Second Derby Ministry

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

The Ministry

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
	Sir 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

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

British ministries 1858–1859

Succeeded by Second Palmerston Ministry