First Salisbury ministry

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902.

The First Salisbury Ministry was formed by the Marquess of Salisbury in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in July 1885, and lasted until February 1886.

Cabinet

July 1885 - February 1886

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Salisbury	July 1885–February 1886
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Iddesleigh	July 1885–February 1886
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury	July 1885–February 1886
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook	July 1885–February 1886
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Harrowby	July 1885–February 1886
Home Secretary	Sir Richard Cross	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir Frederick Stanley	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	July 1885–January 1886
	The Viscount Cranbrook	January 1886–February 1886
Secretary of State for India	Lord Randolph Churchill	July 1885–February 1886
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	July 1885–February 1886
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt	July 1885–February 1886
President of the Board of Trade	The Duke of Richmond	July 1885–August 1885
	Edward Stanhope	August 1885–February 1886
Chief Secretary for Ireland	William Henry Smith	January 1886–February 1886
Postmaster-General	The Lord John Manners	July 1885–February 1886
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Carnarvon	July 1885–January 1886
	in commission	January 1886–February 1886
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	The Lord Ashbourne	July 1885–February 1886
Secretary for Scotland	The Duke of Richmond	July 1885–February 1886
Vice President of the Council	Edward Stanhope	July 1885–August 1885
	not a cabinet post	August 1885–February 1886

Notes

• Lord Cranbrook served concurrently as Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for War between January and February 1886.

Changes

• August, 1885: The Duke of Richmond becomes Secretary for Scotland. Edward Stanhope succeeds him at the Board of Trade. Stanhope's successor as Vice President of the Council is not in the Cabinet.
• January, 1886: The Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland is put into commission. William Henry Smith becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord Cranbrook succeeds him as Secretary for War, while remaining Lord President.

List of Ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Salisbury	23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Iddesleigh	24 June 1885
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt	24 June 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Aretas Akers-Douglas	24 June 1885
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Sir Henry Holland, Bt	24 June 1885
	Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt
	William Jackson
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Charles Dalrymple	29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	Sidney Herbert	29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	William Walrond	29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury	24 June 1885
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook	24 June 1885
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Harrowby	24 June 1885
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir R. A. Cross	24 June 1885
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Charles Stuart-Wortley	30 June 1885
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess of Salisbury	24 June 1885
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Robert Bourke	25 June 1885
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	24 June 1885
Under-Secretary of State for War	Viscount Bury	26 June 1885
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Henry Northcote	26 June 1885
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Guy Dawnay	27 June 1885
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Frederick Stanley	24 June 1885
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Dunraven	24 June 1885
Secretary of State for India	Lord Randolph Churchill	24 June 1885
Under-Secretary of State for India	The Lord Harris	25 June 1885
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	24 June 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty	Charles Ritchie	1 July 1885
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	1 July 1885
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Edward Stanhope	24 June 1885
	Sir Henry Holland, Bt	17 September 1885
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt	25 June 1885
	William Henry Smith	23 January 1886
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Carnarvon	27 June 1885
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	The Lord Ashbourne	27 June 1885
Postmaster-General	Lord John Manners	24 June 1885
Secretary for Scotland	The Duke of Richmond	17 August 1885
President of the Board of Trade	The Duke of Richmond	24 June 1885
	Edward Stanhope	19 August 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Baron Henry de Worms	24 June 1885
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Henry Chaplin	24 June 1885
President of the Local Government Board	Arthur Balfour	24 June 1885
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	The Earl Brownlow	24 June 1885
Paymaster-General	The Earl Beauchamp	24 June 1885
First Commissioner of Works	David Robert Plunket	24 June 1885
Attorney General	Sir Richard Webster	27 July 1885
Solicitor General	John Eldon Gorst	2 July 1885
Judge Advocate General	William Thackeray Marriott	13 July 1885
Lord Advocate	John Hay Macdonald	2 July 1885
Solicitor General for Scotland	James Robertson	2 July 1885
Attorney General for Ireland	Hugh Holmes	3 July 1885
Solicitor General for Ireland	John Munroe	3 July 1885
	John George Gibson	1885
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	27 June 1885
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Lathom	27 June 1885
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Viscount Lewisham	27 June 1885
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Bradford	1 July 1885
Treasurer of the Household	Viscount Folkestone	27 June 1885
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Arthur Hill	27 June 1885
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl of Coventry	6 July 1885
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Viscount Barrington	27 June 1885
Master of the Buckhounds	The Marquess of Waterford	27 June 1885
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Buccleuch	27 June 1885
Lords in Waiting	The Lord de Ros	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Earl of Kintore	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Viscount Hawarden	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Lord Henniker	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Earl of Hopetoun	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Lord Elphinstone	27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
	The Lord Boston	6 July 1885 – 28 January 1886
Extra Lord in Waiting	The Lord Sackville	1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888

References

C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

Preceded by Second Gladstone Ministry

Government of the United Kingdom 1885–1886

Succeeded by Third Gladstone Ministry