Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury formed a government in June 1885, upon his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria, succeeding William Ewart Gladstone. His ministry lasted for over seven months.
Cabinet
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Changes
- August 1885The Duke of Richmond becomes Secretary for Scotland. Edward Stanhope succeeds him at the Board of Trade; his successor as Vice-President of the Council is not in the Cabinet.
- January 1886
- The Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland goes 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
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! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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|First Lord of the Treasury
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
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! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
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|Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
! scope=row |Aretas Akers-Douglas
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|rowspan=3|Financial Secretary to the Treasury
! scope=row |Sir Henry Holland
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! scope=row |Sir Matthew White Ridley
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! scope=row |William Jackson
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|rowspan=3|Junior Lords of the Treasury
! scope=row |Charles Dalrymple
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! scope=row |Sidney Herbert
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! scope=row |William Walrond
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|Lord Chancellor
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury
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|Lord President of the Council
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
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|Lord Privy Seal
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby
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|Secretary of State for the Home Department
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Sir R. A. Cross
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|Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
! scope=row |Charles Stuart-Wortley
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|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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|Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
! scope=row |Robert Bourke
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|Secretary of State for War
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | William Henry Smith
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|Under-Secretary of State for War
! scope=row |William Keppel, Viscount Bury
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|Financial Secretary to the War Office
! scope=row |Henry Northcote
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|Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
! scope=row |Guy Dawnay
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|Secretary of State for the Colonies
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Frederick Stanley
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|Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
! scope=row |Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
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|Secretary of State for India
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Lord Randolph Churchill
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|Under-Secretary of State for India
! scope=row |George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
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|First Lord of the Admiralty
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Lord George Hamilton
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|Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
! scope=row |Charles Ritchie
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|Civil Lord of the Admiralty
! scope=row |Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
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|rowspan=2|Vice-President of the Committee on Education
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Edward Stanhope
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! scope=row |Sir Henry Holland
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|rowspan=2|Chief Secretary for Ireland
! scope=row |Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
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! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | William Henry Smith
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|Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
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|Lord Chancellor of Ireland
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
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|Postmaster General
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Lord John Manners
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|Secretary for Scotland
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
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|rowspan=2|President of the Board of Trade
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
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! scope=row style="font-weight:bold;" | Edward Stanhope
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|Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
! scope=row |Baron Henry de Worms
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|Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
! scope=row |Henry Chaplin
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|President of the Local Government Board
! scope=row |Arthur Balfour
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|Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
! scope=row |Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow
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|Paymaster General
! scope=row |Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
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|First Commissioner of Works
! scope=row |David Robert Plunket
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|Attorney General
! scope=row |Sir Richard Webster
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|Solicitor General
! scope=row |John Eldon Gorst
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|Judge Advocate General
! scope=row |William Thackeray Marriott
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|Lord Advocate
! scope=row |John Macdonald
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|Solicitor General for Scotland
! scope=row |James Robertson
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|Attorney-General for Ireland
! scope=row |Hugh Holmes
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|rowspan=2|Solicitor-General for Ireland
! scope=row |John Munroe
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! scope=row |John George Gibson
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|Lord Steward of the Household
! scope=row |William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
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|Lord Chamberlain of the Household
! scope=row |Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
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|Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
! scope=row |William Legge, Viscount Lewisham
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|Master of the Horse
! scope=row |Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford
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|Treasurer of the Household
! scope=row |William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone
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|Comptroller of the Household
! scope=row |Lord Arthur Hill
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|Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
! scope=row |George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
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|Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
! scope=row |George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington
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|Master of the Buckhounds
! scope=row |John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford
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|Mistress of the Robes
! scope=row |Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
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|rowspan=7|Lords in Waiting
! scope=row |Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros
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! scope=row |Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
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! scope=row |Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden
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! scope=row |John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker
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! scope=row |John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
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! scope=row |William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone
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! scope=row |George Irby, 6th Baron Boston
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|Extra Lord in Waiting
! scope=row |Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville
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