Second Salisbury ministry

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{{Infobox government cabinet

|incumbent = 1886–1892

|image = Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.jpg

|caption = Salisbury (1892)

|date_formed = {{Start date|1886|7|25|df=y}}

|date_dissolved = {{End date|1892|8|11|df=y}}

|government_head_title = Prime Minister

|government_head = Lord Salisbury

|state_head_title = Monarch

|state_head = Victoria

|former_members_number =

|total_number = 113 appointments

|political_parties = Conservative Party

|legislature_status = {{Longitem|Minority
dependent on Liberal Unionist support}}

|legislature_term = {{unbulleted list

| 24th UK Parliament

| {{Longitem|25th UK Parliament
lost a vote of confidence}}

}}

|budget =

|election = 1886 general election

|last_election = 1892 general election

|opposition_party = Liberal Party

|opposition_leaders = {{unbulleted list

| {{Longitem|William Ewart Gladstone
in the House of Commons}}

| Lord Granville (1886–1891)

| {{Longitem|Lord Kimberley (1891–1892)
in the House of Lords}}

}}

|previous = Third Gladstone ministry

|successor = Fourth Gladstone ministry

|flag=Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government, 1901-1952).svg}}

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

{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = First Lord of the Treasury

| minister1 = Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|7|25|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister1_ministryhead= y

| minister2 = William Henry Smith

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister3 = Arthur Balfour

| minister3_termstart = {{start date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}

| minister3_termend = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}

| minister3_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Leader of the House of Lords

| minister1 = Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|7|25|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister1_ministryhead= y

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Lord Chancellor

| minister1 = Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Lord President of the Council

| minister1 = Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|18|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Lord Privy Seal

| minister1 = George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary of State for the Home Department

| minister1 = Henry Matthews

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| minister1 = Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|1|12|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2_ministryhead= y

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary of State for the Colonies

| minister1 = Edward Stanhope

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Henry Holland, 1st Baron Knutsford

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary of State for War

| minister1 = William Henry Smith

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Edward Stanhope

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary of State for India

| minister1 = R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = First Lord of the Admiralty

| minister1 = Lord George Hamilton

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|9|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Chancellor of the Exchequer

| minister1 = Lord Randolph Churchill

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = George Goschen

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Leader of the House of Commons

| minister1 = Lord Randolph Churchill

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Arthur Balfour

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = President of the Board of Trade

| minister1 = Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1888|2|21|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1888|2|21|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

| minister1 = Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1886|8|16|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|16|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Chief Secretary for Ireland

| minister1 = Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|5|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|3|7|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister2 = Arthur Balfour

| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1887|3|7|df=yes}}

| minister2_termend = {{end date|1891|11|9|df=yes}}

| minister2_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| minister3 = William Jackson

| minister3_termstart = {{start date|1891|11|9|df=yes}}

| minister3_termend = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}

| minister3_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table minister

| title = Secretary for Scotland

| minister1 = Arthur Balfour

| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1886|8|5|df=yes}}

| minister1_termend = {{end date|1887|3|11|df=yes}}

| minister1_party = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Cabinet table end}}

= Changes =

List of ministers

{{qnote|Cabinet members are listed in {{strong|bold face}}.}}

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! Office

! Name

! Tenure

{{ubli | Prime minister{{efn|The position of prime minister was not a formal ministerial office.}} | Leader of the House of Lords}}

! rowspan=2 scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

|{{dts|25 July 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

rowspan=3 | First Lord of the Treasury

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | William Henry Smith{{efn|name=Commons|Also served as Leader of the House of Commons.}}

|{{dts|17 January 1887}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Arthur Balfour{{efn|name=Commons}}

|{{dts|October 1891}}

rowspan=2 | Chancellor of the Exchequer

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Lord Randolph Churchill{{efn|name=Commons}}

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | George Goschen

|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

! scope=row | Aretas Akers-Douglas

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Financial Secretary to the Treasury

! scope=row | William Jackson

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row | John Eldon Gorst

|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

rowspan=3 | Junior Lords of the Treasury

! scope=row | Sidney Herbert

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | William Walrond{{efn|Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889.}}

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

Lord Chancellor

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Lord President of the Council

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Lord Privy Seal

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan{{efn|name=Cabinet | Entered the Cabinet in April 1887.}}

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Secretary of State for the Home Department

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Henry Matthews

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

! scope=row | Charles Stuart-Wortley

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

rowspan=2 | Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

! scope=row | Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

scope=row | James Lowther

|{{dts|22 September 1891}}

rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for War

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | William Henry Smith

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Edward Stanhope

|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

rowspan=2 | Under-Secretary of State for War

! scope=row | George Harris, 4th Baron Harris

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

scope=row | Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow

|{{dts|1 January 1890}}

Financial Secretary to the War Office

! scope=row | St John Brodrick

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

Surveyor-General of the Ordnance{{efn|Office abolished in 1888.}}

! scope=row | Henry Northcote

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for the Colonies

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Edward Stanhope

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Henry Holland{{efn|Holland was created Baron Knutsford on 23 February 1888.}}

|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

rowspan=3 | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

! scope=row | Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row | William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

|{{dts|16 February 1887}}

scope=row | Baron Henry de Worms

|{{dts|20 February 1888}}

Secretary of State for India

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Under-Secretary of State for India

! scope=row | John Eldon Gorst

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

scope=row | George Curzon

|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

First Lord of the Admiralty

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Lord George Hamilton

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

! scope=row | Arthur Forwood

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

Civil Lord of the Admiralty

! scope=row | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

President of the Board of Agriculture

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Henry Chaplin

|{{dts|9 September 1889}}

rowspan=3 | Chief Secretary for Ireland

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Arthur Balfour

|{{dts|7 March 1887}}

scope=row | William Jackson

|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

rowspan=2 | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

! scope=row | Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row | Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland

|{{dts|30 July 1889}}

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Lord John Manners{{efn|Manners succeeded as the 7th Duke of Rutland on 4 March 1888.}}

|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

President of the Local Government Board

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Charles Ritchie{{efn|name=Cabinet}}

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board

! scope=row | Walter Long

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

Minister without Portfolio

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

|{{dts|7 March 1887}}{{snd}}{{dts|20 February 1888}}

rowspan=2 | Secretary for Scotland

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Arthur Balfour{{efn|Balfour entered the Cabinet in November 1886.}}

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row | Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian

|{{dts|11 March 1887}}

rowspan=2 | President of the Board of Trade

! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Frederick Stanley{{efn|Stanley was created Baron Stanley of Preston on 27 August 1886.}}

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

|{{dts|21 February 1888}}

rowspan=3 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade

! scope=row | Baron Henry de Worms

|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

scope=row | William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

|{{dts|21 February 1888}}

scope=row | Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

|{{dts|1 January 1889}}

rowspan=2 | Vice-President of the Committee on Education

! scope=row | Henry Holland

|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

scope=row | William Hart Dyke

|{{dts|25 January 1887}}

rowspan=4 | Paymaster General

! scope=row | Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp

|{{dts|19 August 1886}}

scope=row | Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow

|{{dts|March 1887}}

scope=row | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey

|{{dts|1889}}

scope=row | Robert Windsor-Clive, Baron Windsor

|{{dts|December 1890}}

rowspan=2 | Postmaster General

! scope=row | Henry Cecil Raikes

|{{dts|19 August 1886}}

scope=row | Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

|{{dts|21 September 1891}}

First Commissioner of Works

! scope=row | David Plunket

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

Attorney General

! scope=row | Richard Webster

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

Solicitor General

! scope=row | Edward Clarke

|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

Judge Advocate General

! scope=row | William Thackeray Marriott

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

rowspan=4 | Lord Advocate

! scope=row | John Macdonald

|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

scope=row | James Robertson

|{{dts|27 October 1888}}

scope=row |vacant

|{{dts|20 August 1891}}

scope=row | Charles Pearson

|{{dts|1 October 1891}}

rowspan=4 | Solicitor General for Scotland

! scope=row | James Robertson

|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

scope=row | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling

|{{dts|27 October 1888}}

scope=row | Charles Pearson

|{{dts|31 October 1890}}

scope=row | Andrew Murray

|{{dts|1 October 1891}}

rowspan=4 | Attorney-General for Ireland

! scope=row | Hugh Holmes

|{{dts|August 1886}}

scope=row | John George Gibson

|{{dts|1887}}

scope=row | Peter O'Brien

|{{dts|1888}}

scope=row | Dodgson Hamilton Madden

|{{dts|1890}}

rowspan=4 | Solicitor-General for Ireland

! scope=row | John George Gibson

|{{dts|August 1886}}

scope=row | Dodgson Hamilton Madden

|{{dts|1888}}

scope=row | John Atkinson

|{{dts|1890}}

scope=row | Edward Carson

|{{dts|June 1892}}

Lord Steward of the Household

! scope=row | William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

Lord Chamberlain of the Household

! scope=row | Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

! scope=row | William Legge, Viscount Lewisham

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row | Brownlow Cecil, Baron Burghley

|{{dts|24 November 1891}}

Master of the Horse

! scope=row | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

rowspan=2 | Treasurer of the Household

! scope=row | William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone{{efn|Folkestone succeeded as the 5th Earl of Radnor on 11 March 1889.}}

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row | Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox

|{{dts|20 November 1891}}

Comptroller of the Household

! scope=row | Lord Arthur Hill

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

rowspan=3 | Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms

! scope=row | George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row | Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn

|{{dts|24 November 1886}}

scope=row | Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough

|{{dts|11 August 1890}}

rowspan=2 | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

! scope=row | Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

scope=row | William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick

|{{dts|29 January 1889}}

Master of the Buckhounds

! scope=row | George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry

|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

Mistress of the Robes

! scope=row | Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

rowspan=12 | Lords-in-Waiting

! scope=row | William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|21 February 1887}}

scope=row | William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|29 January 1889}}

scope=row | John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|12 August 1889}}

scope=row | William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave

|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

|{{dts|21 February 1887}}{{snd}}{{dts|18 March 1889}}

scope=row | Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney

|{{dts|5 February 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington

|{{dts|18 March 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|20 October 1889}}

scope=row | Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill

|{{dts|12 August 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

scope=row | Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey

|{{dts|10 March 1890}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

Extra Lord in Waiting

! scope=row | Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville

|{{dts|1 October 1876}}{{snd}}{{dts|1 October 1888}}

Notes

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References

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