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The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Privy Seal

Privy Seal of EnglandThe Privy council Seal of England can be traced back to the reign of John of England. It has been suggested that it was originally the seal that accompanied the person of the Sovereign, while the Great Seal of the Realm was required to remain in the Lord Chancellor....
 is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
 and above the Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain

The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable....
. The office is one of the traditional sinecure
Sinecure

A sinecure means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. Sinecures have historically provided a potent tool for governments or monarchs to distribute patronage, while recipients are able to store up titles and easy salaries....
 offices of state. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal ("privy") seal (as opposed to the Great Seal of State
Great Seal of the Realm

The Great Seal of the Realm or Great Seal of the United Kingdom is a Seal that is used to symbolise the monarch's approval of important state documents....
, which is in the care of the Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor

The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom....
). Today, the holder of the office is invariably given a seat in the Cabinet.

Though one of the oldest offices in government anywhere, it has no particular function today; thus the office has generally been used as a kind of Minister without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio

A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry ....
.






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The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Privy Seal

Privy Seal of EnglandThe Privy council Seal of England can be traced back to the reign of John of England. It has been suggested that it was originally the seal that accompanied the person of the Sovereign, while the Great Seal of the Realm was required to remain in the Lord Chancellor....
 is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
 and above the Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain

The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable....
. The office is one of the traditional sinecure
Sinecure

A sinecure means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. Sinecures have historically provided a potent tool for governments or monarchs to distribute patronage, while recipients are able to store up titles and easy salaries....
 offices of state. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal ("privy") seal (as opposed to the Great Seal of State
Great Seal of the Realm

The Great Seal of the Realm or Great Seal of the United Kingdom is a Seal that is used to symbolise the monarch's approval of important state documents....
, which is in the care of the Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor

The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom....
). Today, the holder of the office is invariably given a seat in the Cabinet.

Though one of the oldest offices in government anywhere, it has no particular function today; thus the office has generally been used as a kind of Minister without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio

A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry ....
. Since the premiership of 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....
, the position of Lord Privy Seal has frequently 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....
 or 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....
. The jocular clarification that the office holder is neither a lord
Lord

Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a Prince#Prince_as_a_generic_word_for_ruler or a Examples of feudalism . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'Courtesy titles in the U...
, nor a privy
Toilet

A toilet is a plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the excretory system: urine and feces. Additionally, vomit and menstrual waste is sometimes disposed in toilets in western societies....
, nor a seal
Pinniped

Pinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae , Otariidae , and Phocidae ....
, though sometimes credited to Edward Heath
Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George Heath, Order of the Garter, Order of the British Empire , often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975....
, was attributed by him to Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom labour leader, politician, and statesman best known for his time as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the post-war Labour Party government....
.

Television industry term

The term "Lord Privy Seal" (as in "not bad, but it's a bit Lord Privy Seal") is used in the British television industry as shorthand for associating pictures too closely and literally with every element of the accompanying spoken script. The origin is a TV comedy sketch in The Frost Report
The Frost Report

The Frost Report was a satirical television show hosted by David Frost. It ran for 28 episodes from 1966. It is most notable for introducing John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett to television....
 taking the practice to an extreme, which backed a "news report" mention of the Lord Privy Seal with images, in quick succession, of a lord, an outdoor toilet
Outhouse

The term outhouse usually refers to a type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a Flush toilet and is not attached to a Sanitary sewer....
, and a seal
Earless seal

The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinniped. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae....
 balancing a ball on its nose.

English Lords Privy Seal, 1307–1707

  • William Melton
    William Melton

    William Melton was the 43rd Archbishop of York ....
     (1307–1312)
  • Roger Northburgh
    Roger Northburgh

    Roger Northburgh was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1312 to 1316, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1321 to 1326, and as Lord High Treasurer of England from June to December of 1340....
     (1312–1316)
  • Thomas Charlton
    Thomas Charlton

    Thomas Charlton was Bishop of Hereford, Lord High Treasurer of England, Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He is buried in Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, Herefordshire, England....
     (1316–1320)
  • Robert Baldock
    Robert Baldock

    Robert Baldock was the Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England, during the reign of King Edward II of England. He may also have been the Robert Baldock who was elected Bishop of Norwich on 23 July 1325 but resigned the office on 3 September 1325....
     (1320–1323)
  • Robert Wodehouse (1323)
  • Robert Ayleston (1323–1324)
  • William Ayermin
    William Ayermin

    William Ayermin was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.He was a Canon of St. Paul's, Lincoln Cathedral and Hereford when he was named Lord Privy Seal about 26 May 1324....
     (1324–1325)
  • Henry Cliff (1325)
  • William Herlaston (1325–1326)
  • Robert Wyvil
    Robert Wyvil

    Robert Wyvil was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.He was keeper of the Privy Seal of Edward III of England in 1326 when he was named on 26 October Lord Privy Seal, which office he held until the early part of 1327....
     (1326–1327)
  • Richard Airmyn (1327–1328)
  • Adam Lymbergh (1328–1329)
  • Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham (1329–1334)
  • Robert Ayleston (1334)
  • Robert Tawton (1334–1335)
  • William de la Zouch
    William Zouche

    William Zouche or William de la Zouche, was a medieval Archbishop of York....
     (1335–1337)
  • Richard Bintworth (1337–1338)
  • William Kilsby (1338–1342)
  • John de Ufford
    John de Ufford

    John de Ufford, sometimes John de Offord or John Offord was chancellor and head of the royal administration to Edward III of England as well as being elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury....
     (1342–1344)
  • Thomas Hatfield
    Thomas Hatfield

    Thomas Hatfield was Bishop of Durham from 1345 to 1381.He was receiver of the chamber when he was selected to be Lord Privy Seal in late 1344....
     (1344–1345)
  • John Thoresby (1345–1347)
  • Simon Islip
    Simon Islip

    Simon Islip was an English prelate. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury between 1349 and 1366....
    , Archbishop of Canterbury (1347–1350)
  • Michael Northburgh
    Michael Northburgh

    Michael Northburgh, otherwise Michael de Northburgh , was Bishop of London between 1354 and his death in 1361.He occupied the office of Lord Privy Seal between 1350 and 1354....
     (1350–1354)
  • Thomas Bramber (1354–1355)
  • John Winwick (1355–1360)
  • John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln (1360–1363)
  • William of Wykeham
    William of Wykeham

    William of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle....
     (1363–1367)
  • Peter Lacy (1367–1371)
  • Nicholas Carew
    Nicholas Carew (Lord Privy Seal)

    Nicholas Carew was Lord Privy Seal during the reign of Edward III of England.Nicholas Carew was descended from the Carew family of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire....
     (1371–1377)
  • John Fordham
    John Fordham

    John Fordham was Bishop of Durham and Bishop of Ely.He was keeper of the privy seal of Richard II of England from 1376 to 1377 and Dean of Wells before being named Lord Privy Seal in June of 1377....
     (1377–1381)
  • William Dighton (1381–1382)
  • Walter Skirclaw, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1382–1386)
  • John Waltham
    John Waltham

    John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury was Lord High Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal of England, in the reign of Richard II of England....
    , Bishop of Salisbury (1386–1389)
  • Edmund Stafford
    Edmund Stafford

    Edmund Stafford was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.He was Dean of York when he was named Lord Privy Seal on 4 May 1389, which office he kept until February 1396....
    , Bishop of Exeter (1389–1396)
  • Guy Mone
    Guy Mone

    Guy Mone was an English royal administrator and bishop.He was bishop of St David's from 1397 to his death. He held the offices of Lord High Treasurer and Keeper of the Privy Seal towards the end of the reign of Richard II of England, and was one of Richard's supporters....
     (1396–1397)
  • Richard Clifford
    Richard Clifford

    Richard Clifford was a Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of London as well as Lord Privy Seal.Clifford was appointed Lord Privy Seal on 14 November 1387, and resigned on 4 November 1401....
     (1397–1401)
  • Thomas Langley
    Thomas Langley

    Thomas Cardinal Langley was a Dean of York, Bishop of Durham , and Lord Chancellor of England, two times and to three kings . In turn keeper of the King's signet and Lord Privy Seal before becoming de facto England's first Foreign Secretary....
     (1401–1405)
  • Nicholas Bubwith
    Nicholas Bubwith

    Nicholas Bubwith was a Bishop of London, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Wells as well as Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Treasurer.He was Lord Privy Seal from 2 March 1405 to 4 October 1406....
     (1405–1406)
  • John Prophet (1406–1415)
  • John Wakering
    John Wakering

    John Wakering was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.He was named Lord Privy Seal in June of 1415 and dismissed from that office in July of 1416....
    , Bishop of Norwich (1415–1416)
  • Henry Ware
    Henry Ware (bishop)

    Henry Ware was a diplomat and Lord Privy Seal for King Henry V of England from 1416 to 1418, and later the Bishop of Chichester. Originally from Wales, Ware served as a canon from the 1390s and then studied law, of which he was made a master, at Oxford University....
     (1416–1418)
  • John Kemp
    John Kemp

    John Kemp was a medieval English Cardinal , archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England....
    , Bishop of Rochester (1418–1421)
  • John Stafford
    John Stafford (archbishop)

    John Stafford was an English statesman and Archbishop of Canterbury....
     (1421–1422)
  • William Alnwick
    William Alnwick

    William Alnwick was an English Catholic clergyman. He was Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Lincoln .He was Archdeacon of Salisbury before being named Lord Privy Seal on 19 December 1422....
    , Bishop of Norwich (1422–1432)
  • William Lyndwood
    William Lyndwood

    William Lyndwood was an England bishop of St. David's, diplomat and canonist, most notable for the publication of the Provinciale....
    , Bishop of St David's (1432–1443)
  • Thomas Beckington
    Thomas Beckington

    Thomas Beckington was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and 'King's Secretary' in Middle Ages England....
    , Bishop of Bath and Wells (1443–1444)
  • Adam Moleyns
    Adam Moleyns

    Adam Moleyns was an English bishop, lawyer, royal administrator and diplomat. During the minority of Henry VI of England, he was clerk of the ruling Regency Government of England 1422-1437....
    , Bishop of Chichester (1444–1450)
  • Andrew Holes (1450–1452)
  • Thomas Lisieux (1452–1456)
  • Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1456–1460)
  • Robert Stillington
    Robert Stillington

    Robert Stillington was Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England. It is alleged by some that it was he who presented evidence that the marriage of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville was invalid due to Edward's earlier betrothal to Lady Eleanor Talbot....
    , Bishop of Bath and Wells (1460–1467)
  • Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Rochester (1467–1470)
  • John Hales
    John Hales (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)

    John Hales was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.Briefly during the restoration of Henry VI of England in 1470 he was named Lord Privy Seal, but he lost the office on the restoration of Edward IV of England in 1471....
    , Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1470–1471)
  • Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Rochester (1471–1474)
  • John Russell
    John Russell (bishop)

    John Russell was an English Bishop of Rochester and bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor....
    , Bishop of Rochester, later Bishop of Lincoln (1473–1483)
  • John Gunthorp (1483–1485)
  • Peter Courtenay
    Peter Courtenay

    Peter Courtenay was an English prelate. He was a grandnephew of Richard Courtenay.Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Peter became dean of Windsor, then Dean of Exeter 14 June 1478 he was elected Bishop of Exeter and was consecrated on 8 November 1478....
    , Bishop of Exeter (1485–1487)
  • Richard Foxe
    Richard Foxe

    Richard Foxe was an English churchman, successively Bishop of bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Durham, and Bishop of Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford....
    , Bishop of Exeter, later Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Durham and Bishop of Winchester (1487–1516)
  • Thomas Ruthall
    Thomas Ruthall

    Thomas Ruthall was an English churchman, administrator and diplomat. He was a leading councillor of Henry VIII of England....
    , Bishop of Durham (1516–1523)
  • Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney
    Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney

    Sir Henry Marney, , was a politician of the Tudor period in England. He started the building of Layer Marney Tower in Layer Marney, in 1515; this was not finished before his death and passed to his son....
     (1523)
  • Cuthbert Tunstall
    Cuthbert Tunstall

    Cuthbert Tunstall was an England church leader, twice Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII of England, Edward VI of England, Mary I of England and Elizabeth I of England....
    , Bishop of London (1523–1530)
  • Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
    Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

    Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormond, Order of the Garter was an England diplomat and politician in the Tudor era, and the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England....
     (1530–1536)
  • Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex 1536–1540)
  • William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton
    William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton

    William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, Knight of the Garter , English courtier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville ....
     (1540–1542)
  • John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
    John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford

    John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England, Justice of the Peace was an English royal minister in the later Tudor dynasty era....
     (1542–1555)
  • William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
    William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

    William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert , English people statesman, son of William Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, was born in Staffordshire in 1506, and was educated at St Paul's School , and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the university of Paris....
     (1555–1558)
  • William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
    William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

    William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , Knight_of_the_Garter was an England statesman, the chief advisor and good friend of Elizabeth I of England for most of her reign , twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572....
     (1571–1572)
  • William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
    William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

    William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham , England Admiralty, was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , daughter of Hugh Tilney of Boston and Eleanor Tailboys....
     (1572–1573)
  • Sir Thomas Smith (1573–1576)
  • Francis Walsingham
    Francis Walsingham

    Sir Francis Walsingham is usually remembered as the "spymaster" of Queen regnant Elizabeth I of England. Walsingham is frequently cited as one of the earliest practitioners of modern intelligence both for espionage and for domestic security....
     (1576–1590)
  • William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
    William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

    William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , Knight_of_the_Garter was an England statesman, the chief advisor and good friend of Elizabeth I of England for most of her reign , twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572....
     (1590–1598)
  • Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
    Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

    Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and half-brother of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl...
     (1598–1608)
  • Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
    Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

    Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was a significant English aristocrat and courtier.Northampton, who was one of the most unscrupulous and treacherous characters of the age, was nevertheless distinguished for his learning, artistic culture and his public charities....
     (1608–1614)
  • Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
    Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset

    Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a Scottish politician, and favourite of King James VI of Scotland and I of England of England....
     (1614–1616)
  • Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
    Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

    Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Knight of the Garter was an English aristocrat. He was an important advisor to King James I of England, serving as Lord Privy Seal....
     (1616–1625)
  • Sir John Coke
    John Coke

    Sir John Coke , England politician, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.Coke was the son of Richard and Mary Coke of Trusley, Derbyshire....
     (1625–1628)
  • Sir Robert Naunton
    Robert Naunton

    Sir Robert Naunton , was an England politician and writer....
     (1628)
  • 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....
     (1628–1642)
  • Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
    Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland

    Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland was an England politician, soldier and author....
     (1643)
  • Sir Edward Nicholas
    Edward Nicholas

    Sir Edward Nicholas was an English statesman....
     (1643–1644)
  • Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath
    Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath

    File:Henry,5th Earl of Bath.jpgHenry Bourchier, , Peer of the Realm, Lord Privy Seal, and landowner in counties Limerick, Armagh, Devon and Somerset...
     (1644–1654)
  • John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes
    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....
     (1661–1673)
  • Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
    Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

    Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey Privy Council of England was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. He rose to the position of Lord Privy Seal, and had several styles throughout his lifetime: The Hon....
     (1673–1682)
  • 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....
     (1682–1685)
  • Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
    Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

    Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon Privy Council of England , was the eldest son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and his wife, Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon....
     (1685–1687)
  • Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour
    Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour

    Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour Privy Council of England was a Peerage of England of England during the seventeenth century, and the most famous of the Baron Arundell of Wardour....
     (1687–1688)
  • 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....
     (1689–1690)
  • In Commission 1690–1692
  • 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....
     (1692–1699)
  • John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale
    John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale

    John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, Privy Council of England, Fellow of the Royal Society , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an England politician....
     (1699–1700)
  • Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
    Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville

    Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville , 1st Viscount Glendale, and Baron Grey of Werke, was a British nobleman and statesman. He was the son of Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke and Catherine Ford, daughter of Sir Edward Ford of Harting in West Sussex....
     (1700–1701)
  • In Commission 1701–1702
  • 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....
     (1702–1705)
  • John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1705–1707)


British Lords Privy Seal, 1707–present

  • John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
    John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

    John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of the Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and his wife Grace Pierrepont....
     (1707–1711)
  • John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol (1711–1713)
  • William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
    William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth

    William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth , only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, succeeded to his fathers barony in 1691. In 1702 he was appointed a member of the Board of Trade and Plantations, and eight years later he became Secretary of State for the Southern Department and joint keeper of the signet for Scotland....
     (1713–1714)
  • Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
    Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton

    Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton Privy Council of England was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton....
     (1714–1715)
  • In Commission 1715
  • 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....
     (1715–1716)
  • Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston (1716–1718)
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent

    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent Order of the Garter , Privy Council of England , was a British courtier and one of the Lords Justice appointed during the absence, in Germany, of George I of Great Britain....
     (1718–1719)
  • Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston (1720–1726)
  • 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....
     (1726–1730)
  • 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....
     (1730–1731)
  • In Commission 1731
  • William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

    William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British nobleman and British Whig Party politician, the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Lady Rachel Russell....
     (1731–1733)
  • Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
    Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

    Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale, Privy Council of Great Britain was an England courtier and landowner.He succeeded to the Viscountcy in 1713, upon the death of his elder brother....
     (1733–1735)
  • Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
    Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

    Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, Privy Council of Great Britain was a Kingdom of Great Britain politician, styled Viscount Rialton between 1706 and 1712....
     (1735–1740)
  • John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (1740–1742)
  • John Leveson-Gower, 2nd Baron Gower
    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Privy Council of Great Britain was a British Tory politician, one of the first Tories to enter government in the 18th century....
     (1742–1743)
  • George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
    George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley

    George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , known as Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a United Kingdom peer and Whig Party politician....
     (1743–1744)
  • John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower
    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

    John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Privy Council of Great Britain was a British Tory politician, one of the first Tories to enter government in the 18th century....
     (1744–1755)
  • Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
    Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

    Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 5th Earl of Sunderland Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician of the 18th century....
     (1755)
  • 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....
     (1755–1757)
  • Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
    Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple

    Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was an English politician.The eldest son of Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire and of Hester Temple, he was educated at Eton College, and in 1734 was returned to Parliament of England as member for the borough of Buckingham....
     (1757–1761)
  • In Commission 1761
  • 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....
     (1761–1763)
  • George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
    George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough

    George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough Knight of the Garter Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom nobleman. Born the son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, he was known as Marquess of Blandford until succeeding his father in 1758....
     (1763–1765)
  • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1765–1766)
  • William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1766–1768)
  • George William Hervey, 5th Earl of Bristol (1768–1770)
  • George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1770–1771)
  • Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk
    Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk

    Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department under Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford from 1771 to 1779....
     (1771)
  • Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1771–1775)
  • William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
    William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

    William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth Privy Council of Great Britain, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution....
     (1775–1782)
  • Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1782–1783)
  • Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
    Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle

    [Image:Reynolds123.jpg|right|thumb|The 5th Earl of Carlisle, by Joshua Reynolds, 1769 Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Privy Council of Great Britain , was an England diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....
     (1783)
  • Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
    Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland

    Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby. He was styled Lord Roos from 1760 until 1770, and Marquess of Granby from 1770 until 1779....
     (1783–1784)
  • In Commission 1784
  • Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
    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....
     (1784–1794)
  • George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1794)
  • 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....
     (1794–1798)
  • John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
    John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

    John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland Knight of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal....
     (1798–1806)
  • Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1806)
  • Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1806–1807)
  • John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
    John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

    John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland Knight of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal....
     (1807–1827)
  • William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1827)
  • George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
    George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

    George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle Knight of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an England statesman.He was the eldest son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower....
     (1827–1828)
  • Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
    Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

    Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough was a British politician.The eldest son of the Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, he was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge....
     (1828–1829)
  • James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
    James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn

    James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn Order of the Bath Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Sir James Erskine, 6th Baronet, from 1765 until 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, 6th Baronet, from 1789 until 1805, was a Scotland soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of the Gr...
     (1829–1830)
  • John George Lambton, 1st Baron Durham (1830–1833)
  • Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon
    Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

    Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon Privy Council of the United Kingdom , Frederick John Robinson until 1827, The Viscount Goderich 1827–1833, and The Earl of Ripon 1833 onwards, was a United Kingdom statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ....
     (1833–1834)
  • George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
    George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

    George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle Knight of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an England statesman.He was the eldest son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower....
     (1834)
  • Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (1834)
  • 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...
     (1834–1835)
  • John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (1835–1840)
  • George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1840–1841)
  • Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
    Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

    Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Knight of the Garter, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician and aristocrat, the son of Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos....
     (1841–1842)
  • Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1842–1846)
  • Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington
    Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington

    Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman....
     (1846)
  • Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto
    Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto

    Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was the eldest son of the Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto....
     (1846–1852)
  • James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (1852)
  • George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1853–1855)
  • Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
    Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby

    Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom , styled Viscount Sandon between 1809 and 1847, was an England politician....
     (1855–1858)
  • Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1858)
  • Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1858–1859)
  • George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1859–1866)
  • James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
    James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

    James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Viscount FitzHarris from 1820 to 1841, was a United Kingdom statesman of the Victorian era....
     (1866–1868)
  • 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....
     (1868–1870)
  • Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
    Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax

    Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax , known between 1846 and 1866 as Sir Charles Wood, Bt, was an England politician.A Liberal Party , Wood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in John Russell, 1st Earl Russell's Whig Government 1846-1852 , as President of the Board of Control under George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , as...
     (1870–1874)
  • James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
    James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

    James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Viscount FitzHarris from 1820 to 1841, was a United Kingdom statesman of the Victorian era....
     (1874–1876)
  • Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
    Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

    Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society, born Benjamin D'Israeli, , was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conservative Party statesman and literary figure....
     (1876–1878)
  • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1878–1880)
  • George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1880–1881)
  • 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....
     (1881–1885)
  • Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
    Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

    Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, also known as Archibald Primrose and Lord Dalmeny ....
     (1885)
  • Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby
    Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby

    Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby . England politician. He was President of the Board of Trade at the end of the second administration of the Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and Lord Privy Seal in Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury first government ....
     (1885–1886)
  • William Ewart Gladstone
    William Ewart Gladstone

    William Ewart Gladstone was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ....
     (1886)
  • George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan (1886–1892)
  • William Ewart Gladstone
    William Ewart Gladstone

    William Ewart Gladstone was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ....
     (1892–1894)
  • 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....
     (1894–1895)
  • Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1895–1900)
  • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1900–1902)
  • Arthur Balfour
    Arthur Balfour

    Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman....
     (1902–1903)
  • James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1903–1905)
  • George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1905–1908)
  • Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe (1908–1911)
  • Charles Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Earl Carrington
    Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire

    Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Liberal Party politician and aristocrat....
     (1911–1912)
  • Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
    Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

    File:Robert Crewe-Milnes portrait.jpgRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Knight of the Garter , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and writer....
     (1912–1915)
  • George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon (1915–1916)
  • David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
    David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford

    David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Thistle , known as Lord Balcarres from 1880 to 1913, was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
     (1916–1919)
  • Andrew Bonar Law
    Andrew Bonar Law

    Andrew Bonar Law was a Canada-born United Kingdom Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been born outside the British Isles....
     (1919–1921)
  • Austen Chamberlain
    Austen Chamberlain

    Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, Order of the Garter was a British statesman, Politics, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize....
     (1921–1922)
  • Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
    Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

    Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom....
     (1922–1924)
  • John Robert Clynes
    John Robert Clynes

    John Robert Clynes was a United Kingdom trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for 35 years, and led the party in its breakthrough at the United Kingdom general election, 1922....
     (1924)
  • James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1924–1929)
  • James Henry Thomas
    James Henry Thomas

    James Henry Thomas, was a United Kingdom Labor union and Labour Party politician. He was involved in a British political scandals involving budget leaks....
     (1929–1930)
  • Vernon Hartshorn
    Vernon Hartshorn

    Vernon Hartshorn was a British Labour Party politician.Hartshorn was President of the South Wales Miners' Federation, and a member of the National Executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain....
     (1930–1931)
  • Thomas Johnston
    Thomas Johnston

    Thomas Johnston Order of the Companions of Honour was a prominent Scotland socialist and politician of the early 20th century, a member of the Labour Party , a Member of Parliament and government minister – usually with Cabinet of the United Kingdom responsibility for Scottish affairs....
     (1931)
  • William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
    William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel

    William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel Order of the Star of India Order of the British Empire Territorial Decoration Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician....
     (1931)
  • Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
    Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

    Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden was a United Kingdom politician and the first Labour Party Chancellor of the Exchequer.Early life...
     (1931–1932)
  • 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....
     (1932–1934)
  • Anthony Eden
    Anthony Eden

    Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, Order of the Garter, Military Cross, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British people Conservative Party politician, who was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during World War II....
     (1934–1935)
  • Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
    Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry

    Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG MVO Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Ireland and British politics....
     (1935)
  • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax (1935–1937)
  • Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr
    Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr

    Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord Buckhurst from 1900 until 1915 , was a United Kingdom National Labour Party politician in the 1930s....
     (1937–1938)
  • 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....
     (1938–1939)
  • Sir Samuel Hoare (1939–1940)
  • Sir Kingsley Wood
    Kingsley Wood

    Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was first elected to office as member of the London County Council in 1911, and was elected to parliament in 1918....
     (1940)
  • 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....
     (1940–1942)
  • Sir Stafford Cripps
    Stafford Cripps

    Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer from November 1947 to October 1950....
     (1942)
  • Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
    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....
     (1942–1943)
  • William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1943–1945)
  • Arthur Greenwood
    Arthur Greenwood

    Arthur Greenwood Order of the Companions of Honour was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924....
     (1945–1947)
  • Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman
    Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman

    Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC in 1947....
     (1947)
  • Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
    Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison

    Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, Order of the Garter , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom medical doctor and politician....
     (1947–1951)
  • Ernest Bevin
    Ernest Bevin

    Ernest Bevin Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom labour leader, politician, and statesman best known for his time as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the post-war Labour Party government....
     (1951)
  • Richard Stokes
    Richard Stokes

    Major Sir Richard Rapier Stokes was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951.Stokes was educated at Downside School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge....
     (1951)
  • Robert Arthur James 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....
     (1951–1952)
  • Harry Crookshank
    Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank

    Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank, Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council , known as Harry Crookshank, was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1952–1955)
  • Rab Butler
    Rab Butler

    Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, Order of the Garter Order of the Companions of Honour Deputy Lieutenant Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , who invariably signed his name R....
     (1955–1959)
  • 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....
     (1959–1960)
  • Edward Heath
    Edward Heath

    Sir Edward Richard George Heath, Order of the Garter, Order of the British Empire , often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975....
     (1960–1963)
  • Selwyn Lloyd
    Selwyn Lloyd

    John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1963–1964)
  • Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
    Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

    Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a politician, author, and social reformer....
     (1964–1965)
  • Sir Frank Soskice (1965–1966)
  • Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
    Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

    Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a politician, author, and social reformer....
     (1966–1968)
  • Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
    Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton

    Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, Order of the Garter Order of the British Empire Privy Council , was a United Kingdom geographer and Labour Party politician....
     (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....
     (1968)
  • Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
    Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton

    Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, Order of the Garter Order of the British Empire Privy Council , was a United Kingdom geographer and Labour Party politician....
     (1968–1970)
  • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
    George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

    George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman....
     (1970–1973)
  • David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham
    David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham

    David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom Fellow of the British Academy is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and currently holds visiting professorships at various universities....
     (1973–1974)
  • Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd
    Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd

    Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd [Hereditary] and also Baron Shepherd of Spalding [Life Peerage] Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician and peerage who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan....
     (1974–1976)
  • Fred Peart, Baron 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....
     (1976–1979)
  • Sir Ian Gilmour
    Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar

    Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....
     (1979–1981)
  • Humphrey Atkins
    Humphrey Atkins

    Humphrey Edward Atkins, Baron Colnbrook was a British Conservative Party politician.Atkins was educated at Wellington College , Berkshire and served in the Royal Navy 1940?48....
     (1981–1982)
  • Janet Young, Baroness Young
    Janet Young, Baroness Young

    Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young , was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal....
     (1982–1983)
  • 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....
     (1983–1987)
  • 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....
     (1987–1988)
  • John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead
    John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

    John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician and peerage who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990....
     (1988–1990)
  • David Waddington, Baron Waddington
    David Waddington, Baron Waddington

    David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington Royal Victorian Order Deputy Lieutenant Queen's Counsel Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....
     (1990–1992)
  • John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham
    John Wakeham

    John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant , is a businessman and United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
     (1992–1994)
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
    Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury

    Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1994–1997)
  • Ivor Richard, Baron Richard
    Ivor Richard, Baron Richard

    Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , is a United Kingdom politician and former member of the European Commission....
     (1997–1998)
  • Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington
    Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington

    Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a United Kingdom politician for the the Labour Party .Her father was former Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom James Callaghan, and she was educated at Blackheath High School, Blackheath, London and Somerville College, Oxford....
     (1998–2001)
  • Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
    Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

    Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Counsel, was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician who was Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom at the time of his sudden death in 2003....
     (2001–2003)
  • Peter Hain
    Peter Hain

    Peter Gerald Hain is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician who has served in the Cabinets of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Wales under Brown....
     (2003–2005)
  • Geoff Hoon
    Geoff Hoon

    Geoffrey 'Geoff' William Hoon is a United Kingdom politician. He is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ashfield , as well as former Labour Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury....
     (2005–2006)
  • Jack Straw
    Jack Straw (politician)

    John Whitaker Straw , most commonly known as Jack Straw, is a senior United Kingdom Labour Party politician. On 28 June 2007 he was appointed to the offices of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice....
     (2006–2007)
  • Harriet Harman
    Harriet Harman

    Harriet Ruth Harman Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician. Since 24 June 2007, she has been the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Party Chair of the Labour Party ....
     (2007– )


Other countries

  • Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
    Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

    The was an administrative post not of cabinet rank in the government of the Empire of Japan. The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal was responsible for keeping the Privy Seal of Japan and State Seal of Japan....
  • Keeper of the Rulers' Seal of Malaysia


See also

  • Keeper of the seals
    Keeper of the seals

    The title Keeper of the Seals or equivalent is used in several contexts, denoting the person entitled to keep and authorize use of the Great Seal of a given country....
  • Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
    Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland

    The office of Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, one of the Great Officers of State, first appears in the reign of David II. After the Act of Union 1707 its holder was normally a peerage, like the Great Seal of Scotland....
  • Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
    Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

    The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and later of Great Britain, was formerly an officer of the English Crown charged with physical custody of the Great Seal of England....
  • Vice President of the United States
    Vice President of the United States

    The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....