Second Disraeli ministry
Office Name Term
First Lord of the Treasury Benjamin Disraeli † February 1874 - April 1880
Lord Chancellor The Lord Cairns § February 1874 - April 1880
Lord President of the Council The Duke of Richmond February 1874 - April 1880
Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Malmesbury February 1874 - August 1876
The Earl of Beaconsfield August 1876 - April 1878
The Duke of Northumberland April 1878 - April 1880
Home Secretary Richard A . Cross February 1874 - April 1880
Foreign Secretary The Earl of Derby February 1874 - April 1878
The Marquess of Salisbury April 1878 - April 1880
Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Carnarvon February 1874 - February 1878
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bt February 1878 - April 1880
Secretary of State for War Gathorne Hardy ‡ February 1874 - April 1878
Sir Frederick Stanley April 1878 - April 1880
Secretary of State for India The Marquess of Salisbury February 1874 - April 1878
The Viscount Cranbrook April 1878 - April 1880
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Northcote , Bt February 1874 - April 1880
First Lord of the Admiralty George Ward Hunt February 1874 - August 1877
William Henry Smith August 1877 - April 1880
President of the Board of Trade Viscount Sandon April 1878 - April 1880
Postmaster General Lord John Manners February 1874 - April 1880
Cabinet -- February 1874 – April 1880
Benjamin Disraeli was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria after William Ewart Gladstone's government was defeated in the 1874 general election. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the 1880 general election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government. The ailing Disraeli, by now created Earl of Beaconsfield, died in April 1881.