Second Derby ministry

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868.

The Second Derby Ministry governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from February 1858 until June 1859.

History

After the collapse of Lord Palmerston's first government, the Tory 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

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Derby	February 1858–June 1859
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Chelmsford	February 1858–June 1859
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess of Salisbury	February 1858–June 1859
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Hardwicke	February 1858–June 1859
Home Secretary	Spencer H. Walpole	February 1858–March 1859
	T.H.S. Sotheron Estcourt	March–June 1859
Foreign Secretary	The Earl of Malmesbury	February 1858–June 1859
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Lord Stanley	February–June 1858
	Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton	June 1858–June 1859
Secretary of State for War	General Jonathan Peel	February 1858–June 1859
Secretary of State for India	Lord Stanley	September 1858–June 1859
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir John Pakington, Bt	February 1858–June 1859
President of the Board of Control	The Earl of Ellenborough	February–June 1858
	Lord Stanley	June–September 1858
	replaced by the India Office
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Benjamin Disraeli	February 1858–June 1859
President of the Board of Trade	J.W. Henley	February 1858–June 1859
First Commissioner of Works	Lord John Manners	February 1858–June 1859

List of Ministers

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Derby	21 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons	Benjamin Disraeli	26 February 1858
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Sir William Jolliffe, Bt	2 March 1858
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	George Alexander Hamilton	2 March 1858
	Sir Stafford Northcote	21 January 1859
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox	1 March 1858 – 14 March 1859
	Thomas Edward Taylor	1 March 1858 – 11 June 1859
	Henry Whitmore	1 March 1858 – 11 June 1859
	Peter Blackburn	15 March 1859 – 11 June 1859
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Chelmsford	26 February 1858
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess of Salisbury	26 February 1858
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Hardwicke	26 February 1858
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Spencer Walpole	26 February 1858
	T. H. S. Sotheron Estcourt	3 March 1859
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Gathorne Hardy	26 February 1858
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl of Malmesbury	26 February 1858
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	William Vesey Fitzgerald	26 February 1858
Secretary of State for War	Jonathan Peel	26 February 1858
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Viscount Hardinge	8 March 1858
	The Earl of Rosslyn	3 March 1859
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	vacant	—
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Lord Stanley	26 February 1858
	Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton	5 June 1858
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Carnarvon	26 February 1858
Secretary of State for India	Lord Stanley	2 September 1858
Under-Secretary of State for India	Henry James Baillie	30 September 1858
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir John Pakington	8 March 1858
First Secretary of the Admiralty	Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	9 March 1858
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Lord Lovaine	8 March 1858
	Frederick Lygon	9 March 1859
President of the Board of Control	The Earl of Ellenborough	6 March 1858	Board of Control abolished 2 August 1858
	Lord Stanley	5 June 1858
Joint Secretary to the Board of Control	Henry James Baillie	6 March 1858
President of the Board of Trade	Joseph Warner Henley	26 February 1858
	The Earl of Donoughmore	3 March 1859
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	The Earl of Donoughmore	6 April 1858
	Lord Lovaine	3 March 1859
First Commissioner of Works	Lord John Manners	26 February 1858
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Charles Bowyer Adderley	12 March 1858
President of the Board of Health	Charles Bowyer Adderley	8 March 1858	office abolished 1858
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Lord Naas	4 March 1858
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Eglinton	8 March 1858
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Duke of Montrose	26 February 1858
Paymaster-General	The Earl of Donoughmore	6 April 1858
	Lord Lovaine	3 March 1859
President of the Poor Law Board	T.H.S. Sotheron Estcourt	6 March 1858
	Earl of March	7 March 1859
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board	Frederick Winn Knight	12 March 1858
Postmaster-General	The Lord Colchester	13 March 1858
Attorney General	Sir Fitzroy Kelly	26 February 1858
Solicitor General	Sir Hugh Cairns	26 February 1858
Judge Advocate General	John Mowbray	13 March 1858
Lord Advocate	John Inglis	1 March 1858
	Charles Baillie	10 July 1858
	David Mure	15 April 1859
Solicitor General for Scotland	Charles Baillie	17 March 1858
	David Mure	12 July 1858
	George Patton	3 May 1859
Attorney General for Ireland	James Whiteside	February 1858
Solicitor General for Ireland	Henry George Hughes	February 1858
	Edmund Hayes	1859
Lord Steward of the Household	The Marquess of Exeter	26 February 1858
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl De La Warr	26 February 1858
Master of the Horse	The Duke of Beaufort	26 February 1858
Treasurer of the Household	Lord Claud Hamilton	26 February 1858
Comptroller of the Household	George Weld-Forester	26 February 1858
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl Talbot	26 February 1858
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Lord de Ros	17 March 1858
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Sandwich	26 February 1858
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal	The Lord Colville of Culross	26 February 1858
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Manchester	26 February 1858
Lords in Waiting	The Earl of Verulam	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Earl of Sheffield	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Viscount Strathallan	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Lord Polwarth	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Lord Crofton	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Lord Bateman	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
	The Lord Raglan	26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859

References

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

Preceded by First Palmerston Ministry

Government of the United Kingdom 1858–1859

Succeeded by Second Palmerston Ministry