List of Ministers
Cabinet members are listed in bold face.
| Office | Name | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords |
The Marquess of Salisbury | 23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| First Lord of the Treasury | The Earl of Iddesleigh | 24 June 1885 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons |
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt | 24 June 1885 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Aretas Akers-Douglas | 24 June 1885 | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Sir Henry Holland, Bt | 24 June 1885 | |
| Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt | |||
| William Jackson | |||
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Charles Dalrymple | 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| Sidney Herbert | 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| William Walrond | 29 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Halsbury | 24 June 1885 | |
| Lord President of the Council | The Viscount Cranbrook | 24 June 1885 | |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl of Harrowby | 24 June 1885 | |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir R. A. Cross | 24 June 1885 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Charles Stuart-Wortley | 30 June 1885 | |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess of Salisbury | 24 June 1885 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Robert Bourke | 25 June 1885 | |
| Secretary of State for War | William Henry Smith | 24 June 1885 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Viscount Bury | 26 June 1885 | |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Henry Northcote | 26 June 1885 | |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Guy Dawnay | 27 June 1885 | |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Frederick Stanley | 24 June 1885 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Dunraven | 24 June 1885 | |
| Secretary of State for India | Lord Randolph Churchill | 24 June 1885 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | The Lord Harris | 25 June 1885 | |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Lord George Hamilton | 24 June 1885 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty | Charles Ritchie | 1 July 1885 | |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | 1 July 1885 | |
| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | Edward Stanhope | 24 June 1885 | |
| Sir Henry Holland, Bt | 17 September 1885 | ||
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt | 25 June 1885 | |
| William Henry Smith | 23 January 1886 | ||
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Earl of Carnarvon | 27 June 1885 | |
| Lord Chancellor of Ireland | The Lord Ashbourne | 27 June 1885 | |
| Postmaster-General | Lord John Manners | 24 June 1885 | |
| Secretary for Scotland | The Duke of Richmond | 17 August 1885 | |
| President of the Board of Trade | The Duke of Richmond | 24 June 1885 | |
| Edward Stanhope | 19 August 1885 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Baron Henry de Worms | 24 June 1885 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Henry Chaplin | 24 June 1885 | |
| President of the Local Government Board | Arthur Balfour | 24 June 1885 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board | The Earl Brownlow | 24 June 1885 | |
| Paymaster-General | The Earl Beauchamp | 24 June 1885 | |
| First Commissioner of Works | David Robert Plunket | 24 June 1885 | |
| Attorney General | Sir Richard Webster | 27 July 1885 | |
| Solicitor General | John Eldon Gorst | 2 July 1885 | |
| Judge Advocate General | William Thackeray Marriott | 13 July 1885 | |
| Lord Advocate | John Hay Macdonald | 2 July 1885 | |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | James Robertson | 2 July 1885 | |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Hugh Holmes | 3 July 1885 | |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | John Munroe | 3 July 1885 | |
| John George Gibson | 1885 | ||
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | 27 June 1885 | |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Lathom | 27 June 1885 | |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Viscount Lewisham | 27 June 1885 | |
| Master of the Horse | The Earl of Bradford | 1 July 1885 | |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Folkestone | 27 June 1885 | |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord Arthur Hill | 27 June 1885 | |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Coventry | 6 July 1885 | |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Viscount Barrington | 27 June 1885 | |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Marquess of Waterford | 27 June 1885 | |
| Mistress of the Robes | The Duchess of Buccleuch | 27 June 1885 | |
| Lords in Waiting | The Lord de Ros | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| The Earl of Kintore | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| The Viscount Hawarden | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| The Lord Henniker | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| The Earl of Hopetoun | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| The Lord Elphinstone | 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| The Lord Boston | 6 July 1885 – 28 January 1886 | ||
| Extra Lord in Waiting | The Lord Sackville | 1 October 1876 – 1 October 1888 |
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