The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1859 and ended in 1866 consisted of two ministries: the second Palmerston ministry and the second Russell ministry.
History
After the fall of the second of Lord Derby's short-lived attempts at governments in 1859, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston returned to power, this time in alliance with his former rival, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, in the first Liberal government. Palmerston remained as prime minister until his death in 1865, when Russell succeeded him. However, disunity within the party caused the fall of the government in the following year, and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby formed another Conservative ministry.
Cabinets
The Viscount Palmerston's Cabinet, June 1859 – October 1865 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston– First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell – Lord Chancellor Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville – Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll – Lord Privy Seal Sir George Cornewall Lewis – Secretary of State for the Home Department Lord John Russell – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle – Secretary of State for the Colonies Sidney Herbert – Secretary of State for War Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet – Secretary of State for India Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset – First Lord of the Admiralty William Ewart Gladstone – Chancellor of the Exchequer Edward Cardwell – Chief Secretary for Ireland Thomas Milner Gibson – President of the Board of Trade and of the Poor Law Board Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin – Postmaster-General
Changes July 1859 – Charles Pelham Villiers succeeds Milner-Gibson as President of the Poor Law Board (Milner-Gibson remains at the Board of Trade) May 1860 – Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley succeeds Lord Elgin as Postmaster-General June 1861 – Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury succeeds Lord Campbell as Lord Chancellor July 1861 – Sir George Cornewall Lewis succeeds Herbert as Secretary for War. Sir George Grey succeeds Lewis as Home Secretary. Edward Cardwell succeeds Grey as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Cardwell's successor as Chief Secretary for Ireland is not in the Cabinet. April 1863 – George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey becomes Secretary for War following Sir George Lewis's death. April 1864 – Edward Cardwell succeeds the Duke of Newcastle as Colonial Secretary. George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon succeeds Cardwell as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. July 1865 – Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth succeeds Lord Westbury as Lord Chancellor
The Earl Russell's Cabinet, October 1865 – June 1866 OfficeNameTermFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of LordsJohn Russell, 1st Earl RussellOctober 1865 – June 1866Lord ChancellorRobert Rolfe, 1st Baron CranworthOctober 1865 – June 1866Lord President of the CouncilGranville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl GranvilleOctober 1865 – June 1866Lord Privy SealGeorge Campbell, 8th Duke of ArgyllOctober 1865 – June 1866Chancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of CommonsWilliam Ewart GladstoneOctober 1865 – June 1866Home SecretarySir George Grey, 2nd BaronetOctober 1865 – June 1866Foreign SecretaryGeorge Villiers, 4th Earl of ClarendonOctober 1865 – June 1866Secretary of State for the ColoniesEdward CardwellOctober 1865 – June 1866Secretary of State for WarGeorge Robinson, 3rd Earl de GreyOctober 1865 – February 1866 Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of HartingtonFebruary–June 1866Secretary of State for IndiaSir Charles Wood, 3rd BaronetOctober 1865 – February 1866 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de GreyFebruary–June 1866First Lord of the AdmiraltyEdward Seymour, 12th Duke of SomersetOctober 1865 – June 1866President of the Board of TradeThomas Milner GibsonOctober 1865 – June 1866Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterGeorge GoschenJanuary–June 1866The post had been vacant. John Prest, Lord John Russell (University of South Carolina Press, 1972), 431.President of the Poor Law BoardCharles Pelham VilliersOctober 1865 – June 1866Postmaster GeneralEdward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of AlderleyOctober 1865 – June 1866
Changes February 1866: The Lord de Grey succeeds Sir Charles Wood as Secretary for India. Lord Hartington succeeds Grey as Secretary for War.
List of ministers Cabinet members are listed in bold face. Office Name Date Prime MinisterFirst Lord of the Treasury Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 12 June 185918 October 1865 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 29 October 186526 June 1866 Chancellor of the Exchequer William Ewart Gladstone 18 June 1859 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Henry Brand 24 June 1859 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Samuel Laing 24 June 1859 Frederick Peel 2 November 1860 Hugh Childers 19 August 1865 Junior Lords of the Treasury Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 24 June 185921 April 1865 Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet 24 June 185921 April 1865 John Bagwell 24 June 185925 March 1862 Luke White 25 March 18622 June 1866 William Patrick Adam 21 April 186526 June 1866 John Bonham Carter 2 June 186626 June 1866 John Esmonde 2 June 186626 June 1866 Lord Chancellor John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell 18 June 1859 Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury 26 June 1861 Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth 7 July 1865 Lord President of the Council Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 18 June 1859 Lord Privy Seal George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 18 June 1859 Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir George Cornewall Lewis 18 June 1859 Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet 25 July 1861 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department George Clive 18 June 1859 Henry Bruce 14 November 1862 Thomas Baring 25 April 1864 Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 25 May 1866 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord John Russell 18 June 1859 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 3 November 1865 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse 19 June 1859 Austen Henry Layard 15 August 1861 Secretary of State for War Sidney Herbert 18 June 1859 Sir George Cornewall Lewis 22 July 1861 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey 28 April 1863 Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 16 February 1866 Under-Secretary of State for War George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey 18 June 1859 Thomas Baring 21 January 1861 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey 31 July 1861 Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 28 April 1863 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5h Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye 17 February 1866 Secretary of State for the Colonies Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle 18 June 1859 Edward Cardwell 7 April 1864 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Chichester Fortescue 18 June 1859 William Edward Forster 25 November 1865 Secretary of State for India Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet 18 June 1859 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey 16 February 1866 Under-Secretary of State for India Thomas Baring 25 June 1859 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey 21 January 1861 Thomas Baring 31 July 1861 John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse 25 April 1864 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye 16 November 1864 James Stansfeld 17 February 1866 First Lord of the Admiralty Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset 27 June 1859 First Secretary of the Admiralty Lord Clarence Paget 30 June 1859 Thomas Baring 30 April 1866 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Samuel Whitbread 27 June 1859 Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 23 March 1863 James Stansfeld 2 May 1863 Hugh Childers 21 April 1864 Henry Fenwick 22 January 1866 Lord John Hay 7 April 1866 George Shaw-Lefevre 8 May 1866 Chief Secretary for Ireland Edward Cardwell 24 June 1859 Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet 29 July 1861 Chichester Fortescue 7 December 1865 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle 24 June 1859 John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse 1 November 1864 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet 22 June 1859 Edward Cardwell 25 July 1861 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 7 April 1864vacant 3 November 1865 George Goschen 26 January 1866 President of the Poor Law Board Thomas Milner Gibson 24 June 1859 Charles Pelham Villiers 9 July 1859 Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board Charles Gilpin 28 June 1859 George Byng 22 February 1865 Postmaster-General James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 24 June 1859 George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 11 May 1860 Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley 17 August 1860 President of the Board of Tradevacant Thomas Milner Gibson 6 July 1859 Vice-President of the Board of Trade James Wilson 18 June 1859 William Francis Cowper 12 August 1859 William Hutt 22 February 1860 George Goschen 29 November 1865 William Monsell 12 March 1866 Vice-President of the Committee on Education Robert Lowe 24 June 1859 Henry Bruce 26 April 1864 Paymaster General James Wilson 18 June 1859 William Francis Cowper 12 August 1859 William Hutt 22 February 1860 George Goschen 29 November 1865 William Monsell 12 March 1866 First Commissioner of Works Henry Fitzroy 18 June 1859 William Francis Cowper 9 February 1860 Attorney General Sir Richard Bethell 18 June 1859 Sir William Atherton 4 July 1861 Sir Roundell Palmer 2 October 1863 Solicitor General Sir Henry Keating 18 June 1859 Sir William Atherton 16 December 1859 Sir Roundell Palmer 8 July 1861 Sir Robert Collier 2 October 1863 Judge Advocate General Thomas Emerson Headlam 24 June 1859 Lord Advocate James Moncreiff 24 June 1859 Solicitor General for Scotland Edward F. Maitland 27 June 1859 George Young 11 November 1862 Attorney General for Ireland John David FitzgeraldJune 1859 Rickard DeasyFebruary 1860 Thomas O'Hagan 1861 James Anthony Lawson 1865 Solicitor General for Ireland John GeorgeJune 1859 Rickard Deasy 1859 Thomas O'HaganFebruary 1860 James Anthony Lawson 1861 Edward Sullivan 1865 Lord Steward of the Household Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans 18 June 1859 John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough 20 January 1866 Lord Chamberlain of the Household John Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney 23 June 1859 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse 23 June 1859 Master of the Horse George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury 24 June 1859 Treasurer of the Household William Keppel, Viscount Bury 23 June 1859 8 May 1866 Comptroller of the Household Granville Proby, Baron Proby 23 June 1859 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley 28 June 1859 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie 28 June 1859 Master of the Buckhounds John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough 18 June 1859 Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork 23 January 1866 Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal Lord Alfred Paget 1 July 1859 Mistress of the Robes Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland 22 June 1859 Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington 25 April 1861 Lords in Waiting James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness 23 June 185926 June 1866 Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys 23 June 185926 June 1866 George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers 23 June 185928 April 1866 George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley 23 June 185926 June 1866 Richard Dawson, 3rd Baron Cremorne 23 June 185926 June 1866 Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen 23 June 185926 June 1866 George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington 23 June 185927 April 1884 George Byron, 7th Baron Byron 17 July 183731 March 1860 George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris 31 March 18604 May 1863 James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide 4 May 186326 June 1866 George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby 8 May 186626 June 1866 Extra Lord in Waiting George Byron, 7th Baron Byron 31 March 18603 March 1868
Notes
References C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900
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