Third Derby ministry

Painting depicting the members of the Third Derby Ministry.

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

The Cabinet

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Derby	June 1866–February 1868
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Chelmsford	June 1866–February 1868
Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	June 1866–March 1867
	The Duke of Marlborough	March 1867–February 1868
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Malmesbury	June 1866–February 1868
Home Secretary	Spencer H. Walpole	June 1866–May 1867
	Gathorne Hardy	May 1867–February 1868
Foreign Secretary	Lord Stanley	June 1866–February 1868
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Carnarvon	June 1866–March 1867
	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	March 1867–February 1868
Secretary of State for War	General Jonathan Peel	June 1866–March 1867
	Sir John Pakington, Bt	March 1867–February 1868
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir John Pakington, Bt	June 1866–March 1867
	Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry	March 1867–February 1868
Secretary of State for India	Viscount Cranborne	June 1866–March 1867
	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	March 1867–February 1868
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Benjamin Disraeli	June 1866–February 1868
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	June 1866–March 1867
	The Duke of Richmond and Lennox	March 1867–February 1868
President of the Poor Law Board	Gathorne Hardy	June 1866–May 1867
	incumbent not in the cabinet
First Commissioner of Works	The Lord John Manners	June 1866–February 1868
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Lord Naas	June 1866–February 1868
Minister without Portfolio	Spencer H. Walpole	May 1867–February 1868

• See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.

Changes

• March 1867: Lord Carnarvon, Lord Cranborne, and General Peel resign from the cabinet over the Reform Bill. They are succeeded by the Duke of Buckingham, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Sir John Pakington, respectively. Taking their places were three new members of the cabinet: the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Richmond, and Henry Lowry-Corry.
• May 1867: Gathorne Hardy replaces Spencer Walpole as Home Secretary. Walpole remains in the cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. Hardy's replacement as President of the Poor Law Board is not in the cabinet.

Trivia

It may, or may not, be worthy of note that this Cabinet of Derby's is the first for which a complete collection of photographs exists of its various members.

Preceded by Second Russell Ministry

British ministries 1866–1868

Succeeded by First Disraeli Ministry