Who? Who? Ministry
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The "Who? Who?" Ministry was a short-lived British Conservative Government which was in power for a matter of months in 1852. Lord Derby was the Prime Minister and Benjamin Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Though the government had little impact, it gained infamy through its plethora of new political names. Only four members of the Cabinet (Derby himself, St Leonards, Lonsdale, and Herries) were existing Privy Councillors and many others were unknown. This led the now octogenarian and largely deaf Duke of Wellington to shout out 'Who?', 'Who?' as each new cabinet member was announced in the House of Lords.
The Ministry
| OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
| First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords | The Earl of Derby | February–December 1852 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Lord St Leonards | February–December 1852 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Earl of Lonsdale | February–December 1852 |
| Lord Privy Seal | The Marquess of Salisbury | February–December 1852 |
| Home Secretary | Spencer H. Walpole | February–December 1852 |
| Foreign Secretary | The Earl of Malmesbury | February–December 1852 |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Sir John Pakington, Bt | February–December 1852 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Duke of Northumberland | February–December 1852 |
| President of the Board of Control | J.C. Herries | February–December 1852 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons | Benjamin Disraeli | February–December 1852 |
| President of the Board of Trade | J.W. Henley | February–December 1852 |
| First Commissioner of Works | The Lord John Manners | February–December 1852 |
| Postmaster-General | The Earl of Hardwicke | February–December 1852 |
- See here for a more detailed list, including those not in the Cabinet.
| Preceded by: First Russell Ministry | British ministries 1852 | Succeeded by: Aberdeen Ministry |