Office |
Name |
Date |
Notes |
Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury
and Leader of the House of Commons |
William Ewart Gladstone |
3 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
the Government resigned 13 March 1873 and resumed 19 March 1873 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
Robert Lowe |
9 December 1868 |
|
William Ewart Gladstone |
11 August 1873 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
George Glyn |
9 December 1868 |
|
Arthur Peel |
1 August 1873 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury |
Acton Smee Ayrton |
9 December 1868 |
|
James Stansfeld |
2 November 1869 |
William Edward Baxter |
17 March 1871 |
John George Dodson |
11 August 1873 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury |
James Stansfeld |
16 December 1868 – 2 November 1869 |
|
The Marquess of Lansdowne |
16 December 1868 – 25 April 1872 |
William Patrick Adam |
16 December 1868 – 8 August 1873 |
John Cranch Walker Vivian |
16 December 1868 – 4 August 1870 |
William Henry Gladstone |
2 November 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
Lord Frederick Cavendish |
8 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
Algernon Greville |
8 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
Lord Chancellor |
The Lord Hatherley |
9 December 1868 |
|
The Lord Selborne |
15 October 1872 |
Lord President of the Council |
The Earl de Grey and Ripon |
9 December 1868 |
created Marquess of Ripon 23 June 1871 |
Henry Bruce |
9 August 1873 |
created Lord Aberdare 23 August 1873 |
Lord Privy Seal |
The Earl of Kimberley |
9 December 1868 |
|
The Viscount Halifax |
6 July 1870 |
Secretary of State for the Home Department |
Henry Bruce |
9 December 1868 |
|
Robert Lowe |
9 August 1873 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department |
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen |
10 December 1868 |
|
George Shaw-Lefevre |
11 January 1871 |
Henry Winterbotham |
17 March 1871 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
The Earl of Clarendon |
9 December 1868 |
|
The Earl Granville |
6 July 1870 |
also Leader of the House of Lords |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
Arthur Otway |
12 December 1868 |
|
Viscount Enfield |
9 January 1871 |
Secretary of State for War |
Edward Cardwell |
9 December 1868 |
|
Under-Secretary of State for War |
The Lord Northbrook |
10 December 1868 |
|
The Marquess of Lansdowne |
26 April 1872 |
Financial Secretary to the War Office |
John Cranch Walker Vivian |
5 August 1870 |
|
Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
15 November 1871 |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance |
Sir Henry Storks |
5 August 1870 |
|
Secretary of State for the Colonies |
The Earl Granville |
9 December 1868 |
also Leader of the House of Lords |
The Earl of Kimberley |
6 July 1870 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies |
William Monsell |
10 December 1868 |
|
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen |
14 January 1871 |
Secretary of State for India |
The Duke of Argyll |
9 December 1868 |
|
Under-Secretary of State for India |
M. E. Grant Duff |
10 December 1868 |
|
First Lord of the Admiralty |
Hugh Childers |
9 December 1868 |
|
George Goschen |
24 March 1871 |
First (later Parliamentary) Secretary to the Admiralty |
William Edward Baxter |
18 December 1868 |
|
George Shaw-Lefevre |
17 March 1871 |
Civil Lord of the Admiralty |
George Trevelyan |
21 December 1868 |
|
The Earl of Camperdown |
11 July 1870 |
Vice-President of the Committee on Education |
William Edward Forster |
9 December 1868 |
entered the Cabinet July 1870 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland |
Chichester Fortescue |
16 December 1868 |
|
Marquess of Hartington |
12 January 1871 |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
The Earl Spencer |
18 December 1868 |
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye |
12 December 1868 |
created Earl of Dufferin 13 November 1871 |
Hugh Childers |
9 August 1872 |
|
John Bright |
30 September 1873 |
President of the Poor Law Board |
George Goschen |
9 December 1868 |
|
James Stansfeld |
24 March 1871 |
Board abolished 14 August 1871 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board |
Arthur Peel |
10 December 1868 |
President of the Local Government Board |
James Stansfeld |
19 August 1871 |
|
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board |
John Tomlinson Hibbert |
19 August 1871 |
|
Postmaster-General |
Marquess of Hartington |
9 December 1868 |
|
William Monsell |
14 January 1871 |
Lyon Playfair |
18 November 1873 |
President of the Board of Trade |
John Bright |
9 December 1868 |
|
Chichester Fortescue |
14 January 1871 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade |
George Shaw-Lefevre |
9 December 1868 |
|
Arthur Peel |
14 January 1871 |
Paymaster-General |
The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye |
12 December 1868 |
created Earl of Dufferin 13 November 1871 |
Hugh Childers |
9 August 1872 |
|
William Patrick Adam |
30 September 1873 |
First Commissioner of Works |
Austen Henry Layard |
9 December 1868 |
|
Acton Smee Ayrton |
26 October 1869 |
William Patrick Adam |
11 August 1873 |
Attorney General |
Sir Robert Collier |
12 December 1868 |
|
Sir John Coleridge |
10 November 1871 |
Sir Henry James |
20 November 1873 |
Solicitor General |
Sir John Coleridge |
12 December 1868 |
|
Sir George Jessel |
10 November 1871 |
Sir Henry James |
26 September 1873 |
Sir William Vernon Harcourt |
20 November 1873 |
Judge Advocate General |
Sir Colman O'Loghlen |
16 December 1868 |
|
John Robert Davison |
28 December 1870 |
Sir Robert Phillimore |
17 May 1871 |
Acton Smee Ayrton |
21 August 1873 |
Lord Advocate |
James Moncreiff |
10 December 1868 |
|
George Young |
14 October 1869 |
Solicitor General for Scotland |
George Young |
14 December 1868 |
|
Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark |
14 October 1869 |
Attorney General for Ireland |
Edward Sullivan |
12 December 1868 |
|
Charles Robert Barry |
26 January 1870 |
Richard Dowse |
13 January 1872 |
Christopher Palles |
5 November 1872 |
Solicitor General for Ireland |
Charles Robert Barry |
12 December 1868 |
|
Richard Dowse |
14 February 1870 |
Christopher Palles |
6 February 1872 |
Hugh Law |
18 November 1872 |
Lord Steward of the Household |
The Earl of Bessborough |
12 December 1868 |
|
Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
The Viscount Sydney |
9 December 1868 |
|
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household |
Viscount Castlerosse |
12 December 1868 |
succeeded as 4th Earl of Kenmare 26 December 1871 |
Lord Richard Grosvenor |
25 February 1872 |
|
Master of the Horse |
The Marquess of Ailesbury |
12 December 1868 |
|
Treasurer of the Household |
The Lord de Tabley |
12 December 1868 |
|
The Lord Poltimore |
1 March 1872 |
The Lord Monson |
1 January 1874 |
Comptroller of the Household |
Lord Otho FitzGerald |
12 December 1868 |
|
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms |
The Lord Foley |
12 December 1868 |
|
The Marquess of Normanby |
27 December 1869 |
The Earl Cowper |
20 April 1871 |
The Earl of Ilchester |
1 January 1874 |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard |
The Duke of St Albans |
22 December 1868 |
|
Master of the Buckhounds |
The Earl of Cork |
12 December 1868 |
|
Mistress of the Robes |
The Duchess of Argyll |
17 December 1868 |
|
The Duchess of Sutherland |
22 January 1870 |
Lords in Waiting |
The Marquess of Normanby |
17 December 1868 – 27 December 1869 |
|
The Earl of Camperdown |
17 December 1868 – 11 July 1870 |
The Lord Camoys |
17 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
The Lord Suffield |
17 December 1868 – 25 February 1872 |
The Lord Methuen |
17 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
The Earl of Morley |
22 December 1868 – 17 February 1874 |
The Lord Lurgan |
27 January 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
The Lord Wrottesley |
27 December 1869 – 17 February 1874 |
The Marquess of Huntly |
21 July 1870 – 1 March 1873 |
The Earl of Kenmare |
25 February 1872 – 17 February 1874 |
The Earl of Breadalbane |
1 March 1873 – 17 February 1874 |