First Salisbury ministry

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury formed a government in June 1885,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn upon his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria, succeeding William Ewart Gladstone. His ministry lasted for over seven months.Template:R

Cabinet

Changes

• August 1885Template:SndThe 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 1886Template:Snd
  • 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

Office	Name	Date
Template:Ubli	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
First Lord of the Treasury	Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh	Template:Dts
Template:Ubli	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Aretas Akers-Douglas	Template:Dts
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Sir Henry Holland	Template:Dts
	Sir Matthew White Ridley	Template:Dts
	William Jackson	Template:Dts
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Charles Dalrymple	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Sidney Herbert	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William Walrond	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
Lord Chancellor	Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury	Template:Dts
Lord President of the Council	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook	Template:Dts
Lord Privy Seal	Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir R. A. Cross	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Charles Stuart-Wortley	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Robert Bourke	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for War	William Keppel, Viscount Bury	Template:Dts
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Henry Northcote	Template:Dts
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Guy Dawnay	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Frederick Stanley	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl	Template:Dts
Secretary of State for India	Lord Randolph Churchill	Template:Dts
Under-Secretary of State for India	George Harris, 4th Baron Harris	Template:Dts
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty	Charles Ritchie	Template:Dts
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Template:Dts
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Edward Stanhope	Template:Dts
	Sir Henry Holland	Template:Dts
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet	Template:Dts
	William Henry Smith	Template:Dts
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon	Template:Dts
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne	Template:Dts
Postmaster General	Lord John Manners	Template:Dts
Secretary for Scotland	Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond	Template:Dts
President of the Board of Trade	Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond	Template:Dts
	Edward Stanhope	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Baron Henry de Worms	Template:Dts
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Henry Chaplin	Template:Dts
President of the Local Government Board	Arthur Balfour	Template:Dts
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow	Template:Dts
Paymaster General	Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp	Template:Dts
First Commissioner of Works	David Robert Plunket	Template:Dts
Attorney General	Sir Richard Webster	Template:Dts
Solicitor General	John Eldon Gorst	Template:Dts
Judge Advocate General	William Thackeray Marriott	Template:Dts
Lord Advocate	John Macdonald	Template:Dts
Solicitor General for Scotland	James Robertson	Template:Dts
Attorney-General for Ireland	Hugh Holmes	Template:Dts
Solicitor-General for Ireland	John Munroe	Template:Dts
	John George Gibson	Template:Dts
Lord Steward of the Household	William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	Template:Dts
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom	Template:Dts
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	William Legge, Viscount Lewisham	Template:Dts
Master of the Horse	Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford	Template:Dts
Treasurer of the Household	William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone	Template:Dts
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Arthur Hill	Template:Dts
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry	Template:Dts
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington	Template:Dts
Master of the Buckhounds	John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford	Template:Dts
Mistress of the Robes	Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch	Template:Dts
Lords in Waiting	Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
	George Irby, 6th Baron Boston	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts
Extra Lord in Waiting	Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville	Template:DtsTemplate:SndTemplate:Dts