in the month of June 1859

The Ministry as Formed by Viscount Palmerston.

First Lord of the Treasury Viscount Palmerston.

Lord Chancellor Lord Campbell.

President of the Council Earl Granville.

Lord Privy Seal Duke of Argyll.

Home Secretary Sir G. C. Lewis.

Foreign Secretary Lord John (afterwards Earl)
Russell.

Colonial Secretary Duke of Newcastle.

Secretary for War Mr Sidney Herbert (afterwards
Lord Herbert of Lea).

Secretary for India Sir Charles Wood (afterwards
Viscount Halifax).

Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gladstone.

First Lord of the Admiralty Duke of Somerset.

President of the Board of Trade Mr Milner Gibson (appointed in July).

Postmaster-General Earl of Elgin.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir George Grey.

Chief Secretary for Ireland Mr (afterwards Viscount) Cardwell.

Footnote 53: Lord Aberdeen wrote, in a letter printed in Parker's Sir James Graham, vol. ii. p. 388, that the wish of Lord Palmerston, expressed in a speech at Tiverton, "to see the Germans turned out of Italy by the war, has secured Gladstone ... notwithstanding the three articles of the Quarterly and the thousand imprecations of late years."