The Conservative government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1858 and ended in 1859 was led by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby in the House of Lords and Benjamin Disraeli in the House of Commons.

History

After the collapse of Lord Palmerston's first government, the Conservative leader Lord Derby again formed a minority government, with Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The government oversaw the establishment of Crown rule in India, but was still not strong enough to retain power, falling in June 1859. Lord Palmerston then returned, forming his second ministry.

Cabinet

February 1858 – June 1859

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!Office||Name||Term

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|First Lord of the Treasury<br />Leader of the House of Lords||Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Lord Chancellor||Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Lord President of the Council||James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Lord Privy Seal||Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Home Secretary||Spencer Horatio Walpole||February 1858 – March 1859

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|&nbsp;||T.H.S. Sotheron Estcourt||March–June 1859

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|Foreign Secretary||James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Secretary of State for the Colonies||Lord Stanley||February–June 1858

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|&nbsp;||Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton||June 1858 – June 1859

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|Secretary of State for War||General Jonathan Peel||February 1858 – June 1859

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|Secretary of State for India||Lord Stanley||September 1858 – June 1859

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|First Lord of the Admiralty||Sir John Pakington, Bt||February 1858 – June 1859

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|President of the Board of Control||Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough||February–June 1858

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|&nbsp;||Lord Stanley||June–September 1858

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|&nbsp;||colspan=2|replaced by the India Office

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|Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />Leader of the House of Commons||Benjamin Disraeli||February 1858 – June 1859

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|President of the Board of Trade||J.W. Henley||February 1858 – June 1859

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|First Commissioner of Works||Lord John Manners||February 1858 – June 1859

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List of ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

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! Office

! Name

! Date

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! scope=row | Prime Minister <br />First Lord of the Treasury <br />Leader of the House of Lords

| Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

| 21 February 185811 June 1859

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! scope=row | Chancellor of the Exchequer <br />Leader of the House of Commons

| Benjamin Disraeli

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

| Sir William Jolliffe

| 2 March 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Financial Secretary to the Treasury

| George Alexander Hamilton

| 2 March 1858

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| Sir Stafford Northcote

| 21 January 1859

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! scope=row rowspan=4 | Junior Lords of the Treasury

| Lord Henry Lennox

| 1 March 185814 March 1859

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| Thomas Edward Taylor

| 1 March 185811 June 1859

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| Henry Whitmore

| 1 March 185811 June 1859

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| Peter Blackburn

| 15 March 185911 June 1859

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! scope=row | Lord Chancellor

| Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Lord President of the Council

| James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Lord Privy Seal

| Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for the Home Department

| Spencer Horatio Walpole

| 26 February 1858

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| Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt

| 3 March 1859

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! scope=row | Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

| Gathorne Hardy

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Secretary of State for War

| Jonathan Peel

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Under-Secretary of State for War

| Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge

| 8 March 1858

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| James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn

| 3 March 1859

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! scope=row | Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

| vacant

|—

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Secretary of State for the Colonies

| Lord Stanley

| 26 February 1858

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| Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

| 5 June 1858

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! scope=row | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

| Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Secretary of State for India

| Lord Stanley

| 2 September 1858

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! scope=row | Under-Secretary of State for India

| Henry James Baillie

| 30 September 1858

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! scope=row | First Lord of the Admiralty

| Sir John Pakington

| 8 March 1858

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! scope=row | First Secretary of the Admiralty

| Henry Thomas Lowry Corry

| 9 March 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Civil Lord of the Admiralty

| Lord Lovaine

| 8 March 1858

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| Frederick Lygon

| 9 March 1859

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | President of the Board of Control

| Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

| 6 March 1858

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| Lord Stanley

| 5 June 1858

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! scope=row | Joint Secretary to the Board of Control

| Henry James Baillie

| 6 March 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | President of the Board of Trade

| Joseph Warner Henley

| 26 February 1858

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| Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore

| 3 March 1859

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Vice-President of the Board of Trade

| Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore

| 6 April 1858

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| Lord Lovaine

| 3 March 1859

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! scope=row | First Commissioner of Works

| Lord John Manners

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Vice-President of the Committee on Education

| Charles Bowyer Adderley

| 12 March 1858

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! scope=row | President of the Board of Health

| Charles Bowyer Adderley

| 8 March 1858

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! scope=row | Chief Secretary for Ireland

| Lord Naas

| 4 March 1858

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! scope=row | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

| Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton

| 8 March 1858

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! scope=row | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

| James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Paymaster General

| Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore

| 6 April 1858

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| Lord Lovaine

| 3 March 1859

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | President of the Poor Law Board

| T.H.S. Sotheron Estcourt

| 6 March 1858

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| Earl of March

| 7 March 1859

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! scope=row | Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board

| Frederick Winn Knight

| 12 March 1858

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! scope=row | Postmaster-General

| Charles Edward Abbott, 2nd Baron Colchester

| 13 March 1858

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! scope=row | Attorney General

| Sir Fitzroy Kelly

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Solicitor General

| Sir Hugh Cairns

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Judge Advocate General

| John Mowbray

| 13 March 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=3 | Lord Advocate

| John Inglis

| 1 March 1858

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| Charles Baillie

| 10 July 1858

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| David Mure

| 15 April 1859

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! scope=row rowspan=3 | Solicitor General for Scotland

| Charles Baillie

| 17 March 1858

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| David Mure

| 12 July 1858

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| George Patton

| 3 May 1859

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! scope=row | Attorney General for Ireland

| James Whiteside

|February 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Solicitor General for Ireland

| Henry George Hughes

|February 1858

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| Edmund Hayes

| 1859

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! scope=row | Lord Steward of the Household

| Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Lord Chamberlain of the Household

| George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Master of the Horse

| Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Treasurer of the Household

| Lord Claud Hamilton

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Comptroller of the Household

| George Weld-Forester

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms

| Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

| William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros

| 17 March 1858

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! scope=row | Master of the Buckhounds

| John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal

| Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row | Mistress of the Robes

| The Duchess of Manchester

| 26 February 1858

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! scope=row rowspan=7 | Lords in Waiting

| James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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| Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan

| 26 February 185811 June 1859

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;Notes

References

  • British Historical Facts 1830–1900, by Chris Cook and Brendon Keith (The Macmillan Press 1975) pp. 21–22 SBN 333 13220 3