Second Salisbury ministry
The Marquess of Salisbury formed his second ministry in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, following the 1886 general election upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria.
Cabinet
August 1886 to January 1887
January 1887 to August 1892
In 1887, George Goschen of the Liberal Unionist Party joined the ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Changes
- February 1888Sir Michael Hicks Beach succeeds Lord Stanley of Preston as President of the Board of Trade.
- September 1889Henry Chaplin enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Agriculture.
- October 1891Arthur 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.
List of ministers
| Office | Name | Date |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury | 25 July 188611 August 1892 |
| Leader of the House of Lords | The Marquess of Salisbury | 25 July 188611 August 1892 |
| First Lord of the Treasury | The Marquess of Salisbury | 9 August 1886 |
| First Lord of the Treasury | William Henry Smith | 17 January 1887 |
| First Lord of the Treasury | Arthur Balfour | October 1891 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Lord Randolph Churchill | 3 August 1886 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | George Goschen | 14 January 1887 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Aretas Akers-Douglas | 3 August 1886 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | William Jackson | 3 August 1886 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Sir John Eldon Gorst | 9 November 1891 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Sidney Herbert | 9 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Walrond | 9 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Sir Herbert Maxwell | 9 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord Halsbury | 3 August 1886 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Viscount Cranbrook | 3 August 1886 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Earl Cadogan | 3 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Henry Matthews | 3 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Charles Stuart-Wortley | 4 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Earl of Iddesleigh | 3 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Marquess of Salisbury | 14 January 1887 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Sir James Fergusson | 4 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | James Lowther | 22 September 1891 |
| Secretary of State for War | William Henry Smith | 3 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for War | Edward Stanhope | 14 January 1887 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | The Lord Harris | 4 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | The Earl Brownlow | 1 January 1890 |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | St John Brodrick | 4 August 1886 |
| Surveyor-General of the Ordnance | Sir Henry Northcote | 4 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Edward Stanhope | 3 August 1886 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Sir Henry Holland | 14 January 1887 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Dunraven | 3 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Onslow | 16 February 1887 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Baron Henry de Worms | 20 February 1888 |
| Secretary of State for India | The Viscount Cross | 3 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | Sir John Eldon Gorst | 4 August 1886 |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | George Curzon | 9 November 1891 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Lord George Hamilton | 9 August 1886 |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | Arthur Forwood | 9 August 1886 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett | 9 August 1886 |
| President of the Board of Agriculture | Henry Chaplin | 9 September 1889 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Sir Michael Hicks Beach | 5 August 1886 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Arthur Balfour | 7 March 1887 |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | William Jackson | 9 November 1891 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Marquess of Londonderry | 3 August 1886 |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | The Earl of Zetland | 30 July 1889 |
| Lord Chancellor of Ireland | The Lord Ashbourne | 3 August 1886 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Viscount Cranbrook | 3 August 1886 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Lord John Manners | 16 August 1886 |
| President of the Local Government Board | Charles Ritchie | 3 August 1886 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board | Walter Long | 3 August 1886 |
| Minister without Portfolio | Sir Michael Hicks Beach | 7 March 188720 February 1888 |
| Secretary for Scotland | Arthur Balfour | 5 August 1886 |
| Secretary for Scotland | The Marquess of Lothian | 11 March 1887 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir Frederick Stanley | 3 August 1886 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir Michael Hicks Beach | 21 February 1888 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Baron Henry de Worms | 4 August 1886 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | The Earl of Onslow | 21 February 1888 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | The Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 1 January 1889 |
| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | Sir Henry Holland | 3 August 1886 |
| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | Sir William Hart Dyke | 25 January 1887 |
| Paymaster General | The Earl Beauchamp | 19 August 1886 |
| Paymaster General | The Earl Brownlow | March 1887 |
| Paymaster General | The Earl of Jersey | 1889 |
| Paymaster General | The Lord Windsor | December 1890 |
| Postmaster General | Henry Cecil Raikes | 19 August 1886 |
| Postmaster General | Sir James Fergusson | 21 September 1891 |
| First Commissioner of Works | David Plunket | 5 August 1886 |
| Attorney General | Sir Richard Webster | 5 August 1886 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Edward Clarke | 6 August 1886 |
| Judge Advocate General | William Thackeray Marriott | 9 August 1886 |
| Lord Advocate | John Macdonald | 6 August 1886 |
| Lord Advocate | James Robertson | 27 October 1888 |
| Lord Advocate | vacant | 20 August 1891 |
| Lord Advocate | Sir Charles Pearson | 1 October 1891 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | James Robertson | 6 August 1886 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling | 27 October 1888 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Sir Charles Pearson | 31 October 1890 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Andrew Murray | 1 October 1891 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | Hugh Holmes | August 1886 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | John George Gibson | 1887 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | Peter O'Brien | 1888 |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | Dodgson Hamilton Madden | 1890 |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | John George Gibson | August 1886 |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | Dodgson Hamilton Madden | 1888 |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | John Atkinson | 1890 |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | Edward Carson | June 1892 |
| Lord Steward of the Household | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | 16 August 1886 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The Earl of Lathom | 5 August 1886 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Viscount Lewisham | 5 August 1886 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Lord Burghley | 24 November 1891 |
| Master of the Horse | The Duke of Portland | 9 August 1886 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Viscount Folkestone | 5 August 1886 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox | 20 November 1891 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Lord Arthur Hill | 5 August 1886 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Viscount Barrington | 5 August 1886 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Rosslyn | 24 November 1886 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Yarborough | 11 August 1890 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Kintore | 5 August 1886 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Earl of Limerick | 29 January 1889 |
| Master of the Buckhounds | The Earl of Coventry | 16 August 1886 |
| Mistress of the Robes | The Duchess of Buccleuch | 5 August 1886 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Earl of Onslow | 5 August 188621 February 1887 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Earl of Limerick | 5 August 188629 January 1889 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord Henniker | 5 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Earl of Hopetoun | 5 August 188612 August 1889 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord Elphinstone | 5 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord de Ros | 5 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Earl Waldegrave | 5 August 188611 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 21 February 188718 March 1889 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Earl of Romney | 5 February 188911 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Viscount Torrington | 18 March 188920 October 1889 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord Churchill | 12 August 188911 August 1892 |
| Lords-in-Waiting | The Lord de Ramsey | 10 March 189011 August 1892 |
| Extra Lord in Waiting | The Lord Sackville | 1 October 18761 October 1888 |