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Second Gladstone ministry

Members of the government of the United Kingdom from 1880–1885

Second Gladstone ministry

Summary

Members of the government of the United Kingdom from 1880–1885

FieldValue
incumbent1880–1885
imageWilliam Ewart Gladstone by Elliott & Fry - March 1879.jpg
captionGladstone (1879)
date_formed
date_dissolved
government_head_titlePrime Minister
government_headWilliam Ewart Gladstone
state_head_titleMonarch
state_headVictoria
total_number118 appointments
political_partyLiberal Party
legislature_statusMajority
legislature_term
election1880 general election
opposition_partyConservative Party
opposition_leaders{{unbulleted list
previousSecond Disraeli ministry
successorFirst Salisbury ministry
flagCoat of arms of the United Kingdom (Queen Victoria, lesser arms).svg

| | Lord Beaconsfield (1880–1881) |

After campaigning against the foreign policy of the Beaconsfield ministry, William Ewart Gladstone led the Liberal Party to victory in the 1880 general election. The nominal leader of the Party, Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, resigned in Gladstone's favour and Gladstone was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria. He pursued a policy of parliamentary reform, but his government became wildly unpopular after the death of General Gordon in 1885. Gladstone was held responsible, and resigned, leaving the way free for the Conservatives under Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury to form a government.

Cabinet; April 1880 – June 1885

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OfficeNameTerm
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor
Lord President of the Council
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
Lord Privy Seal
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Leader of the House of Lords
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Secretary of State for War
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Secretary of State for India
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hugh Childers
First Lord of the Admiralty
President of the Board of Trade
President of the Local Government Board
Sir Charles Dilke
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
John George Dodson
George Otto Trevelyan
Postmaster General
George John Shaw-Lefevre
Chief Secretary for Ireland
successor not in the cabinet
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

†Created Earl of Selborne in 1882.

Notes

  • William Gladstone served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between April 1880 and December 1882.
  • The Earl Spencer served as both Lord President and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between April 1882 and March 1883.
  • The Earl of Kimberley served as both Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1882.
  • The Lord Carlingford served as both Lord Privy Seal and Lord President between March 1883 and March 1885.

Changes

  • May 1881: Lord Carlingford succeeds the Duke of Argyll as Lord Privy Seal.
  • April 1882: Earl Spencer becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but retains his seat in the cabinet and his position as Lord President.
  • May 1882: William Edward Forster resigns as Chief Secretary for Ireland. His successor is not in the cabinet.
  • July 1882: The Earl of Kimberley succeeds John Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster remaining also Colonial Secretary.
  • December 1882: Hugh Childers succeeds William Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Hartington succeeds Childers as Secretary for War. Kimberley succeeds Hartington as Secretary for India. The Earl of Derby succeeds Kimberley as Colonial Secretary. John George Dodson succeeds Kimberley as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Charles Dilke succeeds Dodson as President of the Local Government Board.
  • March 1883: Carlingford succeeds Spencer as Lord President, remaining also Lord Privy Seal. Spencer remains in the Cabinet as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
  • October 1884: George Otto Trevelyan succeeds Dodson as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
  • March 1885: The Earl of Rosebery succeeds Carlingford as Lord Privy Seal. Carlingford remains Lord President. George John Shaw-Lefevre enters the cabinet as Postmaster-General.

List of ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

OfficeNameDatePrime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury
and Leader 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 Affairs
and Leader of the House of LordsParliamentary Under-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 AdmiraltyParliamentary Secretary to the AdmiraltyCivil Lord of the AdmiraltyChief Secretary for IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandChancellor of the Duchy of LancasterPresident of the Local Government BoardParliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardPostmaster-GeneralPresident of the Board of TradeParliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradeFirst Commissioner of WorksVice-President of the Committee on EducationPaymaster GeneralAttorney 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 WaitingExtra Lord in Waiting
William Ewart Gladstone23 April 18809 June 1885
William Ewart Gladstone28 April 1880
Hugh Childers16 December 1882
Lord Richard Grosvenor28 April 1880
Lord Frederick Cavendish28 April 1880
Leonard Courtney8 May 1882
John Tomlinson Hibbert12 December 1884
Sir Arthur Hayter5 May 188026 June 1882
John Holms5 May 188026 June 1882
Charles Cecil Cotes5 May 18809 June 1885
Herbert Gladstone24 August 18819 June 1885
Robert Duff26 June 18829 June 1885
Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne28 April 1880
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer28 April 1880
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford19 March 1883
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll28 April 1880
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford2 May 1881
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery5 March 1885
Sir William Vernon Harcourt28 April 1880
Arthur Wellesley Peel28 April 1880
Leonard Courtney1 January 1881
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery8 August 1881
John Tomlinson Hibbert7 June 1883
Henry Fowler12 December 1884
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville28 April 1880
Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet28 April 1880
Lord Edmond FitzMaurice1 January 1883
Hugh Childers28 April 1880
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington16 December 1882
Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley1 May 1880
Henry Campbell-Bannerman28 April 1880
Arthur Hayter13 May 1882
Sir John Miller Adye1 June 1880
Henry Brand17 January 1882
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley28 April 1880
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby16 December 1882
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff29 August 1880
Leonard Courtney6 August 1881
Evelyn Ashley12 May 1882
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington28 April 1880
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley16 December 1882
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne29 April 1880
George Byng, Viscount Enfield1 September 1880
John Kynaston Cross16 January 1883
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook28 April 1880
George Shaw-Lefevre28 April 1880
George Trevelyan29 November 1880
Henry Campbell-Bannerman10 May 1882
Sir Thomas Brassey23 October 1884
Thomas Brassey12 May 1880
George Wightwick Rendel22 July 1882
William Edward Forster30 April 1880
Lord Frederick Cavendish6 May 1882
George Trevelyan9 May 1882
Henry Campbell-Bannerman23 October 1884
Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper4 May 1880
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer4 May 1882
John Bright28 April 1880
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley25 July 1882
John George Dodson28 December 1882
George Trevelyan29 October 1884
John George Dodson3 May 1880
Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet28 December 1882
John Tomlinson Hibbert3 May 1880
George W. E. Russell7 June 1883
Henry Fawcett3 May 1880
George Shaw-Lefevre7 November 1884
Joseph Chamberlain3 May 1880
Evelyn Ashley29 April 1880
John Holms15 May 1882
William Patrick Adam3 May 1880
George Shaw-Lefevre29 November 1881
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery13 February 1885
A. J. Mundella3 May 1880
George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton24 May 1880
Sir Henry James3 May 1880
Sir Farrer Herschell3 May 1880
George Osborne Morgan7 May 1880
John McLaren5 May 1880
John Balfour19 August 1881
John Balfour6 May 1880
Alexander Asher19 August 1881
Hugh Law10 May 1880
William Moore Johnson17 November 1881
Andrew Marshall Porter3 January 1883
John Naish19 December 1883
Samuel Walker1885
William Moore Johnson24 May 1880
Andrew Marshall Porter18 November 1881
John Naish9 January 1883
Samuel Walker19 December 1883
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot1885
John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney3 May 1880
Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare3 May 1880
Lord Charles Bruce3 May 1880
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster3 May 1880
Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane3 May 1880
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington3 May 1880
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife3 May 1880
Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly21 January 1881
Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington27 June 1881
William Monson, 7th Baron Monson3 May 1880
Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork3 May 1880
Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford3 May 1880
Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe11 January 1883
Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen10 May 18809 June 1885
Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland10 May 188014 September 1880
William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel10 May 188014 September 1880
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale10 May 18809 June 1885
Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley10 May 18809 June 1885
Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley10 May 18809 June 1885
George Byng, Viscount Enfield20 May 18801 September 1880
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington23 June 185927 April 1884
John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie14 September 18809 June 1885
William Mansfield, 2nd Baron Sandhurst14 September 18809 June 1885
Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow14 September 18809 June 1885
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814-1904)30 June 188418 February 1901
Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville1 October 18761 October 1888

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