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Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the second time after Mr Gladstone's government was defeated in the General Election of 1874. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian Campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the next General Election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government. The ailing Disraeli, by now Lord Beaconsfield, died the following year.

Preceded by Liberal Government 1868-1874	British Government 1874–1880	Succeeded by Liberal Government 1880-1885

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	Benjamin Disraeli	20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880	created Earl of Beaconsfield 21 August 1876; also Leader of the House of Commons 1874-1876 and Leader of the House of Lords 21 August 1876-21 April 1880
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	21 February 1874	also Leader of the House of Commons 1876-1880
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	William Hart Dyke	21 February 1874	inherited a baronetcy 1875
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	William Henry Smith	21 February 1874
	Frederick Arthur Stanley	14 August 1877
	Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson	2 April 1878
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Viscount Mahon	4 March 1874 – 16 February 1876
	Rowland Winn	4 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	Sir James Dalrymple-Horne-Elphinstone, Bt	4 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	Viscount Crichton	16 February 1876 – 21 April 1880
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Cairns	21 February 1874	created Earl Cairns 27 September 1878
Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Richmond	21 February 1874	also Leader of the House of Lords 21 February 1874-21 August 1876
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Malmesbury	21 February 1874
	Benjamin Disraeli	12 August 1876	created Earl of Beaconsfield 21 August 1876
	The Duke of Northumberland	4 February 1878
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Richard Assheton Cross	21 February 1874
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson	25 February 1874
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir Matthew White Ridley	6 April 1878
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Earl of Derby	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess of Salisbury	2 April 1878
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Robert Bourke	23 February 1874
Secretary of State for War	Gathorne Hardy	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for War	Frederick Arthur Stanley	2 April 1878
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl of Pembroke	2 March 1874
	The Earl Cadogan	24 May 1875
	Viscount Bury	4 March 1878
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Frederick Arthur Stanley	26 February 1874
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	13 August 1877
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance	Lord Eustace Cecil	26 February 1874
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Earl of Carnarvon	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach	4 February 1878
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	James Lowther	25 February 1874
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl Cadogan	2 March 1878
Secretary of State for India	The Marquess of Salisbury	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for India	The Viscount Cranbrook	2 April 1878
Under-Secretary of State for India	Lord George Hamilton	22 February 1874
Under-Secretary of State for India	Edward Stanhope	6 April 1878
First Lord of the Admiralty	George Ward Hunt	21 February 1874
First Lord of the Admiralty	William Henry Smith	14 August 1877
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty	Algernon Fulke Egerton	21 February 1874
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Sir Massey Lopes, Bt	4 March 1874
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach	27 February 1874	entered the Cabinet 12 August 1876
Chief Secretary for Ireland	James Lowther	15 February 1878
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Abercorn	2 March 1874
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Duke of Marlborough	11 December 1876
Postmaster-General	Lord John Manners	21 February 1874
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Charles Bowyer Adderley	21 February 1874
President of the Board of Trade	The Viscount Sandon	4 April 1878
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	George Cavendish-Bentinck	2 March 1874
	Edward Stanhope	18 November 1875
	John Gilbert Talbot	4 April 1878
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Viscount Sandon	2 March 1874
Vice-President of the Committee on Education	Lord George Hamilton	4 April 1878
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Thomas Edward Taylor	2 March 1874
President of the Local Government Board	George Sclater-Booth	21 February 1874
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Clare Sewell Read	21 February 1874
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Thomas Salt	January 1876
Paymaster-General	Stephen Cave	20 April 1874
Paymaster-General	David Plunket	24 March 1880
First Commissioner of Works	Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox	21 March 1874
First Commissioner of Works	Gerard James Noel	14 August 1876
Attorney General	Sir John Burgess Karslake	27 February 1874
	Sir Richard Baggallay	20 April 1874
	Sir John Holker	25 November 1875
Solicitor General	Sir Richard Baggallay	27 February 1874
	Sir John Holker	20 April 1874
	Sir Hardinge Giffard	25 November 1875
Judge Advocate General	Stephen Cave	7 March 1874
Judge Advocate General	George Cavendish-Bentinck	24 November 1875
Lord Advocate	Edward Strathearn Gordon	26 February 1874
Lord Advocate	William Watson	21 July 1874
Solicitor General for Scotland	John Millar	4 March 1874
	William Watson	21 July 1874
	John Hay Macdonald	5 December 1876
Attorney General for Ireland	John Thomas Ball	12 March 1874
	Henry Ormsby	21 January 1875
	George Augustus Chichester May	27 November 1875
	Edward Gibson	15 February 1877
Solicitor General for Ireland	Henry Ormsby	12 March 1874
	David Plunkett	29 January 1875
	Gerald Fitzgibbon	3 March 1877
	Hugh Holmes	14 December 1878
Lord Steward of the Household	The Earl Beauchamp	21 February 1874
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Marquess of Hertford	21 February 1874
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	7 May 1879
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	The Viscount Barrington	2 March 1874
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Bradford	7 March 1874
Treasurer of the Household	Earl Percy	2 March 1874
Treasurer of the Household	Lord Henry Frederick Thynne	14 December 1875
Comptroller of the Household	Lord Henry Somerset	2 March 1874
Comptroller of the Household	Earl of Yarmouth	4 February 1879
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Marquess of Exeter	2 March 1874
	The Earl of Shrewsbury	4 February 1875
	The Earl of Coventry	28 May 1877
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Lord Skelmersdale	2 March 1874
Master of the Buckhounds	The Earl of Hardwicke	2 March 1874
Mistress of the Robes	The Duchess of Wellington	2 March 1874
Lords in Waiting	The Earl of Dunmore	2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	The Earl of Roden	2 March 1874 – 6 January 1880
	The Viscount Hawarden	2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	The Lord Bagot	2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	The Lord de Ros	2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	The Lord Elphinstone	2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
	The Lord Walsingham	2 March 1874 – 29 May 1875
	The Earl of Jersey	29 May 1875 – 4 July 1877
	The Lord Henniker	4 July 1877 – 21 April 1880
	The Earl of Onslow	17 February 1880 – 21 April 1880
Extra Lord in Waiting	The Lord Sackville	1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888

Source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900