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The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer
Lord High Treasurer

The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer is an old England government position. The holder of the post is third highest of the Great Officer of State, ranking below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President of the Council....
 and above the Lord Privy Seal
Lord Privy Seal

The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain....
. The Lord President has the responsibility of presiding over meetings of the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British monarchy. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords....
. In the modern era, the holder is by convention always a member of one of the houses of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 and the office is a cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior Her Majesty's Governmentminister chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
 post.

The Privy Council meets once a month, wherever the Sovereign may be residing at the time, to give formal approval to Orders-in-Council
Order-in-Council

An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, typically those in the Commonwealth of Nations. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the Queen of the United Kingdom by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ; in Canada in the name of the Governor General of Canada by the Queen's Privy Council...
.






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The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer
Lord High Treasurer

The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer is an old England government position. The holder of the post is third highest of the Great Officer of State, ranking below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President of the Council....
 and above the Lord Privy Seal
Lord Privy Seal

The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain....
. The Lord President has the responsibility of presiding over meetings of the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British monarchy. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords....
. In the modern era, the holder is by convention always a member of one of the houses of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 and the office is a cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom

In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior Her Majesty's Governmentminister chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
 post.

The Privy Council meets once a month, wherever the Sovereign may be residing at the time, to give formal approval to Orders-in-Council
Order-in-Council

An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, typically those in the Commonwealth of Nations. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the Queen of the United Kingdom by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ; in Canada in the name of the Governor General of Canada by the Queen's Privy Council...
. Only a few privy counsellors need attend such meetings, and only when invited to do so at the Government's request. As the duties of the Lord President are not onerous, the post has often been given to a government minister whose responsibilities are not departmental-specific. In recent years it has been most usual for the Lord President to also serve as Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons

The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the United Kingdom House of Commons....
. Since 2003 the office has been combined with that of Leader of the House of Lords
Leader of the House of Lords

Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the Her Majesty's Government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet of the United Kingdom position, most often Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster....
. The current Lord President is The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Janet "Jan" Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a Labour party politician and the current Leader of the House of Lords of the House of Lords....
.

On several occasions non-British Ministers have served briefly as acting Lords President of the Council, solely to preside over a meeting of the Privy Council held in a Commonwealth realm
Commonwealth Realm

A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
. Examples of this practice are the meetings in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 in 1990 and 1995, when Sir Geoffrey Palmer and James Bolger respectively were acting Lord Presidents.

In the 19th century, the Lord President was generally the cabinet member responsible for the educational system amongst their other duties. This role was gradually scaled back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but remnants of it remain, such as the oversight of the governance of various universities.

A particularly vital role was played by the Lord President of the Council during the Second World War. The Lord President served as chairman of the Lord President's Committee
Lord President's Committee

The Lord President's Committee was a United Kingdom cabinet committee during the World War II. This committee oversaw many aspects of home affairs, most notably the economy, and was vital to the smooth running of the British war economy and consequently the entire British war effort....
. This committee acted as a central clearing house for dealing with economic problems that affected the country. As such, it was vital to the smooth running of the British war economy
War economy

War economy is the term used to describe the contingencies undertaken by the modern state to mobilise its economy for war production. Philippe Le Billon describes a war economy as a "system of producing, mobilising and allocating resources to sustain the violence"....
 and consequently the entire British war effort.

The Lord President has no role in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom, established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833....
.

Visitorial role


The Lord President also serves as the Visitor
Visitor

A Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous Church body or charitable organization institution , who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution....
 for several British universities including:

  • University of Birmingham
    University of Birmingham

    The University of Birmingham is a United Kingdom 'Red brick universities' university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first of the so-called Red brick universities to receive a Royal...
  • University of Bristol
    University of Bristol

    The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876....
  • University of East Anglia
    University of East Anglia

    The University of East Anglia is a public university research university located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963. The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities....
  • University of Hull
    University of Hull

    The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an England university, founded in 1927, located in Hull , a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire....
  • Imperial College London
    Imperial College London

    Imperial College London is a United Kingdom university in London that focuses primarily on science, engineering, medicine and business.Imperial is regularly placed in the top three in the Times National University League Table along with Oxford and Cambridge....
  • Keele University
    Keele University

    Keele University is a research-intensive campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and Interdisciplinarity, Keele is most notable for pioneering the Joint Honours degree in Britain....
  • University of Leeds
    University of Leeds

    The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire and, with over 33,000 full-time students, one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom....
  • University of Leicester
    University of Leicester

    The University of Leicester is a research led university based in Leicester, England, with approximately 20,000 registered students - about 13,000 of them full-time students and 7,000 part-time and/or distance learning....
  • University of Liverpool
    University of Liverpool

    The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group, and founded in 1881 it is also one of the six original "red brick university" civic universities....
  • University of London
    University of London

    Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
     (but not King's College London
    King's College London

    King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
     or University College London
    University College London

    University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
    )
  • University of Nottingham
    University of Nottingham

    The University of Nottingham is a public, co-educational institution of higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. Nottingham, which has campuses in the United Kingdom and Asia, is the fifth largest university in the UK , and is a member of the Russell Group, Universitas 21, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Europ...
  • University of Reading
    University of Reading

    The University of Reading is a university in the England town of Reading, Berkshire. Established in 1892, receiving its Royal Charter in 1926, the University has a long tradition of research, education and training at a local, national and international level....
  • University of Sheffield
    University of Sheffield

    The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Ranked within the World's top 100 Universities, it is one of the original Red brick universities and a member of the Russell Group....
  • University of Southampton
    University of Southampton

    The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley....
  • University of Sussex
    University of Sussex

    The University of Sussex is a British campus university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, from Brighton. It was the first of the New Universities of Plate glass university....
  • University of Wales
    University of Wales

    The University of Wales is a confederal university founded in 1893. It has accredited institutions throughout Wales, ranging from nineteenth-century establishments like University of Wales, Aberystwyth and University of Wales, Bangor to post-1992 universities like University of Wales, Newport and institutes of higher education such as Unive...
     (but not Lampeter
    University of Wales, Lampeter

    University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest Academic degree awarding institution in Wales and contested as the Third oldest university in England debate in England and Wales after Oxford University and University of Cambridge....
    )


Partial list of office holders


1530-1553

  • Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
    Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

    Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , was the son of William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Through his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother-in-law to Henry VIII of England....
     (1530–14 August 1545)
  • William Paulet, 1st Baron St John
    William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester

    Sir William Paulet was an England statesman who attained several peerages throughout his lifetime: Baron St John , Earl of Wiltshire , and Marquess of Winchester ....
     (January 1546–February 1550)
  • John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
    John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

    John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland was a Tudor dynasty general, admiral and politician, who de facto ruled England in the latter half of Edward VI of England's reign....
     (February 1550–July 1553)
  • Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
    Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel

    Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so....
     (1553–?)


1621-1631

  • Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
    Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester

    Sir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester was an English judge, politician and peer....
     (September 1621–July 1628)
  • James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough
    James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough

    James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales of the King's Bench in Ireland and then in England; he was an English Member of Parliament and was Lord High Treasurer from 1624 to 1628....
     (July 1628–14 December 1628)
  • Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway
    Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway

    Sir Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow with Weethley. He commanded a foot regiment at the sack of Cadiz in 1596, where he was knighted....
     (14 December 1628–3 January 1631)


Since 1678

  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
    Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

    Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Privy Council of England , known as Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Baronet, from 1631 to 1661 and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent England politician of the Commonwealth of England and during the reign of Charles II of England....
     (21 April 1679–15 October 1679)
  • John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
    John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor

    John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor Privy Council of England succeeded his father, Richard Robartes, as Baron Robartes of Truro in May 1634....
     (24 October 1679–24 August 1684)
  • Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England , was an English statesman and writer.The second son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and his wife, Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon, Hyde was a near contemporary of King Charles II of England....
     (24 August 1684–18 February 1685)
  • George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Privy Council of England was an English statesman, writer, and politician....
     (18 February 1685–4 December 1685)
  • Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England was an English people statesman and nobleman.Life...
     (4 December 1685–October 1688)
  • Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston
    Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston

    Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Privy Council of England , was a British politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobitism conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon....
     (February, 1688–February 1689)
  • Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen
    Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

    Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds , English statesman, commonly known also by his earlier title of Earl of Danby, served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II of England and William III of England of England....
    , 1st Duke of Leeds (1694) (14 February 1689–18 May 1699)
  • Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a British politician during the reigns of William III of England and Anne of Great Britain....
     (18 May 1699–29 January 1702)
  • Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
    Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset

    Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , sometimes referred to as the "Proud Duke". The son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and Elizabeth Alington, he succeeded his brother Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, to the dukedom when the latter was shot in 1678....
     (29 January 1702–13 July 1702)
  • Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a British politician during the reigns of William III of England and Anne of Great Britain....
     (13 July 1702–25 November 1708)
  • John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
    John Somers, 1st Baron Somers

    John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society was Lord Chancellor under William III of England....
     (25 November 1708–21 September 1710)
  • Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

    Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England , was an English statesman and writer.The second son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and his wife, Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon, Hyde was a near contemporary of King Charles II of England....
     (21 September 1710–13 June 1711)
  • John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of England , English statesman and poet, was the son of Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, and succeeded to that title on his father?s death in 1658....
     (13 June 1711–23 September 1714)
  • Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

    Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea Privy Council of England , son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham....
     (23 September 1714–6 July 1716)
  • William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British nobleman and politician, the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler....
     (6 July 1716–16 March 1718)
  • Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
    Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

    Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland was an English statesman.He was the second son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland and Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland , daughter of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol....
     (16 March 1718–6 February 1719)
  • Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
    Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

    Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull , had been member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage in 1690....
     (6 February. 1719–11 June 1720)
  • Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
    Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

    Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend , was a British British Whig Party statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy....
     (11 June 1720–25 June 1721)
  • Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton
    Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton

    Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton Privy Council of Great Britain was an England politician of the early eighteenth century....
     (25 June 1721–27 March 1725)
  • William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British nobleman and politician, the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler....
     (27 March 1725–8 May 1730)
  • Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
    Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor

    Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor Privy Council of Great Britain , was knighted in 1692 as Solicitor General for England and Wales and in 1695 became Attorney-General....
     (8 May 1730–19 June 1730)
  • Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
    Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

    Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death....
     (31 December 1730–13 February 1742)
  • William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
    William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

    William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British statesman and diplomatist.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I of Great Britain....
     (13 February 1742–3 January 1745)
  • Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (3 January 1745–17 June 1751)
  • John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
    John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

    John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, Privy Council of Great Britain , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a Kingdom of Great Britain statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763....
     (17 June 1751–2 January 1763)
  • John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
    John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

    John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain, Royal Society was an 18th century Kingdom of Great Britain statesman....
     (9 September 1763–12 July 1765)
  • Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
    Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea

    Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician. Styled Lord Finch until 1730, he was the eldest son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and his second wife Anne Hatton, daughter of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton....
     and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (12 July 1765–30 July 1766)
  • Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington
    Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

    Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington Privy Council of Great Britain , Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the second son of Anthony Henley, a member of a well-to-do family in Hampshire, who was a British Whig Party member of parliament, and a well-known wit and writer....
     (30 July 1766–22 December 1767)
  • Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower
    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician....
     (22 December 1767–24 November 1779)
  • Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
    Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst

    Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst Privy Council of Great Britain King's Counsel , known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, was a United Kingdom lawyer and politician....
     (24 November 1779–27 March 1782)
  • Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden
    Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

    Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an England lawyer, judge and Whig politician. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties, championing the rights of the jury , and limiting the powers of the State in leading cases such as Entick v Carrington....
     (27 March 1782–2 April. 1783)
  • David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield

    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield Privy Council of Great Britain Order of the Thistle , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician....
     (2 April 1783–19 December 1783)
  • Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower
    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician....
     (19 December 1783–1 December 1784)
  • Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
    Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

    Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an England lawyer, judge and Whig politician. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties, championing the rights of the jury , and limiting the powers of the State in leading cases such as Entick v Carrington....
     (1 December 1784–18 April 1794)
  • William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1 July 1794–17 December 1794)
  • David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield

    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield Privy Council of Great Britain Order of the Thistle , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician....
     (17 December 1794–21 September 1796)
  • John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
    John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

    John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the eldest son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and an elder brother of William Pitt the Younger....
     (21 September 1796–30 July 1801)
  • William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (30 July 1801–14 January 1805)
  • Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804....
     (14 January 1805–10 July 1805)
  • John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (10 July 1805–19 February 1806)
  • William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (19 February 1806–8 October 1806)
  • Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804....
     (8 October 1806–26 March 1807)
  • John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (26 March 1807–8 April 1812)
  • Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

    Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804....
     (8 April 1812–11 June 1812)
  • Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
    Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

    Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a prominent United Kingdom politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party....
     (11 June 1812–17 August 1827)
  • William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (17 August 1827–28 January 1828)
  • Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
    Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

    Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst , was the elder son of the Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst. He was educated at Eton from 1773 to 1778 and then at Christ Church, Oxford....
     (28 January 1828–22 November 1830)
  • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
    Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

    Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , son of the William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by his second marriage, was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge....
     (22 November 1830–15 December 1834)
  • James St Clair Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (15 December 1834–18 April 1835)
  • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
    Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

    Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , son of the William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by his second marriage, was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge....
     (18 April 1835–3 September 1841)
  • James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
    James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe

    James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe , English statesman, was the son of Colonel James Archibald Stuart, son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and of his wife Mary Wortley-Montagu , as whose heir Colonel Stuart added the name of Wortley, taking later also that of Mackenzie as heir to his uncle JS Mackenzie of Roseh...
     (3 September 1841–21 January 1846)
  • Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
    Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch

    Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry KG, PC was a British politician and nobleman....
     (21 January 1846–6 July 1846)
  • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
    Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

    Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , son of the William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by his second marriage, was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge....
     (6 July 1846–27 February 1852)
  • William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
    William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale

    William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , was an England Conservative Party politician....
     (27 February 1852–28 December 1852)
  • Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (28 December 1852–12 June 1854)
  • Lord John Russell
    John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

    John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Order of the Garter, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an England British Whig Party and Liberal Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
     (12 June 1854–8 February 1855)
  • Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (8 February 1855–26 February 1858)
  • James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (26 February 1858–18 June 1859)
  • Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (18 June 1859–6 July 1866)
  • Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (6 July 1866–8 March 1867)
  • John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (8 March 1867–9 December 1868)
  • George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
    George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

    George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Knight of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician who served in every Liberal Party cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later....
     (9 December 1868–9 August 1873)
  • Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (9 August 1873–21 February 1874)
  • Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (21 February 1874–28 April 1880)
  • John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (28 April 1880–19 March 1883)
  • Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
    Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford

    Chichester Samuel Fortescue, later Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford and 2nd Baron Clermont, Order of St Patrick, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician of the nineteenth century....
     (19 March 1883–24 June 1885)
  • Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook (24 June 1885–6 February 1886)
  • John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (6 February 1886–3 August 1886)
  • Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook (3 August 1886–18 August 1892)
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
    John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley

    John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley Order of the Garter , Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal Party politician....
     (18 August 1892–10 March 1894)
  • Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (10 March 1894–29 June 1895)
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (29 June 1895–19 October 1903)
  • Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
    Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry

    Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who served in various capacities in the Conservative administrations of the late 19th and early 20th centur...
     (19 October 1903–11 December 1905)
  • Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe (11 December 1905–16 April 1908)
  • Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
    Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth

    Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Liberal Party statesman who served in various capacities in the Liberal governments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
     (16 April 1908–19 October 1908)
  • Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (19 October 1908–21 June 1910)
  • William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
    William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

    William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp Order of the Garter, KCMG, Privy Council, , United Kingdom politician, Liberal Party leader in the House of Lords , and holder of a number of appointed and hereditary offices....
     (21 June 1910–7 November 1910)
  • John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley (7 November 1910–5 August 1914)
  • William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
    William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

    William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp Order of the Garter, KCMG, Privy Council, , United Kingdom politician, Liberal Party leader in the House of Lords , and holder of a number of appointed and hereditary offices....
     (5 August 1914–25 May 1915)
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (25 May 1915–10 December 1916)
  • George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston (10 December 1916–23 October 1919)
  • Arthur James Balfour (23 October 1919–19 October 1922)
  • James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
    James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

    James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British statesman....
     (24 October 1922–22 January 1924)
  • Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor (22 January 1924–3 November 1924)
  • George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (6 November 1924–27 April 1925)
  • Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (27 April 1925–4 June 1929)
  • Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor (7 June 1929–24 August 1931)
  • Stanley Baldwin
    Stanley Baldwin

    Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician, statesman, and major figure on the political scene in the interwar years....
     (25 August 1931–7 June 1935)
  • Ramsay MacDonald
    Ramsay MacDonald

    James Ramsay MacDonald was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He rose from humble origins to become the first Labour Party Prime Minister in 1924....
     (7 June 1935–28 May 1937)
  • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax (28 May 1937–9 March 1938)
  • Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
    Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

    File:Hailsham1.JPGDouglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative lawyer and politician....
     (9 March 1938–31 October 1938)
  • Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford
    Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

    Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford was a prominent Liberal Party , later National Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom from the 1900s until the 1930s....
     (31 October 1938–3 September 1939)
  • James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
    James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope

    James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician in the late 1930s as The Earl Stanhope....
     (3 September 1939–11 May 1940)
  • Neville Chamberlain
    Neville Chamberlain

    Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British Conservative Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain is best known for appeasement foreign policy, in particular regarding his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany, and for his "containm...
     (11 May 1940–3 October 1940)
  • Sir John Anderson
    John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley

    John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, Order of the Bath, Order of Merit, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a Scotland politician who served under Winston Churchill as Lord President of the Council, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary....
     (3 October 1940–24 September 1943)
  • Clement Attlee
    Clement Attlee

    Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was a British people politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955....
     (24 September 1943–23 May 1945)
  • Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton
    Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

    Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British businessman and politician....
     (25 May 1945–26 July 1945)
  • Herbert Stanley Morrison (27 July 1945–9 March 1951)
  • Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison (9 March 1951 -26 October 1951)
  • Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton
    Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

    Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British businessman and politician....
     (28 October 1951–25 November 1952)
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
    Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

    Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a grandson of the great Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury....
     (25 November 1952–29 March 1957)
  • Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
    Alec Douglas-Home

    Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Order of the Thistle, Imperial Privy Council , 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative Party politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964 ....
     (29 March 1957–17 September 1957)
  • Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham
    Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

    Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Order of the Garter, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel , formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham , was a British judge and Conservative Party politician....
     (17 September 1957–14 October 1959)
  • Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
    Alec Douglas-Home

    Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Order of the Thistle, Imperial Privy Council , 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative Party politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964 ....
     (14 October 1959–27 July 1960)
  • Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham
    Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

    Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Order of the Garter, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel , formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham , was a British judge and Conservative Party politician....
     (27 July 1960–16 October 1964) (disclaimed peerage late 1963)
  • Herbert Bowden
    Herbert Bowden

    Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone, Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Labour Party politician....
     (16 October 1964–11 August 1966)
  • Richard Crossman
    Richard Crossman

    Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, known as Dick Crossman, was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician, author and editing of the New Statesman....
     (11 August 1966–18 October 1968)
  • Fred Peart
    Fred Peart, Baron Peart

    Thomas Frederick "Fred" Peart, Baron Peart, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Labour Party politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party....
     (18 October 1968–19 June 1970)
  • William Whitelaw (20 June 1970–7 April 1972)
  • Robert Carr (7 April 1972–5 November 1972)
  • James Prior (5 November 1972–4 March 1974)
  • Edward Short (5 March 1974–8 April 1976)
  • Michael Foot
    Michael Foot

    Michael Mackintosh Foot is an England politician and writer. He was leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983....
     (8 April 1976–4 May 1979)
  • Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (5 May 1979–14 September 1981)
  • Francis Pym
    Francis Pym

    Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym Military Cross, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was a British Conservative Party politician who, during his political career, held several Cabinet of the United Kingdom positions....
     (14 September 1981–7 April 1982)
  • John Biffen
    John Biffen

    William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant , was a Conservative Party member of the House of Lords, who previously spent 36 years in the British House of Commons....
     (7 April 1982–11 June 1983)
  • William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (11 June 1983–10 January 1988)
  • John Wakeham
    John Wakeham

    John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant , is a businessman and United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
     (10 January 1988–24 July 1989)
  • Sir Geoffrey Howe
    Geoffrey Howe

    Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon Order of the Companions of Honour Queen's Counsel Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , previously known as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
     (24 July 1989–1 November 1990) (Resigned)
  • John MacGregor
    John MacGregor

    John Roddick Russell MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom Fellowship of King's College London , is a politician in the United Kingdom....
     (2 November 1990–10 April 1992)
  • Tony Newton
    Tony Newton

    Antony Harold Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom, known as Tony Newton, , is a British Conservative Party politician and former Cabinet of the United Kingdom member....
     (10 April 1992–2 May 1997)
  • Ann Taylor
    Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton

    Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a United Kingdom politician and currently Minister of State for International Defence and Security at the Ministry of Defence ....
     (3 May 1997–27 July 1998)
  • Margaret Beckett
    Margaret Beckett

    Margaret Mary Beckett is a British politician for the Labour Party . She is the Member of Parliament for Derby South and the current Minister of State for Housing and Planning....
     (27 July 1998–8 June 2001)
  • Robin Cook
    Robin Cook

    Robert Finlayson Cook , better known as Robin Cook, was a politician in the British Labour Party . He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001....
     (8 June 2001–18 March 2003) (Resigned)
  • John Reid
    John Reid (politician)

    Dr John Reid is a United Kingdom politician who was formerly the Home Secretary and also filled several other cabinet positions, including Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Health....
     (4 April 2003–13 June 2003)
  • Gareth Wyn Williams, Lord Williams of Mostyn (13 June 2003–20 September 2003) (Died in office)
  • Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
    Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

    Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician and life peer, formerly serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council....
     (6 October 2003 - 27 June 2007)
  • Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland
    Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

    Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is the European Trade European Commissioner....
     (28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008)
  • Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
    Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

    Janet "Jan" Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a Labour party politician and the current Leader of the House of Lords of the House of Lords....
     (3 October 2008 —)


See also

  • Privy Council Office
    Privy Council Office (United Kingdom)

    The Privy Council Office provides secretarial and administrative support to the Lord President of the Council in his or her capacity of president of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council....
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    Vice-President of the Executive Council

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  • President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
    President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada

    In the Canadian cabinet the President of The Queen's Privy Council for Canada is nominally in charge of the Privy Council Office . The President of the Privy Council also has the largely ceremonial duty of presiding over meetings of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, a body which only convenes in full for affairs of state such as the acce...