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Who? Who? Ministry - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Agency, Agent, Auspices, Bailiwick, Bureau, Bureaucracy, Cabinet, Camarilla, Channel, Charge, Clergy, Commissariat, Constabulary, Council

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

OFFICENAMETERM
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords		The Earl of DerbyFebruary–December 1852
Lord ChancellorThe Lord St LeonardsFebruary–December 1852
Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl of LonsdaleFebruary–December 1852
Lord Privy SealThe Marquess of SalisburyFebruary–December 1852
Home SecretarySpencer H. WalpoleFebruary–December 1852
Foreign SecretaryThe Earl of MalmesburyFebruary–December 1852
Secretary of State for War and the ColoniesSir John Pakington, BtFebruary–December 1852
First Lord of the AdmiraltyThe Duke of NorthumberlandFebruary–December 1852
President of the Board of ControlJ.C. HerriesFebruary–December 1852
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons		Benjamin DisraeliFebruary–December 1852
President of the Board of TradeJ.W. HenleyFebruary–December 1852
First Commissioner of WorksThe Lord John MannersFebruary–December 1852
Postmaster-GeneralThe Earl of HardwickeFebruary–December 1852
  • See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.


Preceded by:
First Russell Ministry 		British ministries
1852 		Succeeded by:
Aberdeen Ministry


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