Third Gladstone Ministry

William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894.

The Cabinet

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
First Lord of the Treasury Lord Privy Seal Leader of the House of Commons	William Ewart Gladstone	February–August 1886
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Herschell	February–August 1886
Lord President of the Council	The Earl Spencer	February–August 1886
Home Secretary	Hugh Childers	February–August 1886
Foreign Secretary	The Earl of Rosebery	February–August 1886
Secretary of State for the Colonies Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl Granville	February–August 1886
Secretary of State for War	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	February–August 1886
Secretary of State for India	The Earl of Kimberley	February–August 1886
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir William Harcourt	February–August 1886
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Marquess of Ripon	February–August 1886
President of the Board of Trade	Anthony John Mundella	February–August 1886
President of the Local Government Board	Joseph Chamberlain	February–April 1886
	James Stansfeld	April–August 1886
Chief Secretary for Ireland	John Morley	February–August 1886
Secretary for Scotland	George Otto Trevelyan	February–April 1886
	The Earl of Dalhousie	April–August 1886

Changes

April, 1886: James Stansfeld succeeds Joseph Chamberlain at the Local Government Board. The Earl of Dalhousie succeeds George Otto Trevelyan as Secretary for Scotland.

Preceded by First Salisbury Ministry

British ministries 1886

Succeeded by Second Salisbury Ministry

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Liberal Government 1886.