Disraeli's second ministry

Second Disraeli ministry
1874–1880
Disraeli as Lord Beaconsfield (1877)
Date formed	20 February 1874 (1874-02-20)
Date dissolved	23 April 1880 (1880-04-23)
People and organisations
Head of state	Victoria
Head of government	Lord Beaconsfield
Total no. of ministers	108 appointments
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Liberal Party
Opposition leaders	William Ewart Gladstone (1874–1875) Lord Hartington (1875–1880) in the House of Commons Lord Granville in the House of Lords
History
Election(s)	1874 general election
Outgoing election	1880 general election
Legislature term(s)	21st UK Parliament
Predecessor	First Gladstone ministry
Successor	Second Gladstone ministry

Benjamin Disraeli was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria after William Ewart Gladstone's government was defeated in the 1874 general election. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the 1880 general election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government. The ailing Disraeli, by now created Earl of Beaconsfield, died in April 1881.

† The Earl of Beaconsfield from August 1876.
§ The Earl Cairns from September 1878.
‡ The Viscount Cranbrook from May 1878.

Cabinet members are listed in bold face.

C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900