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

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The Cabinet

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Notes

• William Ewart Gladstone served as both First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer between August of 1873 and February of 1874.

Changes

• July, 1870: On the death of Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville succeeds him as Foreign Secretary. Lord Kimberley succeeds Granville as Colonial Secretary, and Lord Halifax succeeds Kimberley as Lord Privy Seal. W.E. Forster enters the Cabinet as Vice President of the Council.
• January, 1871: Chichester Fortescue succeeds Bright at the Board of Trade. Lord Hartington succeeds Fortescue as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Hartington's successor as Postmaster-General is not in the Cabinet.
• March, 1871: G.J. Goschen succeeds Childers at the Admiralty. John Stansfield succeeds Goschen at the Poor Law Board (which becomes the Local Government Board later that year).
• August, 1872: Hugh Childers returns to the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
• October, 1872: Lord Selborne succeeds Lord Hatherley as Lord Chancellor.
• August, 1873: Lord Aberdare (formerly Henry Austin Bruce) succeeds Lord Ripon as Lord President. Robert Lowe succeeds Aberdare as Home Secretary. Gladstone himself takes over the Exchequer.
• September, 1873: John Bright returns to the Cabinet, succeeding Childers at the Duchy of Lancaster.

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For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Liberal Government 1868-1874. The Conservative government under Benjamin Disraeli had been defeated at the General Election, so in December 1868 the victorious William Gladstone formed his first government. ...