Riding the swings and roundabouts of fortune: A timeline from 1885

pipisme · Apr 6, 2023

In our timeline the Liberal government was defeated in the House of Commons on 8 June 1885 on the Customs and Revenue Bill by 364 votes to 352 votes. William Gladstone resigned as Prime Minister and Lord Salisbury took office as Prime Minister at the head of a Conservative government. The POD for this timeline is that the Liberal government was not defeated, and Gladstone stayed on as Prime Minister.

A general election was held from 28 April to 20 May 1886. Joseph Chamberlain, the President of the Board of Trade, campaigned on his Radical Programme. This contained the following proposals:
The disestablishment of the Church of England.
Free schools. I assume that meant schools not controlled by the Church of England.
Elected councils for the counties and for London.
Slum clearance by giving powers to local authorities to direct landlords to make improvements, and for compulsory purchase.
Powers for rural authorities to buy land for the creation of smallholdings. Known as 'three acres and a cow',
Reform of local rates to take into account rental value of properties.
Manhood suffrage in equal-sized constituencies with MPs paid by their constituents. (1)

(1) This was as in OTL. Taken from Peace, Reform and Liberation: A History of Liberal Politics in Britain 1679-2011 , edited by Robert Ingham and Duncan Brack, London: Biteback Publishing Ltd, 2011.

Dude-a-Buck · Apr 6, 2023

I'd vote for that platform.

pipisme · Apr 7, 2023

The Whigs in the Liberal Party were horrified by Chamberlain's Radical Programme. Gladstone, the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, had little interest in it, and there was little of it in the Liberal Party manifesto for the general election.

Gladstone regarded Home Rule for Ireland as the big cause in politics. He wanted to keep the Liberal Party united on the issue. He hoped for a bipartisan solution to Irish Home Rule, and had several conversations with Arthur Balfour, Lord Salisbury's nephew. But they did not get anywhere. The Conservatives wanted a solution to the Irish problem. Salisbury neither accepted nor accepted the concept of an Irish parliament. He said that a Conservative government would not renew the Coercion Act for Ireland. Lord Carnarvon, a former Conservative cabinet minister, opposed coercion and favoured Home Rule. With Salisbury's knowledge, he invited the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), Charles Stewart Parnell, to secret talks in an empty house in Mayfair. But Carnarvon was a long away ahead of his party on this issue, and by March 1886, the talks were over.

pipisme · Apr 7, 2023

Parnell wanted the IPP to stay independent from the Conservative and Liberal parties. He advised Irish voters in Britain to vote Conservative, because of the Liberal government's policy of coercion in Ireland. That is imprisonment without trial by jury for men accused of violent crimes. The Liberals had previously opposed this policy.

The general election of April to May 1886 was the first one in which a majority of adult men were eligible to vote. Estimates vary between 60 and 70 percent. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 had increased the number of seats from 652 to 670, and greatly reduced the number of constituencies which elected more than one member of parliament.

When all the votes had been counted, the number of seats in the House of Commons won by each party were as follows:
Conservative: 338
Liberal: 231
Irish Parliamentary: 86
Liberal-Labour: 5
Crofter: 4
Independent Liberals: 6
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Total: 670
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The Conservative majority over all others was six. Gladstone resigned and Lord Salisbury became Prime Minister at the head of a Conservative government.

pipisme · Apr 9, 2023

In July 1885, Sir Charles Dilke was accused of seducing Virginia Crawford. He resigned as President of the Local Government Board in Gladstone's cabinet. Crawford's husband, Donald Crawford, Liberal MP for Lanark, sued for divorce and the case was heard on 12 February 1886. (1) Gladstone moved Joseph Chamberlain from President of the Board of Trade to President of the Local Government Board and Anthony John Mundella from Vice- President of the Committee of Council on Education to President of the Board of Trade. Dilke lost his Chelsea seat in the general election. George Shaw-Levebre, Postmaster-General in Gladstone's government lost his seat in Reading in the election.

The Marquess of Salisbury appointed his cabinet on 19 and 20 May 1886. Its members were as follows:
Prime Minister: Third Marquess of Salisbury
Lord Chancellor: Lord Halsbury
Lord President of the Council: Viscount Cranbrook
Lord Privy Seal: Earl Cadogan
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Michael Hicks Beach
Foreign Secretary: Earl of Iddesleigh
Home Secretary: Richard Cross
First Lord of the Admiralty: Lord George Hamilton (2)
Colonial Secretary: Frederick Stanley
Vice-President Committee of Council on Education: Sir Henry Holland
India Secretary: Lord Randolph Churchill (2)
Chief Secretary for Ireland: William Henry Smith
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster: Lord John Manners
President of Local Government Board : Charles Ritchie
Scotland Secretary: Arthur Balfour
President of Board of Trade: Edward Stanhope
War Secretary: Henry Matthews.

Selection of junior ministers appointed 21 and 24 May 1886:
Attorney-General: Sir Richard Webster
Solicitor-General: Sir Edward Clarke
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Marquess of Londonderry
Paymaster-General: Earl Beauchamp
Postmaster-General: Henry Cecil Raikes
First Commissioner of Works: David Plunket
Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Sir Matthew White Ridley
Parliamentary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip): Aretas Akers-Douglas
Under Secretary of State Foreign Office: Sir James Fergusson
Under Secretary of State Home Office: Charles Stewart Wortley.

Arthur Peel, the Speaker of the House of Commons lost his Warwick and Leamington seat in the general election. When the newly elected House of Commons met, MPs elected Leonard Courtney, Liberal MP for Bodmin, as Speaker. So the Conservative majority over all others in the House of Commons was now seven.

(1) For Crawford case see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Dilke,_2nd_Baronet. .Section headed Crawford scandal.

(2) Hamilton and Churchill were MPs.

pipisme · Apr 12, 2023

Gladstone did not resign as leader of the Liberal Party after the general election of April/May 1886. He did at the end of 1874, after the Conservative victory in the general election of January/February that year. At the age of 65 he 'deeply desired an interval between Parliament and the grave'. (1) He was born on 29 December 1809. But he returned as leader in 1880 and became Prime Minister after the general election of March/April that year.

In 1886 Gladstone was 76 years old. He had now converted to home rule for Ireland. It was not an issue in British politics in 1874. He made it clear that 'if he stayed in politics it would be only to help with the settlement of the Irish question.' (2) It was the only issue he cared about. In October 1886 he refused to address the National Liberal Federation in Leeds on the general policy of the Liberal Party, 'because I must confine myself to winding up things already began, whereas this is a commencement for the party generally'. (3)

Some of his colleagues opposed his concentration on this issue. The former Liberal cabinet met only infrequently. In his conception of the role of a leader, there was little place for consultation with colleagues. His eyesight and hearing were failing.

(1) Quoted in Peace, Reform and Liberation: A History of Liberal Politics in Britain 1679-2011 edited by Robert Ingham and Duncan Brack, London: Biteback Publishing 2011.

(2) Quoted in Liberal Politics in the Age of Gladstone and Rosebery: A Study in Leadership and Policy by D.A. Hamer, Oxford University Press 1972.

(3) See footnote # 2.

pipisme · Apr 15, 2023

Michael Hicks Beach resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. on 7 March 1887 because of troubles with his eyesight. Lord Salisbury made the following changes to his cabinet:
Lord Randolph Churchill from India Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the Commons
Viscount Cross (formerly Richard Cross) from Home Secretary to India Secretary
William Henry Smith from Chief Secretary for Ireland to Home Secretary
Arthur Balfour from Scotland Secretary to Chief Secretary for Ireland
Marquess of Lothian appointed Scotland Secretary.

Churchill resigned from the government on 13 January 1988 because the cabinet rejected his proposals for significant reductions in government expenditure, including the army navy. In the subsequent cabinet reshuffle, Salisbury made the following changes:
Edward Stanhope from President of Board of Trade to Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Stanley of Preston (formerly Frederick Stanley) from Colonial Secretary to President of Board of Trade
Sir Henry Holland from Vice-President Committee of Council on Education to Colonial Secretary and created Lord Knutsford
William Hart Dyke appointed Vice President Committee of Council on Education.

Lord Stanley resigned as President of the Board of Trade on 1 June 1888 his appointment as Governor-General of Canada. Salisbury appointed Michael Hicks Beach as President of Board of Trade.

Because there was not a Liberal Unionist Party on which the Conservative government was dependent for votes in the House of Commons, there was no Local Government Act 1888 which established elected county councils.

The by-elections in Coventry on 9 July 1887, Maidstone on 14 December 1888, and Colchester on 18 December 1888. After the Colchester by-election, the composition of the House of Commons was: Conservative - 333 seats, other parties and Independents - 332 seats, Speaker - 1 seat, vacant - 4 seats. The vacant seats were two Conservative and two Liberal. The Stockton-on-Tees by-election on 21 December was held by the Liberals, and the Govan by-election on 18 January 1889 was a Liberal gain from Conservative. After these by-elections there 332 Conservative MP, all others (excluding the Speaker) 335 seats, vacant two seats, one Conservative and one Liberal.

pipisme · Apr 15, 2023

On Tuesday 22 January 1889, the Liberal Party tabled a motion of no confidence in the government. It was debated in the House of Commons on 24 January, and passed by 333 votes to 332 votes, a majority of one. After the vote. the Leader of the Commons, Edward Stanhope, said that Parliament would be dissolved, and a general election held from 15 February to 13 March 1889.

In the election campaign, Gladstone said that if he became Prime Minister, he would examine whether or not it would be practicable to establish by act of parliament a Legislative Body to sit in Dublin, in accordance with the desire widely prevalent in Ireland.

pipisme · Apr 18, 2023

When all the votes had been in the general election, the number of seats in the House of Commons won by each party were as follows (April/May 1886 general election):
Liberal: 347 (231)
Conservative: 236 (338)
IPP: 86 (86)
Independent Liberal: 1 (6) (Crofter - 4, Liberal-Labour - 5)
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Total: 670 (670)
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The Liberal majority over all others was 24. The Crofter MPs elected in 1886 had joined the Liberal Party. The Liberal-Labour MPs elected in 1886 were counted as Liberal.

The percentage votes for each party were as follows:
Liberal and Independent Liberal: 49.5 (Liberal, Crofter, Liberal-Labour and Independent Liberal: 45.7)
Conservative: 47.1 ( 47.6)
IPP: 3.3 (6.7)
Others: 0.1 (n/a)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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The percentage vote for the IPP fell compared with the 1886 general election, though the number of their MPs were the same, because their unopposed MPs increased from 17 to 66. Lord Salisbury resigned on 18 March 1889, and William Gladstone became Prime Minister at the head of a Liberal government. It was his third government.

pipisme · Apr 22, 2023

Gladstone appointed the ministers in his government from 18 to 22 March 1889. The members of the cabinet were as follows:
Prime Minister, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons: William Gladstone
Lord Chancellor: Lord Hershell
Lord President of the Council: Earl Spencer
Chancellor of the Exchequer: William Harcourt
Foreign Secretary: Earl Rosebery
First Lord of the Admiralty: Marquess of Ripon
Colonial Secretary and Leader of House of Lords: Earl Granville
Vice-President Committee of Council on Education: Lyon Playfair
India Secretary: Lord Kimberley
Chief Secretary for Ireland: Joseph Chamberlain
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster: John Morley
President Local Government Board: George Shaw-Lefevre
Postmaster-General: James Stansfield
Scotland Secretary: Sir George Trevelyan
President Board of Trade: Anthony John Mundella
War Secretary: Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman.

Selected junior ministers:
Attorney-General: Sir Charles Russell
Solicitor-General: Sir Hugh Darcy
Paymaster-General: Lord Thurlow
First Commissioner of Works: Earl Elgin
Financial Secretary Treasury: Henry Fowler
Parliamentary Secretary Treasury (Government Chief Whip): Arnold Morley
Under-Secretary of State Foreign Office: James Bryce
Under-Secretary of State Home Office: Henry Broadhurst
Parliamentary Secretary Local Government Board: Jesse Collings.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland, Joseph Chamberlain, allowed the Coercion Act to lapse. In April 1889 he submitted a memorandum to the cabinet in which he proposed his national council scheme for Ireland. This had the following features: Elected county councils would be established in every county in Ireland. The cities of Belfast and Dublin would elect member of Antrim and Dublin county councils respectively. These councils would have extensive powers of taxation and be empowered to deal with local matters.

There would be a central council, called the National Council of Ireland. Its members would be elected by the county councils according to population, and be designated National Councillors of Ireland (NCI). The National Council would have authority to impose direct taxation and legislative and executive authority in the matters allowed to it. Principally education from elementary to university, and public works including communications, drainage, harbours, and land reclamation. All expenditure by the UK government in Ireland for such purposes would be transferred to the National Council.

pipisme · Apr 24, 2023

Joseph Chamberlain's National Council of Ireland scheme continued. The post of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland would be abolished, together with the departments in Dublin of the Irish Office. Every purely Irish question would be dealt with by an exclusively Irish authority. The Chief Secretary for Ireland would be replaced by a Secretary of State for Ireland, with an Under-Secretary of State for Ireland. (1) After discussion, Chamberlain's scheme was approved by the cabinet.

(1) The scheme was similar to Chamberlain's Central Board Scheme in OTL. See the book Home Rule and the Irish Question by Grenfell Morton, London: Longman Group Ltd. 1980.

pipisme · Apr 26, 2023

The Government of Ireland Bill was published on 23 May 1889. It implemented Joseph Chamberlain's National Council of Ireland scheme. The Council would have two hundred members, elected by county councils in Ireland. The House of Commons debated the second reading of the bill on Monday 4 June and Tuesday 5 June 1889. The Conservative Party opposed it. They argued that it was the first step to Home Rule and eventual separation of Ireland from the UK. Also the National Council would be dominated by Irish Nationalists. The Irish Parliamentary Party reluctantly supported it, as the first step to Home Rule. It was much less than what they wanted, but better than nothing.

The bill received a second reading, but 43 Liberal MPs voted against it. They opposed it for the same reasons as the Conservatives. Lord Hartington, a cabinet minister in previous Liberal governments was one of the Liberal rebels.

pipisme · May 1, 2023

The Government of Ireland Bill passed through all its stages in the House of Commons by 15 August. A week later, on 22 August, it was rejected by the House of Lords on its second reading by 334 votes to 68 votes. So now there was no prospect of any kind of Home Rule for Ireland.

The Allotments and Small Holdings Act 1889 enabled agricultural labourers and others in rural districts to acquire allotments and small holdings to rent on equitable terms. Elementary education was made free in 1890. Also in that year, legislation was passed establishing elected county councils in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and creating a county of London with an elected council.

The Congested Districts Board for Ireland was established in 1890 to alleviate poverty in the west, and part of the north-west, of Ireland by public works. (1)

(1) It was like the one in OTL. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congested_Districts_Board_for_Ireland.

pipisme · May 11, 2023

The Board of Agriculture was created in August 1889. Jesse Collings was promoted from Parliamentary Secretary Local Government Board to President of the Board of Agriculture.

The Colonial Secretary, Earl Granville, died on 31 March 1891. In the subsequent government reshuffle William Gladstone made the following changes:
Marquess of Ripon from First Lord of the Admiralty to Colonial Secretary;
Earl Elgin from First Commissioner of Works to First Lord of the Admiralty;
Henry Fowler from Financial Secretary to the Treasury to First Commissioner of Works;
Herbert Gladstone was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Love Jones-Parry, the Liberal MP for Caernarvon Boroughs, died on 18 December 1891. The subsequent by-election on 23 January 1892 was a Conservative gain from Liberal. The new MP was Hugh Ellis-Nanney. (1) David Lloyd George was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate.

(1) Here is his entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ellis-Nanney.

pipisme · May 17, 2023

William Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal on 13 October 1891. His resignation was not unexpected. It was widely assumed that he stayed in office to deal with the Irish question. With the rejection of the Government of Ireland Bill by the House of Lords, which effectively ended the possibility of any kind of Irish Home Rule as long as the Lords kept their veto power, the establishment of county councils in Ireland and the Congested Districts Board for Ireland, and the Land Purchase Act which enabled tenant farmers to purchase their farms from their landlords, he decided that all been done as regards Ireland.

Gladstone was succeeded as leader of the leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister by the Lord President of the Council, John Spencer, 5th Earl of Spencer. (1)

(1) Here is his entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer,_5th_Earl_Spencer.

pipisme · May 17, 2023

In OTL Spencer was a possibility for Liberal leader and Prime Minister after the 1892 general election. (1) He made the following changes to his government:
The Duke of Devonshire (formerly Lord Hartington) appointed Lord Privy Seal
Lord Kimberley from India Secretary to Lord President of the Council
Joseph Chamberlain from Chief Secretary for Ireland to India Secretary
George Shaw-Lefevre from President of the Local Government Board to Chief Secretary for Ireland
James Stansfield from Postmaster-General to President of the Local Government Board
James Bryce from Under-Secretary of State Foreign Office to Postmaster-General
Sir Edward Grey appointed Under-Secretary of State Foreign Office.
William Harcourt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, also became leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons.

In September 1892, the cabinet agreed to annex Uganda to the British Empire, as in OTL.

(1) See the book Liberal Politics in the Age of Gladstone and Rosebery: A Study in Leadership and Policy by D.A. Hamer, Oxford University Press, 1972.

pipisme · May 31, 2023

The Liberal government and Liberal Party were deeply divided on the legal enforcement of a maximum working day of eight hours. Many Liberals believed that the introduction of a shorter working day should come about through negotiations and voluntary agreements between employers and workers, rather than be imposed by the state. So no legislation was passed on this matter.

The inaugural conference of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) opened in the Bradford Labour Institute on 13 January 1893. Keir Hardie was elected Chairman of the party. (1)

The Prime Minister, Earl Spencer, dissolved Parliament and called a general election for Saturday 11 May to Saturday 8 June 1895. The number of seats in the House of Commons won by each party were as follows (February/March 1889 general election):
Conservative: 352 (237)
Liberal: 236 (346)
Irish National Federation: 70 (n/a)
Irish National League: 12 (n/a)
(Irish Parliamentary Party: 86)
(Independent Liberal: 1)
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Total: 670 (670)
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The Irish National Federation and Irish National League were the Anti-Parnellite and Parnellite parties formed when the IPP split in 1891. The Conservative majority over the other parties was 34 and the Marquess of Salisbury became Prime Minister at the head of a Conservative government. Keir Hardie was ILP candidate for Bradford East, and came third. His intervention meant that the Conservatives gained the seat from the Liberals.

(1) This paragraph was as in OTL.

pipisme · Jun 3, 2023

Here is the cabinet appointed by the Marquess of Salisbury on 11 June 1895:
Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary: Marquess of Salisbury
First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons: Arthur Balfour
Lord Chancellor: Earl of Halsbury
Lord President of the Council: Earl of Onslow
Lord Privy Seal: Viscount Cross
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir Michael Hicks Beach
Home Secretary: Sir Matthew White Ridley
First Lord of the Admiralty: George Goschen
President of the Board of Agriculture: Walter Long
Colonial Secretary: William St. John Brodrick
India Secretary: Lord George Hamilton (1)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Earl Cadogan
Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Lord Ashbourne
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Lord Windsor
President of the Local Government Board: Henry Chaplin
Scotland Secretary: Lord Balfour of Balfour of Burleigh
President of the Board of Trade: Charles Ritchie
War Secretary: Marquess of Lansdowne
First Commissioner of Works: Aretas Akers-Douglas.

Selected junior ministers appointed 12 June:
Attorney-General: Sir Richard Webster
Solicitor-General: Sir Andrew Murray
Vice-President Committee of Council for Education: Sir John Gorst
Chief Secretary for Ireland: Gerald Balfour
Paymaster-General: Earl of Hopetoun
Postmaster-General: Duke of Norfolk
Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Robert William Hanbury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Government Chief Whip): William Walrond
Under-Secretary of State Foreign Office: George Curzon.

The members of the government were mostly the same as Lord Salisbury's government which came to power in June 1895 in OTL. The most significant changes were that Earl of Onslow was Lord President of the Council, and St. John Brodrick was Colonial Secretary in place of Duke of Devonshire and Joseph Chamberlain respectively.

(1) Hamilton was an MP.

pipisme · Jun 7, 2023

Many Liberals. including Joseph Chamberlain and also especially in Scotland, were in favour of Irish Home Rule. They hoped that if handled and developed in the right way, it would become part of a wider scheme of imperial federation. It could be the first step on the way to the creation of an imperial parliament. After the May/June general election, Earl Spencer stayed on as leader of the Liberal Party.

The Second Boer War happened as in OTL. The Liberal Party was divided on the war. Liberal Imperialists, such as Asquith, Chamberlain, Grey, Haldane and Lord Rosebery, wanted a suspension of party attacks on the Conservative government to show that they put nation above party. Their critics, among whom were Campbell-Bannerman, Lloyd George, Morley, and Shaw-Lefevre, dubbed the Pro Boers, argued strongly that the party should criticise the government for its conduct of the war. Earl Spencer managed to keep the party united.

A general election was held from 25 September to 24 October 1900. The number of seats in the House of Commons won by each party were (1895 general election):
Conservative: 365 (353)
Liberal: 220 (235)
Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP): 82 (Irish National Federation: 70
(Irish National League: 12)
Labour: 3 (n/a)
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Total: 670 (670)
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The Conservative majority over all parties was 60. Both the Conservative and Liberal parties gained and lost seats, but the Conservatives gained more seats from the Liberals, than the Liberals took from the Conservatives.

The percentage votes for each party were:
Conservative: 49.5 (47.7)
Liberal: 45.2 (46.6)
IPP: 2.6 (Irish National Federation
(and Irish National League: 4.0)
Labour: 1.9 (1,5)
Others: 0.8 (0.2)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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pipisme · Jun 12, 2023

In the September/October 1900 general election, Winston Churchill failed to be elected Conservative MP for Oldham by 41 votes. The three Labour MPs elected were Richard Bell in Derby, Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, and Fred Jowett in Bradford West. Two former Liberal cabinet ministers lost their seats: John Morley in Newcastle upon Tyne, and George Shaw-Levevre in Bradford Central.

John Spencer, fifth Earl Spencer, resigned as leader of the Liberal Party on 12 June 1902. He waited until after the end of the Boer War on 31 May 1902. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Sir George Trevelyan. (1) Trevelyan was Liberal MP for Tynemouth from 1865 to 1868, and for Hawick Burghs from 1868. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1868 to 1870, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty 1880 to 1882, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1882 to 1884, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1884 to 1886, Secretary for Scotland 1889 to 1895.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, third Matquess of Salisbury resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party on 11 July 1902. As was expected he was succeeded the following day by his nephew, Arthur Balfour. Balfour's cabinet after changes on 12 July and 8 August 1902 was as follows:
Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal: Arthur Balfour
Lord Chancellor: Earl of Halsbury
Lord President of the Council: Earl of Onslow
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Charles Ritchie,
Foreign Secretary: Marquess of Lansdowne
Home Secretary: Aretas Akers-Douglas
First Lord of the Admiralty: Earl of Selborne
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries: Robert Hanbury
Colonial Secretary: Lord George Hamilton (he was an MP)
President of the Board of Education: Marquess of Londonderry
India Secretary: H. Arnold-Foster
Chief Secretary for Ireland: George Wyndham
Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Lord Ashbourne
President Local Government Board: Walter Long
Postmaster-General: William Hayes Fisher
Scotland Secretary: Lord Balfour of Burleigh
President Board of Trade: Gerald Balfour
War Secretary: William St. John Brodrick.

Ministers outside the cabinet and selected junior ministers:
Attorney-General: Sir Andrew Murray
Solicitor-General: Sir Edward Carson
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Sir William Walrond
Paymaster-General: Sir S. Crossley
First Commissioner of Works: Lord Windsor
Financial Secretary Treasury : A. Elliott
Parliamentary Secretary Treasury (Governmemt Chief Whip): Sir A. Acland Hood
Under Secretary Foreign Office: Viscount Cranborne
Parliamentary Secretary Board of Trade: Andrew Bonar Law.

(1) Here is his entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Trevelyan,_2nd_Baronet.