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{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|incumbent = [[Second premiership of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|1886–1892]]
|image = Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.jpg
|caption = Salisbury (1892)
|date_formed = {{Start date|1886|7|25|df=y}}
|date_dissolved = {{End date|1892|8|11|df=y}}
|government_head_title = Prime Minister
|government_head = [[Lord Salisbury]]
|state_head_title = Monarch
|state_head = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
|former_members_number =
|total_number = 113 appointments
|political_parties = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|legislature_status = {{Longitem|[[Minority government|Minority]]<br />''dependent on [[Liberal Unionist]] support''}}
|legislature_term = {{unbulleted list
| [[List of MPs elected in the 1886 United Kingdom general election|24th UK Parliament]]
| {{Longitem|[[List of MPs elected in the 1892 United Kingdom general election|25th UK Parliament]]<br />''lost a [[1892 vote of no confidence in the Salisbury ministry|vote of confidence]]''}}
}}
|budget =
|election = [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886 general election]]
|last_election = [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892 general election]]
|opposition_party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]
|opposition_leaders = {{unbulleted list
| {{Longitem|[[William Ewart Gladstone]]<br />''in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]''}}
| [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville|Lord Granville]] (1886–1891)
| {{Longitem|[[John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley|Lord Kimberley]] (1891–1892)<br />''in the [[House of Lords]]''}}
}}
|previous = [[Third Gladstone ministry]]
|successor = [[Fourth Gladstone ministry]]<!--this is an {{R to section}} link-->
|flag=Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government, 1901-1952).svg}}

The [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Marquess of Salisbury]] formed his second ministry, in an alliance with the [[Liberal Unionist Party]], following the [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886 general election]] and his reappointment as the [[British prime minister]] by [[Queen Victoria]].

==Cabinet==

{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[First Lord of the Treasury]]
 | minister1             = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|7|25|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister1_ministryhead= y
 | minister2             = [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)|William Henry Smith]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister3             = [[Arthur Balfour]]
 | minister3_termstart   = {{start date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}
 | minister3_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}
 | minister3_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Leader of the House of Lords]]
 | minister1             = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|7|25|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister1_ministryhead= y
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Lord Chancellor]]
 | minister1             = [[Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury|Hardinge Giffard, Lord Halsbury]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Lord President of the Council]]
 | minister1             = [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|18|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Lord Privy Seal]]
 | minister1             = [[George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan|George Cadogan, Earl Cadogan]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
 | minister1             = [[Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff|Henry Matthews]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
 | minister1             = [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Stafford Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|1|12|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2_ministryhead= y
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
 | minister1             = [[Edward Stanhope]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford|Henry Holland, Lord Knutsford]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for War]]
 | minister1             = [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)|William Henry Smith]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Edward Stanhope]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for India]]
 | minister1             = [[R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross|R. A. Cross, Viscount Cross]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]
 | minister1             = [[Lord George Hamilton]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|9|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
 | minister1             = [[Lord Randolph Churchill]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Goschen]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Liberal Unionist Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Leader of the House of Commons]]
 | minister1             = [[Lord Randolph Churchill]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|1|14|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Arthur Balfour]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1891|10|6|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|15|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[President of the Board of Trade]]
 | minister1             = [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1888|2|21|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks Beach, Bt]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1888|2|21|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
 | minister1             = [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|3|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1886|8|16|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland|John Manners, Duke of Rutland]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|16|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]]
 | minister1             = [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks Beach, Bt]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|5|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|3|7|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister2             = [[Arthur Balfour]]
 | minister2_termstart   = {{start date|1887|3|7|df=yes}}
 | minister2_termend     = {{end date|1891|11|9|df=yes}}
 | minister2_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
 | minister3             = [[William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton|William Jackson]]
 | minister3_termstart   = {{start date|1891|11|9|df=yes}}
 | minister3_termend     = {{end date|1892|8|11|df=yes}}
 | minister3_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Secretary of State for Scotland|Secretary for Scotland]]
 | minister1             = [[Arthur Balfour]]
 | minister1_termstart   = {{start date|1886|8|5|df=yes}}
 | minister1_termend     = {{end date|1887|3|11|df=yes}}
 | minister1_party       = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

=== Changes ===
* In 1887 a [[Liberal Unionist]], [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Goschen]], joined the ministry as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]].{{ref label|CookKeith|C.&thinsp;K. 1975}}{{rp|<!--page-->51}}
*February 1888{{snd}}[[Sir Michael Hicks Beach]] succeeds Lord Stanley of Preston as President of the Board of Trade.
*September 1889{{snd}}[[Henry Chaplin]] enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.
*October 1891{{snd}}[[Arthur Balfour]] succeeds the late William Henry Smith as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. [[William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton|William Jackson]] succeeds him as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

== List of ministers ==
{{qnote|Cabinet members are listed in {{strong|bold face}}.}}
{{sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable sticky-header-multi"
! Office
! Name
! Tenure

|-
|{{ubli | [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime minister]]{{efn|The position of [[prime minister]] was not a formal ministerial office.}} | [[Leader of the House of Lords]]}}
! rowspan=2 scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]
|{{dts|25 July 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[First Lord of the Treasury]]
<!--[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]-->
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)|William Henry Smith]]{{efn|name=Commons|Also served as [[Leader of the House of Commons]].}}
|{{dts|17 January 1887}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Arthur Balfour]]{{efn|name=Commons}}
|{{dts|October 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Lord Randolph Churchill]]{{efn|name=Commons}}
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Goschen]]
|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

|-
| [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury]]
! scope=row | [[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston|Aretas Akers-Douglas]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]
! scope=row | [[William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton|William Jackson]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[John Eldon Gorst]]
|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[Junior Lords of the Treasury]]
! scope=row | [[Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke|Sidney Herbert]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran|William Walrond]]{{efn|Walrond inherited a baronetcy in 1889.}}
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet|Herbert Maxwell, Bt]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
| [[Lord Chancellor]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury|Hardinge Giffard, Lord Halsbury]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Lord President of the Council]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Lord Privy Seal]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan|George Cadogan, Earl Cadogan]]{{efn|name=Cabinet | [[#January 1887 to August 1892|Entered the Cabinet]] in April 1887.}}
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff|Henry Matthews]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
! scope=row | [[Charles Stuart-Wortley]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Stafford Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury]]
|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
! scope=row | [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet|James Fergusson, Bt]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater|James Lowther]]
|{{dts|22 September 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Secretary of State for War]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[William Henry Smith (1825–1891)|William Henry Smith]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Edward Stanhope]]
|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Under-Secretary of State for War]]
! scope=row | [[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|George Harris, Lord Harris]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow|Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, Earl Brownlow]]
|{{dts|1 January 1890}}

|-
| [[Financial Secretary to the War Office]]
! scope=row | [[St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton|St John Brodrick]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Surveyor-General of the Ordnance]]{{efn|Office abolished in 1888.}}
! scope=row | [[Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote|Henry Northcote]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Edward Stanhope]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford|Henry Holland]]{{efn|Holland was created Baron Knutsford on 23 February 1888.}}
|{{dts|14 January 1887}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
! scope=row | [[Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl|Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow|William Onslow, Earl of Onslow]]
|{{dts|16 February 1887}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Baron Henry de Worms]]
|{{dts|20 February 1888}}

|-
| [[Secretary of State for India]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross|R. A. Cross, Viscount Cross]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Under-Secretary of State for India]]
! scope=row | [[John Eldon Gorst]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Curzon]]
|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

|-
| [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Lord George Hamilton]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty]]
! scope=row | [[Arthur Forwood]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Civil Lord of the Admiralty]]
! scope=row | [[Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician)|Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
| [[President of the Board of Agriculture]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Henry Chaplin]]
|{{dts|9 September 1889}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks Beach]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Arthur Balfour]]
|{{dts|7 March 1887}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton|William Jackson]]
|{{dts|9 November 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]]
! scope=row | [[Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry|Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland|Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland]]
|{{dts|30 July 1889}}

|-
| [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne|Edward Gibson, Lord Ashbourne]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Lord John Manners]]{{efn|Manners succeeded as the 7th [[Duke of Rutland]] on 4 March 1888.}}
|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

|-
| [[President of the Local Government Board]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee|Charles Ritchie]]{{efn|name=Cabinet}}
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board]]
! scope=row | [[Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long|Walter Long]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without Portfolio]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks Beach]]
|{{dts|7 March 1887}}{{snd}}{{dts|20 February 1888}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Secretary for Scotland]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Arthur Balfour]]{{efn|Balfour [[#August 1886 to January 1887|entered the Cabinet]] in November 1886.}}
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian|Schomberg Kerr, Marquess of Lothian]]
|{{dts|11 March 1887}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[President of the Board of Trade]]
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|Frederick Stanley]]{{efn|Stanley was created [[Baron Stanley of Preston]] on 27 August 1886.}}
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row style="font-weight:bold" | [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks Beach]]
|{{dts|21 February 1888}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade]]
! scope=row | [[Baron Henry de Worms]]
|{{dts|4 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow|William Onslow, Earl of Onslow]]
|{{dts|21 February 1888}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh|Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh]]
|{{dts|1 January 1889}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Vice-President of the Committee on Education]]
! scope=row | [[Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford|Henry Holland]]
|{{dts|3 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Hart Dyke]]
|{{dts|25 January 1887}}

|-
|rowspan=4 | [[Paymaster General]]
! scope=row | [[Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp|Frederick Lygon, Earl Beauchamp]]
|{{dts|19 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow|Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, Earl Brownlow]]
|{{dts|March 1887}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey|Victor Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey]]
|{{dts|1889}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth|Robert Windsor-Clive, Lord Windsor]]
|{{dts|December 1890}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Postmaster General of the United Kingdom|Postmaster General]]
! scope=row | [[Henry Cecil Raikes]]
|{{dts|19 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet|James Fergusson, Bt]]
|{{dts|21 September 1891}}

|-
| [[First Commissioner of Works]]
! scope=row | [[David Plunket]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]]
! scope=row | [[Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone|Richard Webster]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]]
! scope=row | [[Edward Clarke (barrister)|Edward Clarke]]
|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces|Judge Advocate General]]
! scope=row | [[William Thackeray Marriott]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=4 | [[Lord Advocate]]
! scope=row | [[John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh|John Macdonald]]
|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[James Robertson, Baron Robertson|James Robertson]]
|{{dts|27 October 1888}}

|-
! scope=row |''vacant''
|{{dts|20 August 1891}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson|Charles Pearson]]
|{{dts|1 October 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=4 | [[Solicitor General for Scotland]]
! scope=row | [[James Robertson, Baron Robertson|James Robertson]]
|{{dts|6 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling|Moir Tod Stormonth Darling]]
|{{dts|27 October 1888}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson|Charles Pearson]]
|{{dts|31 October 1890}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin|Andrew Murray]]
|{{dts|1 October 1891}}

|-
|rowspan=4 | [[Attorney-General for Ireland]]
! scope=row | [[Hugh Holmes]]
|{{dts|August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[John George Gibson]]
|{{dts|1887}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Peter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'Brien|Peter O'Brien]]
|{{dts|1888}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Dodgson Hamilton Madden]]
|{{dts|1890}}

|-
|rowspan=4 | [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]]
! scope=row | [[John George Gibson]]
|{{dts|August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Dodgson Hamilton Madden]]
|{{dts|1888}}

|-
! scope=row | [[John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson|John Atkinson]]
|{{dts|1890}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Edward Carson]]
|{{dts|June 1892}}

|-
| [[Lord Steward]] of the Household
! scope=row | [[William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe|William Edgcumbe, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe]]
|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Lord Chamberlain]] of the Household
! scope=row | [[Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom|Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, Earl of Lathom]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]]
! scope=row | [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth|William Legge, Viscount Lewisham]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter|Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley]]
|{{dts|24 November 1891}}

|-
| [[Master of the Horse]]
! scope=row | [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland|William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland]]
|{{dts|9 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Treasurer of the Household]]
! scope=row | [[William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor|William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone]]{{efn|Folkestone succeeded as the 5th [[Earl of Radnor]] on 11 March 1889.}}
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox]]
|{{dts|20 November 1891}}

|-
| [[Comptroller of the Household]]
! scope=row | [[Lord Arthur Hill]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=3 | [[Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms]]
! scope=row | [[George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington|George Barrington, Viscount Barrington]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn|Robert St Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn]]
|{{dts|24 November 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough|Charles Pelham, Earl of Yarborough]]
|{{dts|11 August 1890}}

|-
|rowspan=2 | [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]]
! scope=row | [[Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore|Algernon Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick|William Pery, Earl of Limerick]]
|{{dts|29 January 1889}}

|-
| [[Master of the Buckhounds]]
! scope=row | [[George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry|George Coventry, Earl of Coventry]]
|{{dts|16 August 1886}}

|-
| [[Mistress of the Robes]]
! scope=row | [[Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}

|-
|rowspan=12 | [[Lord-in-waiting|Lords-in-Waiting]]
! scope=row | [[William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow|William Onslow, Earl of Onslow]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|21 February 1887}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick|William Pery, Earl of Limerick]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|29 January 1889}}

|-
! scope=row | [[John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker|John Henniker-Major, Lord Henniker]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun|John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|12 August 1889}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone|William Elphinstone, Lord Elphinstone]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros|Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, Lord de Ros]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave|William Waldegrave, Earl Waldegrave]]
|{{dts|5 August 1886}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh|Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh]]
|{{dts|21 February 1887}}{{snd}}{{dts|18 March 1889}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney|Charles Marsham, Earl of Romney]]
|{{dts|5 February 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[George Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington|George Byng, Viscount Torrington]]
|{{dts|18 March 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|20 October 1889}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill|Victor Spencer, Lord Churchill]]
|{{dts|12 August 1889}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
! scope=row | [[Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey|Edward Fellowes, Lord de Ramsey]]
|{{dts|10 March 1890}}{{snd}}{{dts|11 August 1892}}

|-
| [[Extra Lord in Waiting]]
! scope=row | [[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville|Mortimer Sackville-West, Lord Sackville]]
|{{dts|1 October 1876}}{{snd}}{{dts|1 October 1888}}
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book
  | last       = Tout
  | first      = T. F.
  | authorlink = Thomas Tout
  | year       = 1910
  | title      = An Advanced History of Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Edward VII
  | url        = https://archive.org/details/b24850615
  | edition    = new
  | location   = New York
  | publisher  = Longmans, Green
  | publication-date = 1912
  | pages      = {{pli|https://archive.org/details/b24850615/page/740 |740}}–741{{free access}}
  | ol         = 13991885M
  }}
* {{cite book
  | ref        = endnote CookKeith
  | last1       = Cook
  | first1      = Chris
  | first2     = Brendan
  | last2      = Keith
  | year       = 1975
  | title      = British Historical Facts: 1830–1900
  | url        = {{GBurl|id=qSyxCwAAQBAJ}}
  | url-access = limited
  | publisher  = Palgrave Macmillan UK
  | isbn       = 978-1-349-01348-7
  }}
{{refend}}

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