Conservative Government 1866–1868

The Derby Cabinet of 1867 as painted by Henry Gales.

Lord Derby became Prime Minister for the third time after the fall of Lord Russell's Liberal government in 1866. His Chancellor of the Exchequer, Benjamin Disraeli, passed the Second Reform Act in 1867, and Derby retired from politics the following year, Disraeli succeeding him as Prime Minister. However, the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberals in the General Election of that year, and the new Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone formed his first government.

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Derby	28 June 1866 – 25 February 1868	also Leader of the House of Lords
	Benjamin Disraeli	27 February 1868 – 1 December 1868	also Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Benjamin Disraeli	6 July 1866	also Leader of the House of Commons
	George Ward Hunt	29 February 1868
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Thomas Edward Taylor	14 July 1866
	Gerard Noel	11 November 1868
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	George Ward Hunt	14 July 1866
	George Sclater-Booth	4 March 1868
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Gerard Noel	12 July 1866 – 2 November 1868
	Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt	12 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	Henry Whitmore	12 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	Lord Claud Hamilton	2 November 1868 – 1 December 1868
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Chelmsford	6 July 1866
	The Lord Cairns	29 February 1868
Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	6 July 1866
	The Duke of Marlborough	8 March 1867
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Malmesbury	6 July 1866	also Leader of the House of Lords 27 February 1868-1 December 1868
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Spencer Horatio Walpole	6 July 1866
	Gathorne Hardy	17 May 1867
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	The Earl Belmore	10 July 1866
	Sir James Fergusson, Bt	1 August 1867
	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	10 August 1868
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Stanley	6 July 1866
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Edward Christopher Egerton	6 July 1866
Secretary of State for War	Jonathan Peel	6 July 1866
	Sir John Pakington, Bt	8 March 1867
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl of Longford	7 July 1866
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	vacant	—
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Carnarvon	6 July 1866
	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	8 March 1867
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Charles Adderley	6 July 1866
Secretary of State for India	Viscount Cranborne	6 July 1866
	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	8 March 1867
Under-Secretary of State for India	Sir James Fergusson, Bt	6 July 1866
	The Lord Clinton	31 July 1867
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir John Pakington, Bt	12 July 1866
	Henry Lowry-Corry	8 March 1867
First Secretary of the Admiralty	Lord Henry Lennox	16 July 1866
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Charles du Cane	12 July 1866
	Frederick Stanley	29 August 1868
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Lord Naas	10 July 1866	Became Earl of Mayo in 1867
	John Wilson-Patten	29 September 1868
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Marquess of Abercorn	13 July 1866
President of the Poor Law Board	Gathorne Hardy	12 July 1866
	The Earl of Devon	21 May 1867
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board	Ralph Anstruther Earle	12 July 1866
	George Sclater-Booth	1 March 1867
	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt	28 February 1868
Minister without Portfolio	Spencer Horatio Walpole	17 May 1867-1 December 1868
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	6 July 1866
	The Duke of Richmond	8 March 1867
Vice-President of the Board of Trade	Stephen Cave	10 July 1866	office abolished 12 August 1867 and replaced with a Parliamentary Secretaryship
First Commissioner of Works	Lord John Manners	6 July 1866
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Henry Lowry-Corry	12 July 1866
	Lord Robert Montagu	19 March 1867
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Earl of Devon	10 July 1866
	John Wilson-Patten	26 June 1867
	Thomas Edward Taylor	7 November 1868
Paymaster-General	Stephen Cave	10 July 1866
Postmaster-General	The Duke of Montrose	19 July 1866
Attorney General	Sir Hugh Cairns	10 July 1866
	Sir John Rolt	29 October 1866
	Sir John Burgess Karslake	18 July 1867
Solicitor General	Sir William Bovill	10 July 1866
	Sir John Burgess Karslake	29 November 1866
	Sir Charles Hasper Selwyn	18 July 1867
	Sir William Brett	10 February 1868
	Sir Richard Baggallay	16 September 1868
Judge Advocate General	John Mowbray	12 July 1866
Lord Advocate	George Patton	12 July 1866
	Edward Strathearn Gordon	28 February 1867
Solicitor General for Scotland	Edward Strathearn Gordon	12 July 1866
	John Millar	6 March 1867
Attorney General for Ireland	John Edward Walsh	25 July 1866
	Michael Morris	1 November 1866
	Hedges Eyre Chatterton	1867
	Robert Richard Warren	1867
	John Thomas Ball	1868
Solicitor General for Ireland	Michael Morris	3 August 1866
	Hedges Eyre Chatterton	8 November 1866
	Robert Richard Warren	1867
	Michael Harrison	1867
	John Thomas Ball	1868
	Henry Ormsby	1868
Lord Steward of the Household	The Duke of Marlborough	10 July 1866
	The Earl of Tankerville	19 March 1867
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Bradford	10 July 1866
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Lord Claud Hamilton	10 July 1866
Treasurer of the Household	Lord Burghley	10 July 1866
	Percy Egerton Herbert	27 February 1867
Comptroller of the Household	Viscount Royston	10 July 1866
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl of Tankerville	10 July 1866
	The Marquess of Exeter	20 March 1867
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl Cadogan	10 July 1866
Master of the Buckhounds	The Lord Colville of Culross	10 July 1866
Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal	Lord Alfred Paget	1 July 1859	continued in office; no longer a political appointment after 1866
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Wellington	25 April 1861	continued in office
Lords in Waiting	The Viscount Strathallan	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Viscount Hawarden	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Lord Bagot	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Lord Polwarth	13 July 1866 – 16 August 1867
	The Lord Crofton	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Lord Skelmersdale	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Lord Raglan	13 July 1866 – 1 December 1868
	The Earl of Haddington	7 September 1867-1 December 1868

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900

Preceded by Liberal Government 1859-1866

British Government 1866–1868

Succeeded by Liberal Government 1868-1874