| The Seals in Commission | |
| Speaker of the House of Lords | Lord DENMAN. |
| Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland | Earl MULGRAVE. |
| Lord-Chancellor of Ireland | Lord PLUNKETT. |
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | Viscount MORPETH. |
| Postmaster-General | Marquess CONYNGHAM. |
| Lord Chamberlain | Marquess WELLESLEY. |
| Lord Steward | Duke of ARGYLE. |
| Master of the Horse | Earl of ALBEMARLE. |
| Paymaster-General and Treasurer of the Navy | Sir HENRY PARNELL. |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint | Mr. LABOUCHERE. |
| Lords of the Treasury | Lord SEYMOUR. |
| Mr. ROBERT STEUART. | |
| Mr. WILLIAM ORD. | |
| Mr. MORE O'FERALL. | |
| Lords of the Admiralty | Lord DALMENY. |
| Sir WILLIAM PARKER. | |
| Hon. Captain ELLIOT. | |
| Sir THOMAS THOUBRIDGE, Bart. | |
| Joint Secretaries of the Treasury | Mr. BARING. |
| Mr. STANLEY. | |
| Secretary of the Admiralty | Mr. CHARLES WOOD. |
| Secretaries of the Board of Control | Mr. ROBERT GORDON. |
| Mr. VERNON SMITH. | |
| Judge Advocate-General | Mr. R. C. FERGUSSON. |
| Clerk of the Ordnance | Colonel LEITH HAY. |
| Surveyor-General of Ordnance | Sir RUFANE DONKIN. |
| Under-Secretary of the Home Department | Hon. FOX MAULE. |
| Under-Secretary of the Colonies | Sir GEORGE GREY. |
| Attorney-General | Sir JOHN CAMPBELL. |
| Solicitor-General | Mr. ROLFE. |
| Lord-Advocate for Scotland | Mr. MURRAY. |
| Solicitor-General for Scotland | Mr. CUNINGHAME. |
| Attorney-General for Ireland | Mr. PERRIN. |
| Solicitor-General for Ireland | Mr. O'LOUGHLEN. |
§ On the meeting of Parliament, there was no Secretary of State in the House of Commons; Mr. Charles Grant (Lord Glenelg) had been called to the House of Peers, Lord John Russell was defeated in a contest for Devonshire, and Viscount Palmerston defeated at the General Election in a contest for Hampshire, had not sat in this Parliament. In the course of a few days after the meeting of Parliament, Lord John Russell was elected for Stroud (Gloucestershire), and Viscount Palmerston for Tiverton.