William Jackson	Template:Dts
	John Eldon Gorst	Template:Dts
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sidney Herbert	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William WalrondTemplate:Efn	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
Lord Chancellor	Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury	Template:Dts
Lord President of the Council	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook	Template:Dts
Lord Privy Seal	George Cadogan, 5th Earl CadoganTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Henry Matthews	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Charles Stuart-Wortley	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh	Template:Dts
	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet	Template:Dts
	James Lowther	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	Template:Dts
	Edward Stanhope	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for War	George Harris, 4th Baron Harris	Template:Dts
	Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow	Template:Dts
Financial Secretary to the War Office	St John Brodrick	Template:Dts
Surveyor-General of the OrdnanceTemplate:Efn	Henry Northcote	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Edward Stanhope	Template:Dts
	Henry HollandTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl	Template:Dts
	William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow	Template:Dts
	Baron Henry de Worms	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for India	R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for India	John Eldon Gorst	Template:Dts
	George Curzon	Template:Dts
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	Template:Dts
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Arthur Forwood	Template:Dts
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Template:Dts
President of the Board of Agriculture	Henry Chaplin	Template:Dts
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet	Template:Dts
	Arthur Balfour	Template:Dts
	William Jackson	Template:Dts
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry	Template:Dts
	Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland	Template:Dts
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne	Template:Dts
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook	Template:Dts
	Lord John MannersTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
President of the Local Government Board	Charles RitchieTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Walter Long	Template:Dts
Minister without Portfolio	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
Secretary for Scotland	Arthur BalfourTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
	Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian	Template:Dts
President of the Board of Trade	Frederick StanleyTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Baron Henry de Worms	Template:Dts
	William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow	Template:Dts
	Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh	Template:Dts
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Henry Holland	Template:Dts
	William Hart Dyke	Template:Dts
Paymaster General	Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp	Template:Dts
	Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow	Template:Dts
	Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey	Template:Dts
	Robert Windsor-Clive, Baron Windsor	Template:Dts
Postmaster General	Henry Cecil Raikes	Template:Dts
	Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet	Template:Dts
First Commissioner of Works	David Plunket	Template:Dts
Attorney General	Richard Webster	Template:Dts
Solicitor General	Edward Clarke	Template:Dts
Judge Advocate General	William Thackeray Marriott	Template:Dts
Lord Advocate	John Macdonald	Template:Dts
	James Robertson	Template:Dts
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	Charles Pearson	Template:Dts
Solicitor General for Scotland	James Robertson	Template:Dts
	Moir Tod Stormonth Darling	Template:Dts
	Charles Pearson	Template:Dts
	Andrew Murray	Template:Dts
Attorney-General for Ireland	Hugh Holmes	Template:Dts
	John George Gibson	Template:Dts
	Peter O'Brien	Template:Dts
	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	Template:Dts
Solicitor-General for Ireland	John George Gibson	Template:Dts
	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	Template:Dts
	John Atkinson	Template:Dts
	Edward Carson	Template:Dts
Lord Steward of the Household	William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	Template:Dts
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom	Template:Dts
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	William Legge, Viscount Lewisham	Template:Dts
	Brownlow Cecil, Baron Burghley	Template:Dts
Master of the Horse	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland	Template:Dts
Treasurer of the Household	William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount FolkestoneTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts
	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Template:Dts
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Arthur Hill	Template:Dts
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington	Template:Dts
	Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn	Template:Dts
	Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough	Template:Dts
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore	Template:Dts
	William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick	Template:Dts
Master of the Buckhounds	George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry	Template:Dts
Mistress of the Robes	Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch	Template:Dts
Lords-in-Waiting	William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
Extra Lord in Waiting	Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts

References

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