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First Gladstone ministry

Government of the United Kingdom


Summary

Government of the United Kingdom

FieldValue
incumbent1868–1874
imageFranz von Lenbach - Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone (1874).jpg
captionGladstone (1874)
date_formed
date_dissolved
government_head_titlePrime Minister
government_headWilliam Ewart Gladstone
state_head_titleMonarch
state_headVictoria
total_number125 appointments
political_partyLiberal Party
legislature_statusMajority
legislature_term
election1868 general election
last_election1874 general election
opposition_partyConservative Party
opposition_leaders{{unbulleted list
previousThird Derby–Disraeli ministry
successorSecond Disraeli ministry
flagCoat of arms of the United Kingdom (Queen Victoria, lesser arms).svg

| | Lord Malmesbury (1868–1869) | Lord Cairns (1869–1870) | The Conservative government under Benjamin Disraeli had been defeated at the 1868 general election, so in December 1868 the victorious William Ewart Gladstone formed his first government. He introduced reforms in the British Army (including the abolition of the purchase system), the legal system (establishing the Supreme Court of Judicature) and the Civil Service, and disestablished the Church of Ireland. In foreign affairs he pursued a peaceful policy. His ministry was defeated in the 1874 election, whereupon Disraeli formed a ministry and Gladstone retired as Leader of the Liberal Party.

Cabinet

December 1868 – February 1874

OfficeNameTerm
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for War
Secretary of State for India
Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Admiralty
President of the Board of Trade
President of the Poor Law Board
President of the Local Government Board
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Postmaster General
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Vice President of the Council
Leader of the House of Lords

Notes

:† The Earl de Grey was created the Marquess of Ripon in 1871. :‡ Henry Austin Bruce was created Baron Aberdare in 1873.

  • William Gladstone served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between August 1873 and February 1874.

Changes

  • July 1870: On the death of Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville succeeds him as Foreign Secretary. Lord Kimberley succeeds Granville as Colonial Secretary, and Lord Halifax succeeds Kimberley as Lord Privy Seal. W.E. Forster enters the cabinet as vice president of the council.
  • January 1871: Chichester Fortescue succeeds Bright at the Board of Trade. Lord Hartington succeeds Fortescue as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Hartington's successor as Postmaster-General is not in the Cabinet.
  • March 1871: G.J. Goschen succeeds Childers at the Admiralty. James Stansfeld succeeds Goschen at the Poor Law Board (which becomes the Local Government Board later that year).
  • August 1872: Hugh Childers returns to the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
  • October 1872: Lord Selborne succeeds Lord Hatherley as Lord Chancellor.
  • August 1873: Lord Aberdare (formerly Henry Austin Bruce) succeeds Lord Ripon as Lord President. Robert Lowe succeeds Aberdare as Home Secretary. Gladstone himself takes over the Exchequer.
  • September 1873: John Bright returns to the Cabinet, succeeding Childers at the Duchy of Lancaster.

List of ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

OfficeNameDatePrime MinisterFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsChancellor of the ExchequerParliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryFinancial Secretary to the TreasuryJunior Lords of the TreasuryLord ChancellorLord President of the CouncilLord Privy SealSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentUnder-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsUnder-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretary of State for WarUnder-Secretary of State for WarFinancial Secretary to the War OfficeSurveyor-General of the OrdnanceSecretary of State for the ColoniesUnder-Secretary of State for the ColoniesSecretary of State for IndiaUnder-Secretary of State for IndiaFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyFirst (later Parliamentary) Secretary to the AdmiraltyCivil Lord of the AdmiraltyVice-President of the Committee on EducationChief Secretary for IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandChancellor of the Duchy of LancasterPresident of the Poor Law BoardParliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law BoardPresident of the Local Government BoardParliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardPostmaster-GeneralPresident of the Board of TradeParliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradePaymaster GeneralFirst Commissioner of WorksAttorney GeneralSolicitor GeneralJudge Advocate GeneralLord AdvocateSolicitor General for ScotlandAttorney General for IrelandSolicitor General for IrelandLord Steward of the HouseholdLord Chamberlain of the HouseholdVice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdMaster of the HorseTreasurer of the HouseholdComptroller of the HouseholdCaptain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsCaptain of the Yeomen of the GuardMaster of the BuckhoundsMistress of the RobesLords in Waiting
William Ewart Gladstone3 December 186817 February 1874
Robert Lowe9 December 1868
William Ewart Gladstone11 August 1873
George Glyn9 December 1868
Arthur Peel1 August 1873
Acton Smee Ayrton9 December 1868
James Stansfeld2 November 1869
William Edward Baxter17 March 1871
John Dodson11 August 1873
James Stansfeld16 December 18682 November 1869
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne16 December 186825 April 1872
William Patrick Adam16 December 18688 August 1873
John Cranch Walker Vivian16 December 18684 August 1870
William Henry Gladstone2 November 186917 February 1874
Lord Frederick Cavendish8 August 187317 February 1874
Algernon Greville8 August 187317 February 1874
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley9 December 1868
Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne15 October 1872
George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey9 December 1868
Henry Bruce9 August 1873
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley9 December 1868
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax6 July 1870
Henry Bruce9 December 1868
Robert Lowe9 August 1873
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen10 December 1868
George Shaw-Lefevre11 January 1871
Henry Winterbotham17 March 1871
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon9 December 1868
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville6 July 1870
Arthur Otway12 December 1868
George Byng, Viscount Enfield9 January 1871
Edward Cardwell9 December 1868
Thomas Barin, 2nd Baron Northbrook10 December 1868
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne26 April 1872
John Cranch Walker Vivian5 August 1870
Henry Campbell-Bannerman15 November 1871
Sir Henry Storks5 August 1870
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville9 December 1868
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley6 July 1870
William Monsell10 December 1868
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen14 January 1871
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll9 December 1868
M. E. Grant Duff10 December 1868
Hugh Childers9 December 1868
George Goschen24 March 1871
William Edward Baxter18 December 1868
George Shaw-Lefevre17 March 1871
George Trevelyan21 December 1868
Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown11 July 1870
William Edward Forster9 December 1868
Chichester Fortescue16 December 1868
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington12 January 1871
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer18 December 1868
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye12 December 1868
Hugh Childers9 August 1872
John Bright30 September 1873
George Goschen9 December 1868
James Stansfeld24 March 1871
Arthur Peel10 December 1868
James Stansfeld19 August 1871
John Tomlinson Hibbert19 August 1871
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington9 December 1868
William Monsell14 January 1871
Lyon Playfair18 November 1873
John Bright9 December 1868
Chichester Fortescue14 January 1871
George Shaw-Lefevre9 December 1868
Arthur Peel14 January 1871
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye12 December 1868
Hugh Childers9 August 1872
William Patrick Adam30 September 1873
Austen Henry Layard9 December 1868
Acton Smee Ayrton26 October 1869
William Patrick Adam11 August 1873
Sir Robert Collier12 December 1868
Sir John Coleridge10 November 1871
Sir Henry James20 November 1873
Sir John Coleridge12 December 1868
Sir George Jessel10 November 1871
Sir Henry James26 September 1873
Sir William Vernon Harcourt20 November 1873
Sir Colman O'Loghlen16 December 1868
John Robert Davison28 December 1870
Sir Robert Phillimore17 May 1871
Acton Smee Ayrton21 August 1873
James Moncreiff10 December 1868
George Young14 October 1869
George Young14 December 1868
Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark14 October 1869
Edward Sullivan12 December 1868
Charles Robert Barry26 January 1870
Richard Dowse13 January 1872
Christopher Palles5 November 1872
Charles Robert Barry12 December 1868
Richard Dowse14 February 1870
Christopher Palles6 February 1872
Hugh Law18 November 1872
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough12 December 1868
John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney9 December 1868
Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse12 December 1868
Lord Richard Grosvenor25 February 1872
George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury12 December 1868
George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron De Tabley12 December 1868
Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore1 March 1872
William Monson, 7th Baron Monson1 January 1874
Lord Otho FitzGerald12 December 1868
Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley12 December 1868
George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby27 December 1869
Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper20 April 1871
Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester1 January 1874
William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans22 December 1868
Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork12 December 1868
Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll17 December 1868
Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland22 January 1870
George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby17 December 186827 December 1869
Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown17 December 186811 July 1870
Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys17 December 186817 February 1874
Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield17 December 186825 February 1872
Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen17 December 186817 February 1874
Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley22 December 186817 February 1874
Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan27 January 186917 February 1874
Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley27 December 186917 February 1874
Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly21 July 18701 March 1873
Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare25 February 187217 February 1874
Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane1 March 187317 February 1874

;Notes

References

References

  1. C. Cook and B. Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830–1900''
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