resolution declaring that: Fall from power With his majority greatly reduced and defeat in the next election seeming inevitable, Balfour resigned as Prime Minister in December 1905, leading to the appointment of a minority Liberal government under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. In the general election which followed in 1906, all but three members of Balfour's Cabinet lost their seats, including Balfour himself. Cabinets Salisbury ministry June 1895 to November 1900 November 1900 to July 1902 In November 1900, the Cabinet was reformed for the first time. Balfour ministry : Changes May 1903Lord Onslow succeeds Robert William Hanbury at the Board of Agriculture. September to October 1903 Lord Londonderry succeeds the Duke of Devonshire as Lord President. Londonderry remains President of the Board of Education. Lord Lansdowne succeeds Devonshire as Leader of the House of Lords. Lansdowne remains Foreign Secretary. Lord Salisbury succeeds Arthur Balfour as Lord Privy Seal. Austen Chamberlain succeeds Charles Ritchie at the Exchequer. Chamberlain's successor as Postmaster General is not in the Cabinet. Alfred Lyttelton succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as Colonial Secretary. St John Brodrick succeeds Lord George Hamilton as Secretary for India. H. O. Arnold-Forster succeeds Brodrick as Secretary for War. Andrew Graham-Murray succeeds Lord Balfour of Burleigh as Secretary for Scotland. March 1905 Walter Hume Long succeeds George Wyndham as Irish Secretary. Gerald Balfour succeeds Long at the Local Government Board. Lord Salisbury succeeds Balfour at the Board of Trade. Salisbury remains Lord Privy Seal. Lord Cawdor succeeds Lord Selborne at the Admiralty. Ailwyn Fellowes succeeds Lord Onslow at the Board of Agriculture. List of ministers Notes References Sources 1895-1905 Government Government 1890s in the United Kingdom 1900s in the United Kingdom 1895 establishments in the United Kingdom 1905 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Coalition governments of the United Kingdom Ministries of Queen Victoria Ministries of Edward VII Cabinets established in 1895 Cabinets disestablished in 1905 1905 in British politics