| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Prime Minister) | The Most Noble The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G. |
| Lord Chancellor of England | Right Hon. Lord Halsbury. |
| Lord Chancellor of Ireland | Right Hon. Lord Ashbourne. |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | Right Hon. Earl of Carnarvon. |
| Lord President of the Council | Right Hon. Viscount Cranbrook. |
| Lord Privy Seal | Right Hon. Earl of Harrowby. |
| First Lord of the Treasury | Right Hon. Earl of Iddesleigh, G.C.B. |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bart. |
| Secretary of State, Home Department | Right Hon. Sir Richard Assheton Cross, G.C.B. |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Right Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley. |
| Secretary of State for War | Right Hon. William Henry Smith. |
| Secretary of State for India | Right Hon. Lord Randolph Churchill. |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton. |
| President of the Board of Trade | His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G. |
| Postmaster General | Right Hon. Lord John Manners, G.C.B. |
| Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education | Right Hon. Edward Stanhope. |