Changes • January 1887 a
Liberal Unionist,
George Goschen, joined the ministry, succeeding Churchill as
Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the death of Lord Iddesleigh, Lord Salisbury succeeds him as Foreign Secretary. W.H. Smith succeeds Salisbury as First Lord of the Treasury. Edward Stanhope succeeds Smith as Secretary for War.
Sir Henry Holland succeeds Stanhope as Colonial Secretary. • 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. == List of ministers ==