| Field Marshal Commanding in Chief | H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Vice President of the Committee of Council on Agriculture | Right Hon. Henry Chaplin. |
| President of the Local Government Board | Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour. |
| First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings | Right Hon. David Robert Plunket. |
| Lords of the Treasury | Charles Dalrymple, Esq. |
| Hon. Sidney Herbert. | |
| Colonel Walrond. | |
| Lords of the Admiralty | Vice Admiral Hood, Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins, Vice Admiral Brandreth, Captain Codrington, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Esq. |
| Joint Secretaries to the Treasury | Aretas Akers-Douglas, Esq. |
| Sir Henry Holland, Bart. | |
| Secretary to the Admiralty | Charles Thompson Ritchie, Esq. |
| Secretary to the Board of Trade | Baron Henry de Worms. |
| Secretary to the Local Government Board | Right Hon. Earl Brownlow. |
| Under Secretary, Home Department | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, Esq. |
| Under Secretary, Foreign Department | Right Hon. Robert Bourke. |
| Under Secretary for Colonies | Right Hon. Earl of Dunraven. |
| Under Secretary for War | Right Hon. Viscount Bury. |
| Under Secretary for India | Right Hon. Lord Harris. |
| Paymaster General | Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp. |
| Surveyor General of Ordnance | Hon. Guy Cuthbert Dawnay. |
| Financial Secretary to the War Department | Hon. H. S. Northcote. |
| Judge Advocate General | Right Hon. William Thackeray Marriott, Q.C. |
| Attorney General | Sir Richard E. Webster, Q.C. |
| Solicitor General | John Eldon Gorst, Esq., Q.C. |