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{{Infobox government cabinet
|incumbent = [[First premiership of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|1855–1858]]
|image = Henry John Temple (cropped).png
|caption = Palmerston (1857)
|date_formed = {{Start date|1855|2|6|df=y}}
|date_dissolved = {{End date|1858|2|19|df=y}}
|government_head_title = Prime Minister
|government_head  = [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]]
|state_head_title = Monarch
|state_head = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
|former_members_number =
|total_number = 110 appointments
|political_party = [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig Party]]
|legislature_status = {{unbulleted list
 |[[Minority government|Minority]] (1855&ndash;1857)
 |[[Majority government|Majority]] (1857&ndash;1858)}}
|legislature_term = {{unbulleted list
 |{{Longitem|[[List of MPs elected in the 1852 United Kingdom general election|16th UK Parliament]]<br />''lost a [[1857 vote of no confidence in the Palmerston ministry|vote of confidence]]''}}
 |{{Longitem|[[List of MPs elected in the 1857 United Kingdom general election|17th UK Parliament]]<br />''lost a [[1858 vote of no confidence in the Palmerston ministry|vote of confidence]]''}}}}
|budget =
|election = [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857 general election]]
|last_election =
|opposition_party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|opposition_leaders = {{unbulleted list
| {{Longitem|[[Benjamin Disraeli]]<br />''in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]''}}
| {{Longitem|[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Earl of Derby]]<br />''in the [[House of Lords]]''}}
}}
|previous = [[Aberdeen ministry]]
|successor = [[Second Derby&ndash;Disraeli ministry]]
|flag=Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (Queen Victoria, lesser arms).svg}}

[[Lord Palmerston]], of the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whigs]], first formed a government by popular demand in 1855, after the resignation of the [[Aberdeen ministry|Aberdeen Coalition]]. Initially, the government was a continuation of the previous coalition administration but lost three [[Peelites]] ([[William Ewart Gladstone]], [[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Graham]] and [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]]) within a few weeks. However, other Peelites like the [[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll|Duke of Argyll]] and [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Lord Canning]] remained in office. Palmerston was heavily criticised by Parliament in 1857 over the conduct of the [[Second Opium War]] and called a [[Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|dissolution]], but the nation voiced its support in the [[1857 United Kingdom general election|resulting general election]] and he returned with a Whig majority.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=648}}

In 1858, the Government resigned when defeated (on a measure for removing conspiracies to murder abroad from the class of misdemeanour to that of felony, which was introduced in consequence of [[Felice Orsini]]'s attempt on the life of [[Napoleon III]] the emperor of the French) and was succeeded by another [[Second Derby–Disraeli ministry|short-lived Conservative government]] under [[Disraeli]] and [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Lord Derby]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=648}}

==Cabinet==
[[File:Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston by John Partridge.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of Lord Palmerston]]'' by [[John Partridge (artist)|John Partridge]]]]
===February 1855 – February 1858===
{{Cabinet table start
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{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = {{unbulleted list|[[First Lord of the Treasury]]|[[Leader of the House of Commons]]}}
 | minister1             = [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|6|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
 | minister1_ministryhead= y
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Lord Chancellor]]
 | minister1             = [[Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1852|12|28|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = {{unbulleted list|[[Lord President of the Council]]|[[Leader of the House of Lords]]}}
 | minister1             = [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|8|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Lord Privy Seal]]
 | minister1             = [[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1853|1|4|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|12|7|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|12|7|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|3|df=yes}}
 | minister3             = [[Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde]]
 | minister3_termstart   = {{start date|1858|2|3|df=yes}}
 | minister3_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Home Secretary|Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
 | minister1             = [[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|8|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|26|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
 | minister1             = [[George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1853|2|21|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|26|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
 | minister1             = [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|8|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|2|21|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[Lord John Russell]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|23|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1855|7|21|df=yes}}
 | minister3             = [[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet]]
 | minister3_termstart   = {{start date|1855|7|21|df=yes}}
 | minister3_termend     = {{end date|1855|10|22|df=yes}}
 | minister4             = [[Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton|Henry Labouchere]]
 | minister4_termstart   = {{start date|1855|11|21|df=yes}}
 | minister4_termend     = {{end date|1858|10|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for War]]
 | minister1             = [[Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie|Fox Maule-Ramsay, Lord Panmure]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|2|8|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]
 | minister1             = [[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1852|12|30|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|3|13|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|3|13|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|3|8|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
 | minister1             = [[William Ewart Gladstone]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1852|12|30|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|3|5|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[George Cornewall Lewis]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|3|5|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|26|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[President of the Board of Control]]
 | minister1             = [[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1852|12|30|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|5|3|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden|Robert Vernon]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|5|3|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[President of the Board of Trade]]
 | minister1             = [[Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|11|27|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
 | minister1             = [[Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1855|3|31|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|12|7|df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[Matthew Talbot Baines]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|12|7|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[First Commissioner of Works]]
 | minister1             = [[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1853|1|5|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|7|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Postmaster General of the United Kingdom|Postmaster General]]
 | minister1             = [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1853|1|5|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1855|||df=yes}}
 | minister2             = [[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1855|11|30|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without portfolio]]
 | minister1             = [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1852|12|28|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1858|2|21|df=yes}}
}}
{{End}}

====Changes====
*Later in February 1855 – Sir [[George Cornewall Lewis]] succeeds Gladstone as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]. [[Lord John Russell]] succeeds Herbert as Colonial Secretary. Sir Charles Wood succeeds Sir James Graham as First Lord of the Admiralty. [[Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden|R.V. Smith]] succeeds Wood as President of the Board of Control
*July 1855 – Sir William Molesworth succeeds Russell as Colonial Secretary. Molesworth's successor as First Commissioner of Public Works is not in the Cabinet.
*November 1855 – [[Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton|Henry Labouchere]] succeeds Molesworth as Colonial Secretary
*December 1855 – The Duke of Argyll succeeds Lord Canning as Postmaster-General. Lord Harrowby succeeds Argyll as Lord Privy Seal. Harrowby's successor as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is not in the Cabinet
*1857 – [[Matthew Talbot Baines]], the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, enters the Cabinet.
*February 1858 – [[Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde|Lord Clanricarde]] succeeds Harrowby as Lord Privy Seal.

==List of ministers==
Members of the [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] are indicated by '''bold''' face.
{| class="wikitable"
!Office!!Name!!Date!!Notes
|-
|[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], <br/> [[First Lord of the Treasury]] <br/> and [[Leader of the House of Commons]]||'''[[Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]]'''||6 February 1855 – 21 February 1858||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]||'''[[William Ewart Gladstone]]'''||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|'''Sir [[George Cornewall Lewis]]'''||28 February 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury]]||[[Sir William Goodenough Hayter, 1st Baronet|William Goodenough Hayter]]||5 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]||[[James Wilson (businessman)|James Wilson]]||5 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Lord of the Treasury|Junior Lords of the Treasury]]||[[Lord Alfred Hervey]]||1 January 1853 – 7 March 1855||rowspan=3|continued in office
|-
|[[Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss|Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho]]||1 January 1853 – 7 March 1855
|-
|[[Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford|Chichester Fortescue]]||6 March 1854 – 16 April 1855
|-
|[[Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck]]||7 March 1855 – 21 February 1858||rowspan=3|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown|Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan]]||7 March 1855 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden|Henry Brand]]||16 April 1855 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[Lord Chancellor]]||'''[[Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth]]'''||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Lord President of the Council]] <br/> and [[Leader of the House of Lords]]||'''[[Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville]]'''||8 February 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Lord Privy Seal]]||'''[[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]]'''||4 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|'''[[Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby]]'''||7 December 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|'''[[Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde]]'''||3 February 1858
|-
|[[Secretary of State for the Home Department]]||'''[[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet]]'''||8 February 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]]||[[Henry Fitzroy (statesman)|Henry Fitzroy]]||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple|William Cowper]]||16 February 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[William Nathaniel Massey]]||13 August 1855
|-
|[[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]||'''[[George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon]]'''||21 February 1853||continued in office
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]||[[John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley|John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse]]||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne|Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Shelburne]]||5 July 1856||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Secretary of State for War]]||'''[[Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie|Fox Maule-Ramsay, Lord Panmure]]'''||8 February 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Under-Secretary of State for War]]||[[Frederick Peel]]||February 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|Sir [[John William Ramsden|John Ramsden]]||May 1857
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Secretary of State for the Colonies]]||'''[[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]]'''||8 February 1855||rowspan=4|&nbsp;
|-
|'''[[Lord John Russell]]'''||23 February 1855
|-
|'''[[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet]]'''||21 July 1855
|-
|'''[[Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton|Henry Labouchere]]'''||21 November 1855
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies]]||[[John Ball (naturalist)|John Ball]]||8 February 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford|Chichester Fortescue]]||June 1857
|-
|rowspan=2|[[First Lord of the Admiralty]]||'''[[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet]]'''||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|'''[[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet]]'''||13 March 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|[[First Secretary of the Admiralty]]||[[Ralph Bernal Osborne]]||6 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Civil Lord of the Admiralty]]||[[Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet]]||13 March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook|Thomas Baring]]||27 May 1857
|-
|rowspan=2|[[President of the Board of Control]]||'''[[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet]]'''||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|'''[[Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden|Robert Vernon Smith]]'''||3 March 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Joint Secretary to the Board of Control]]||[[Henry Danby Seymour]]||3 April 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]||''vacant''||&nbsp;||rowspan=3|&nbsp;
|-
|'''[[Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby]]'''||31 March 1855
|-
|'''[[Matthew Talbot Baines]]'''||7 December 1855
|-
|[[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without Portfolio]]||'''[[Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne]]'''||28 December 1852 – 21 February 1858||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[United Kingdom Postmaster General|Postmaster-General]]||'''[[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning]]'''||5 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|'''[[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]]'''||30 November 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[President of the Board of Trade]]||[[Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell|Edward Cardwell]]||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|'''[[Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley]]'''||31 March 1855||entered the Cabinet 27 November 1855
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Vice-President of the Board of Trade]]||[[Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley]]||4 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Edward Pleydell-Bouverie]]||31 March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke|Robert Lowe]]||13 August 1855
|-
|rowspan=2|[[First Commissioner of Works]]||'''[[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet]]'''||5 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|Sir [[Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover|Benjamin Hall]]||21 July 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Vice-President of the Committee on Education]]||[[William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple|William Cowper]]||5 February 1857||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=4|[[President of the Board of Health]]||Sir [[Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover|Benjamin Hall]]||14 January 1854||continued in office
|-
|[[William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple|William Cowper]]||13 August 1855||rowspan=3|&nbsp;
|-
|[[William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly|William Monsell]]||9 February 1857
|-
|[[William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple|William Cowper]]||24 September 1857
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Chief Secretary for Ireland]]||Sir [[John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar|John Young]]||6 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Edward Horsman]]||1 March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Henry Arthur Herbert (1815-1866)|Henry Arthur Herbert]]||27 May 1857
|-
|[[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]]||[[George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle]]||7 March 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Master-General of the Ordnance]]||[[Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan]]||30 September 1852||rowspan=4|Board of Ordnance abolished 25 May 1855 <br/> and duties vested in Secretary of State for <br/> War; the post of Surveyor-General remained <br/> but was not filled.
|-
|[[Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance]]||Sir [[Hew Dalrymple Ross]]||6 May 1854
|-
|[[Surveyor-General of the Ordnance]]||''vacant''||—
|-
|[[Storekeeper of the Ordnance]]||Sir [[Thomas Hastings (admiral)|Thomas Hastings]]||25 July 1845
|-
|[[Clerk of the Ordnance]]||[[William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly|William Monsell]]||13 January 1853||clerkship abolished 1857
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Paymaster General]]||[[Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley]]||4 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Edward Pleydell-Bouverie]]||31 March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke|Robert Lowe]]||13 August 1855
|-
|rowspan=2|[[President of the Poor Law Board]]||[[Matthew Talbot Baines]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Edward Pleydell-Bouverie]]||13 August 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board]]||[[Grenville Berkeley]]||7 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Ralph Grey (MP)|Ralph Grey]]||9 May 1856||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]]||[[Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet]]||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|Sir [[Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury|Richard Bethell]]||15 November 1856||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]]||Sir [[Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury|Richard Bethell]]||28 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician)|James Stuart-Wortley]]||22 November 1856||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|Sir [[Henry Singer Keating]]||28 May 1857
|-
|[[Judge Advocate General (United Kingdom)|Judge Advocate General]]||[[Charles Pelham Villiers]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Lord Advocate]]||[[James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff|James Moncreiff]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Solicitor General for Scotland]]||[[Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple|Edward Maitland]]||14 February 1855||&nbsp;
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Attorney General for Ireland]]||[[Abraham Brewster]]||April 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[William Keogh]]||March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald|John Fitzgerald]]||March 1856
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Solicitor General for Ireland]]||[[William Keogh]]||April 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald|John Fitzgerald]]||March 1855||rowspan=2|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Jonathan Christian]]||March 1856
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Lord Steward of the Household]]||[[Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer]]||10 January 1854||continued in office
|-
|[[Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans]]||23 November 1857||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Lord Chamberlain of the Household]]||[[John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane]]||15 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]]||[[Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury|Lord Ernest Bruce]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Master of the Horse]]||[[Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington]]||21 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Treasurer of the Household]]||[[George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby|George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave]]||4 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Comptroller of the Household]]||[[Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry|Archibald Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig]]||4 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|[[Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare|Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse]]||25 July 1856||&nbsp;
|-
|[[Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms]]||[[Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]]||[[John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney|John Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Master of the Buckhounds]]||[[John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal]]||[[Lord Alfred Paget]]||30 December 1852||continued in office
|-
|[[Mistress of the Robes]]||[[Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland]]||15 January 1853||continued in office
|-
|rowspan=9|[[Lord-in-waiting|Lords in Waiting]]||[[Charles Somers-Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers]]||13 January 1853 – 22 February 1857||rowspan=9|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys]]||13 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers]]||13 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark]]||13 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley]]||13 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel]]||1 October 1853 – 21 February 1856
|-
|[[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye]]||28 November 1854 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness]]||15 April 1856 – 21 February 1858
|-
|[[Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey|Richard Dawson, 3rd Baron Cremorne]]||22 February 1857 – 21 February 1858
|}

==Notes==
{{More footnotes needed|date=May 2020}}
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite book |last=Cook |first=Chris |last2=Keith |first2=Brendan |title=British Historical Facts: 1830–1900 |url={{Google Books|id=qSyxCwAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} |year=1975 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-01348-7}}
'''Attribution:'''
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount |volume=20 |page=648}}

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[[Category:Ministries of Queen Victoria]]
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