Second Disraeli ministry facts for kids
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Disraeli as Lord Beaconsfield (1878)
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| Date formed | 20 February 1874 |
| Date dissolved | 21 April 1880 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord Beaconsfield |
| Total no. of members | 108 appointments |
| Member party | Conservative Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Liberal Party |
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| History | |
| Election(s) | 1874 general election |
| Outgoing election | 1880 general election |
| Legislature term(s) | 21st UK Parliament |
| Predecessor | First Gladstone ministry |
| Successor | Second Gladstone ministry |
Benjamin Disraeli was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria after William Ewart Gladstone's government was defeated in the 1874 general election. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the 1880 general election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government. The ailing Disraeli, by now created Earl of Beaconsfield, died in April 1881.
Cabinet
February 1874 – April 1880
| Office | Name | Term |
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| First Lord of the Treasury | Benjamin Disraeli† | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Cairns§ | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Duke of Richmond | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Malmesbury | February 1874 – August 1876 |
| The Earl of Beaconsfield | August 1876 – April 1878 | |
| The Duke of Northumberland | April 1878 – April 1880 | |
| Home Secretary | Richard A. Cross | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| Foreign Secretary | The Earl of Derby | February 1874 – April 1878 |
| The Marquess of Salisbury | April 1878 – April 1880 | |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Carnarvon | February 1874 – February 1878 |
| Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt | February 1878 – April 1880 | |
| Secretary of State for War | Gathorne Hardy‡ | February 1874 – April 1878 |
| Sir Frederick Stanley | April 1878 – April 1880 | |
| Secretary of State for India | The Marquess of Salisbury | February 1874 – April 1878 |
| The Viscount Cranbrook | April 1878 – April 1880 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | George Ward Hunt | February 1874 – August 1877 |
| William Henry Smith | August 1877 – April 1880 | |
| President of the Board of Trade | Viscount Sandon | April 1878 – April 1880 |
| Postmaster General | Lord John Manners | February 1874 – April 1880 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt | August 1877 – February 1878 |
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| Leader of the House of Commons | Benjamin Disraeli | February 1874 – August 1876 |
| Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt | August 1876 – April 1880 | |
| Leader of the House of Lords | The Duke of Richmond | February 1874 – August 1876 |
| The Earl of Beaconsfield | August 1876 – April 1880 | |
† The Earl of Beaconsfield from August 1876.
§ The Earl Cairns from September 1878.
‡ The Viscount Cranbrook from May 1878.
Changes
- August 1876: Beaconsfield succeeds the Earl of Malmesbury as Lord Privy Seal while remaining First Lord of the Treasury.
- August 1877: George Ward Hunt dies and is succeeded as First Lord of the Admiralty by William Henry Smith. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, enters the cabinet.
- February 1878: Sir Michael Hicks-Beach succeeds the Earl of Carnarvon as Colonial Secretary. Hicks-Beach's successor as Chief Secretary for Ireland is not in the cabinet.
- April 1878: The Duke of Northumberland succeeds Beaconsfield as Lord Privy Seal; the latter remains First Lord of the Treasury. The Marquess of Salisbury succeeds the Earl of Derby as Foreign Secretary. The Viscount Cranbrook succeeds Salisbury at the India Office. Sir Frederick Stanley succeeds Cranbrook at the War Office.
List of ministers
Cabinet members are listed in bold face.
| Office | Name | Date |
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Benjamin Disraeli | 20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt | 21 February 1874 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | William Hart Dyke | 21 February 1874 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | W. H. Smith | 21 February 1874 |
| Frederick Stanley | 14 August 1877 | |
| Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt | 2 April 1878 | |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Viscount Mahon | 4 March 1874 – 16 February 1876 |
| Rowland Winn | 4 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Sir James Dalrymple-Horne-Elphinstone, Bt | 4 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Viscount Crichton | 16 February 1876 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Cairns | 21 February 1874 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Duke of Richmond | 21 February 1874 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Malmesbury | 21 February 1874 |
| Benjamin Disraeli | 12 August 1876 | |
| The Duke of Northumberland | 4 February 1878 | |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | R. A. Cross | 21 February 1874 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt | 25 February 1874 |
| Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt | 6 April 1878 | |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl of Derby | 21 February 1874 |
| The Marquess of Salisbury | 2 April 1878 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Robert Bourke | 23 February 1874 |
| Secretary of State for War | Gathorne Hardy | 21 February 1874 |
| Frederick Stanley | 2 April 1878 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | The Earl of Pembroke | 2 March 1874 |
| The Earl Cadogan | 24 May 1875 | |
| Viscount Bury | 4 March 1878 | |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Frederick Stanley | 26 February 1874 |
| Robert Loyd-Lindsay | 13 August 1877 | |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Lord Eustace Cecil | 26 February 1874 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Carnarvon | 21 February 1874 |
| Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt | 4 February 1878 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | James Lowther | 25 February 1874 |
| The Earl Cadogan | 2 March 1878 | |
| Secretary of State for India | The Marquess of Salisbury | 21 February 1874 |
| The Viscount Cranbrook | 2 April 1878 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | Lord George Hamilton | 22 February 1874 |
| Edward Stanhope | 6 April 1878 | |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | George Ward Hunt | 21 February 1874 |
| W. H. Smith | 14 August 1877 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty | Algernon Egerton | 21 February 1874 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Sir Massey Lopes, Bt | 4 March 1874 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt | 27 February 1874 |
| James Lowther | 15 February 1878 | |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Duke of Abercorn | 2 March 1874 |
| The Duke of Marlborough | 11 December 1876 | |
| Postmaster-General | Lord John Manners | 21 February 1874 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir Charles Adderley | 21 February 1874 |
| Viscount Sandon | 4 April 1878 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | George Cavendish-Bentinck | 2 March 1874 |
| Edward Stanhope | 18 November 1875 | |
| John Gilbert Talbot | 4 April 1878 | |
| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | Viscount Sandon | 2 March 1874 |
| Lord George Hamilton | 4 April 1878 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2 March 1874 |
| President of the Local Government Board | George Sclater-Booth | 21 February 1874 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board | Clare Sewell Read | 21 February 1874 |
| Thomas Salt | January 1876 | |
| Paymaster General | Stephen Cave | 20 April 1874 |
| David Plunket | 24 March 1880 | |
| First Commissioner of Works | Lord Henry Lennox | 21 March 1874 |
| Gerard Noel | 14 August 1876 | |
| Attorney General | Sir John Burgess Karslake | 27 February 1874 |
| Sir Richard Baggallay | 20 April 1874 | |
| Sir John Holker | 25 November 1875 | |
| Solicitor General | Sir Richard Baggallay | 27 February 1874 |
| Sir John Holker | 20 April 1874 | |
| Sir Hardinge Giffard | 25 November 1875 | |
| Judge Advocate General | Stephen Cave | 7 March 1874 |
| George Cavendish-Bentinck | 24 November 1875 | |
| Lord Advocate | Edward Gordon | 26 February 1874 |
| William Watson | 21 July 1874 | |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | John Millar | 4 March 1874 |
| William Watson | 21 July 1874 | |
| John Macdonald | 5 December 1876 | |
| Attorney General for Ireland | John Thomas Ball | 12 March 1874 |
| Henry Ormsby | 21 January 1875 | |
| George Augustus Chichester May | 27 November 1875 | |
| Edward Gibson | 15 February 1877 | |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Henry Ormsby | 12 March 1874 |
| David Plunkett | 29 January 1875 | |
| Gerald Fitzgibbon | 3 March 1877 | |
| Hugh Holmes | 14 December 1878 | |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl Beauchamp | 21 February 1874 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Marquess of Hertford | 21 February 1874 |
| The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | 7 May 1879 | |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | The Viscount Barrington | 2 March 1874 |
| Master of the Horse | The Earl of Bradford | 7 March 1874 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Earl Percy | 2 March 1874 |
| Lord Henry Thynne | 14 December 1875 | |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord Henry Somerset | 2 March 1874 |
| Earl of Yarmouth | 4 February 1879 | |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Marquess of Exeter | 2 March 1874 |
| The Earl of Shrewsbury | 4 February 1875 | |
| The Earl of Coventry | 28 May 1877 | |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Lord Skelmersdale | 2 March 1874 |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Earl of Hardwicke | 2 March 1874 |
| Mistress of the Robes | The Duchess of Wellington | 2 March 1874 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Dunmore | 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
| The Earl of Roden | 2 March 1874 – 6 January 1880 |
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| The Viscount Hawarden | 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| The Lord Bagot | 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| The Lord de Ros | 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| The Lord Elphinstone | 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| The Lord Walsingham | 2 March 1874 – 29 May 1875 |
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| The Earl of Jersey | 29 May 1875 – 4 July 1877 |
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| The Lord Henniker | 4 July 1877 – 21 April 1880 |
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| The Earl of Onslow | 17 February 1880 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Extra Lord in Waiting | The Lord Sackville | 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888 |
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