Second Disraeli ministry

Beaconsfield ministry
1874–1880
Disraeli as Lord Beaconsfield (1878)
Date formed	20 February 1874 (1874-02-20)
Date dissolved	21 April 1880 (1880-04-21)
People and organisations
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord Beaconsfield
Total no. of members	108 appointments
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Liberal Party
Opposition leaders	William Ewart Gladstone (1874–1875) Lord Hartington (1875–1880) in the House of Commons Lord Granville in the House of Lords
History
Election	1874 general election
Outgoing election	1880 general election
Legislature terms	21st UK Parliament
Predecessor	First Gladstone ministry
Successor	Second Gladstone ministry

Benjamin Disraeli was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time by Queen Victoria after William Ewart Gladstone's government was defeated in the 1874 general election. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian campaign, the government was heavily defeated in the 1880 general election, whereupon Gladstone formed his second government. The ailing Disraeli, by now created Earl of Beaconsfield, died in April 1881.