The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . In Earl Derbys third administration hewas, in July, 1866, appointed Secretary of Statefor India, which post he resigned on account ofa difference in opinion respecting the Reform Bill,March 2, 1867. He was again appointed Secre-tary of State for India, when Mr. Disraeli returnedto office in February, 1874. When, at the closeof the war between Turkey and Servia, differ-ences arose between the former power and Rus-sia, the Marquis of Salisbury was sent as specialambassador to the Porte, and he and Sir HenryEl
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . In Earl Derbys third administration hewas, in July, 1866, appointed Secretary of Statefor India, which post he resigned on account ofa difference in opinion respecting the Reform Bill,March 2, 1867. He was again appointed Secre-tary of State for India, when Mr. Disraeli returnedto office in February, 1874. When, at the closeof the war between Turkey and Servia, differ-ences arose between the former power and Rus-sia, the Marquis of Salisbury was sent as specialambassador to the Porte, and he and Sir HenryElliot acted as joint plenipotentiaries of GreatBritain at the conference of Constantinople. OnApril 2, 1878, he became Secretary of State forForeign Affairs, aad clearly enunciated the policyof the English government with regard to the East-ern question. He and the Earl of Beaconsfield soonafterward were the representatives of Great Brit-ain at the congress of Berlin. He went out ofoffice with his party after the defeat they sustainedat the general election of April, 1880. At a meet-. MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. ing of Conservative peers, held on May 9, 1881,after the death of Lord Beaconsfield, the Marquisof Salisbury was elected to lead the party in theHouse of Lords. Since then his career has beenidentified with that of the Conservative opposed, but finally accepted, the Irish LandAct of 1881; vigorously criticised Mr. GladstonesEgyptian policy; carried the rejection of theCounty Franchise Bill in 1884; represented theConservatives at the conference between theopposing leaders, which led to the framing of theRedistribution Bill of 1885. On June 9th of thatyear Mr. Gladstone was beaten on a budget voteand resigned, and Lord Salisbury took office aspremier. The principal events of his short ten-ure of power were the annexation of Burma,and the reopening of the Eastern question bythe revolution in Eastern Roumelia and theServo-Bulgarian War, England supporting PrinceAlexander
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