Second Salisbury ministry

The Marquess of Salisbury formed his second ministry, in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, following the 1886 general election and his reappointment as the British prime minister by Queen Victoria.

Changes

 * In 1887 a Liberal Unionist, George Goschen, joined the ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
 * February 1888 – Sir Michael Hicks Beach succeeds Lord Stanley of Preston as President of the Board of Trade.
 * September 1889 – Henry Chaplin enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.
 * October 1891 – Arthur Balfour succeeds the late William Henry Smith as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. William Jackson succeeds him as Chief Secretary for Ireland.