Who? Who? Ministry

The "Who? Who?" Ministry was a short lived British Conservative Government which was in power for a matter of months in 1852. Lord Derby was the Prime Minister and Benjamin Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Though the government had little impact, it gained infamy through its plethora of new political names. Only four members of the Cabinet (Derby himself, St Leonards, Lonsdale, and Herries) were existing Privy Councillors and many others were unknown. This led the now octogenarian and largely deaf Duke of Wellington to shout out 'Who?', 'Who?' as each new cabinet member was announced in the House of Lords.

The Ministry

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lign="left"|OFFICE align="left"|NAME align="left"|TERM
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a href="/encyclopedia/First-Lord-of-the-Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords
The Earl of Derby February–December 1852
gcolor="#000000" colspan="3"|
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor The Lord St Leonards February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-President-of-the-Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council The Earl of Lonsdale February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Lord-Privy-Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal The Marquess of Salisbury February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Secretary-of-State-for-the-Home-Department" title="Secretary of State for the Home Department">Home Secretary Spencer H. Walpole February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs">Foreign Secretary The Earl of Malmesbury February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Secretary-of-State-for-War-and-the-Colonies" title="Secretary of State for War and the Colonies">Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Sir John Pakington, Bt February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/First-Lord-of-the-Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty The Duke of Northumberland February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/President-of-the-Board-of-Control" title="President of the Board of Control">President of the Board of Control J.C. Herries February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/Chancellor-of-the-Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons
Benjamin Disraeli February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/President-of-the-Board-of-Trade" title="President of the Board of Trade">President of the Board of Trade J.W. Henley February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/First-Commissioner-of-Works" title="First Commissioner of Works">First Commissioner of Works The Lord John Manners February–December 1852
a href="/encyclopedia/United-Kingdom-Postmaster-General" title="United Kingdom Postmaster General">Postmaster-General The Earl of Hardwicke February–December 1852
  • See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.

 

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