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Cabinet Ministers
The chief officers of state in whom the administrative
government is vested. It contains the First Lord of the Treasury
(the Premier), the Lord High Chancellor, Lord President of the
Council, Lord Privy Seal, Chancellor of the Exchequer, six Secretaries
of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lieutenant and Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, President of the Board of Trade, Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Agriculture. The
five Secretaries of State are those of the Home Department, Foreign Affairs, Colonies, War, India, and
Chief-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Sometimes other
members of the Government are included, and sometimes one or two of the
above left out of the Cabinet. These Ministers are privileged to
consult the Sovereign in the private cabinet of the palace.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cabinet Ministers from Infoplease:
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