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Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom

Privy Counsellors are members of the Queen's own Council: the 'Privy Council'. There are about 500 members who have reached high public office. Membership includes all members of the Cabinet, past and present, the Speaker, the leaders of all major political parties, Archbishops and various senior judges as well as other senior public figures. Their role is to advise the Queen in carrying out her duties as Monarch. In the past Privy Counsellors were the chief governing body and fulfilled the role that the Cabinet performs today.

During debates in the Commons, MPs who are Privy Counsellors are referred to by their colleagues as`The Right Honourable Member'. The Lord President of the Council is a member of the cabinet and is in charge of the Office of the Privy Council. In recent years the role of Lord President of the Council has been linked with the role of Leader of the House of Commons, however the Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg, currently holds the post. Source: "Privy Council" www.parliament.uk accessed 3 February 2014.:

Forms Of Address

Membership of the Privy Council is for life, with the style of 'Right Honourable', usually abbreviated to 'Rt Hon' (it is possible to be struck off the list, most recently in the case of Jonathan Aitken). As membership of the Privy Council is an appointment rather than an honour conferred, the letters PC follow all honours and decorations awarded by the Crown. The spelling privy councillor is also used, but the Privy Council Office prefers privy counsellor. Source: "Privy Counsellors, Forms Of Address", Debrett's accessed 17 February 2015.

For a peer who is a Privy Counsellor it is advisable that the letters PC should follow the name, that is in the Suffix Field. For all other members of the Privy Council use the Prefix Field 'Rt Hon'. Source: "Privy Counsellors and Crown Appointments, Letters after the Name, Forms Of Address", Debrett's accessed 17 February 2015.

A

Arthur Acland 13 Oct 1847 Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1926

William à Court 11 Jul 1779 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - 31 May 1860

Charles Adderley bef 02 Aug 1814 Knighton House, Leicestershire, England - 28 Mar 1905

Henry Addington bef 20 May 1757 Saint Andrew, Holborn, London, England - 15 Feb 1844

Michael Adeane 30 Sep 1910 England - 30 Apr 1984

Harold Amery 27 Mar 1919 London, England - 03 Sep 1996

Thomas Anson 20 Oct 1795 Colwich, Staffordshire, England - 18 Mar 1854

Charles Arbuthnot 14 Mar 1767 - 18 Aug 1850

James (Arbuthnot) Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick 1950s 4

Anthony Ashley-Cooper 31 Aug 1869 Wimborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1961

B

Richard Baggallay 13 May 1816 Stockwell, Lambeth, Surrey, England - 13 Nov 1888

Stanley Baldwin 03 Aug 1867 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England - 14 Dec 1947

Augustus Bampfylde 12 Apr 1837 - 03 May 1908

Rowland Baring 29 Nov 1877 Cairo, Egypt - 13 May 1953

Henry Bathurst 22 May 1762 England - 27 Jul 1834

William Beauclerk 15 Apr 1840 Piccadilly, London, England - 10 May 1898

George Beresford 12 Feb 1781 - 26 Oct 1839

Frederick (Blackwood) Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 21 Jun 1826 Florence, Italy - 12 Feb 1902

Tony Blair 1950s

Benjamin Bloomfield abt 13 Apr 1768 Newport, County Tipperary, Ireland - 15 Aug 1846

Margaret Bondfield 17 Mar 1873 Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 16 Jun 1953

Charles Bowerman 22 Jan 1851 Crediton, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jun 1947

Richard Boyle 19 Apr 1829 - 22 Jun 1904

Brendan Bracken 15 Feb 1901 Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland - 08 Aug 1958

Theresa (Brasier) May 1950s

Henry Brooke 19 Jul 1936 Glebe House, Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jan 2018

Peter Brooke 03 Mar 1934 Hampstead, London, England - 13 May 2023

Henry Bruce 16 Apr 1815 Dyffryn Aberdâr, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1895

Stanley Bruce 15 Apr 1883 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 1967

Charles (Brudenell-Bruce) Bruce 18 Jun 1834 London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Apr 1897

John Buchan 26 Aug 1875 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1940

Noel (Buxton) Noel-Buxton 09 Jan 1869 Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 12 Sep 1948

C

Leonard Callaghan 27 Mar 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - 26 Mar 2005

David Cameron 1960s

Jean (Campbell-Harris) Barker 23 Oct 1922 London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 2018

Charles Canning 14 Dec 1812 Gloucester Lodge, Kensington, Middlesex, England - 17 Jun 1862

Edward Cardwell 24 Jul 1813 - 15 Feb 1886

Frederick Cavendish 30 Nov 1836 Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England - 06 May 1882

Spencer Cavendish 23 Jul 1833 Belgrave Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 24 Mar 1908

George Cavendish-Bentinck 09 Jul 1821 City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1891

William (Cavendish-Bentinck) Cavendish- Bentinck-Scott 24 Jun 1768 Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England - 27 Mar 1854

James (Cecil) Gascoyne-Cecil 17 Apr 1791 England - 12 Apr 1868

William Cecil 30 Apr 1825 London, England, United Kingdom - 14 Jul 1895

Martin Charteris 07 Sep 1913 London, England, United Kingdom - 23 Dec 1999

Christopher Chataway 31 Jan 1931 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jan 2014

Edward Clive 07 Mar 1754 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, London, England - 16 May 1839

William Colfox 25 Feb 1888 Bridport, Dorset, England - 08 Nov 1966

John Concannon 16 May 1930 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England - 14 Dec 2003

Charles Cornwallis 31 Dec 1738 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. England - 05 Oct 1805

Stapleton Cotton 14 Nov 1773 Lleweni Hall, Denbighshire, Wales - 21 Feb 1865

Francis Cowper 11 Jun 1834 - 18 Jul 1905

Mandell Creighton 05 Jul 1843 Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 14 Jan 1901

Hamilton Cuffe 30 Aug 1848 - 04 Nov 1934

George Curzon 11 Jan 1859 Kedleston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Mar 1925

D

Robert Dallas 16 Oct 1756 Cornhill St Michael, London, England - 25 Dec 1824

William Dalley 05 Jul 1831 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Oct 1888

George (Dawson) Dawson-Damer 28 Oct 1788 - 14 Apr 1856

William Deedes 01 Jun 1913 Kent, England, United Kingdom - 17 Aug 2007

Patrick Devlin 25 Nov 1905 Chislehurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1992

Alexander Duff 10 Nov 1849 Edinburgh, Scotland - 29 Jan 1912

Lawrence Dundas 16 Aug 1844 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1929

Robert (Dundas) Saunders-Dundas 13 Mar 1771 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland - 10 Jun 1851

E

John (Elphinstone) Elphinstone Thirteenth Lord Elphinstone 23 Jun 1807 Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 19 Jul 1860

James (Erskine) St.Clair-Erskine 06 Feb 1762 Scotland - 18 Jan 1837

F

John Fane 01 Jan 1759 - 15 Dec 1841

John Fane 03 Feb 1784 Sackville St, Piccadilly, London, England - 16 Oct 1859

Robert Fellowes 11 Dec 1941 Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 2024

James Fergusson 18 Mar 1832 Edinburgh, Scotland - 14 Jan 1907

F cont.

Frank Field 16 Jul 1942 Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 23 Apr 2024

George Finch 04 Nov 1752 - 02 Aug 1826

Alleyne FitzHerbert bef 28 Feb 1753 Derby, Derbyshire, England - 19 Feb 1839

Chichester (Fortescue) Parkinson-Fortescue 18 Jan 1823 Glyde, County Louth, Ireland - 30 Jan 1898

Henry Fowler 16 May 1830 Sunderland, Durham, England - 25 Feb 1911

Henry Fox-Strangways 21 Feb 1787 Redlynch House, Redlynch, Bruton parish, Somerset, England - 08 Jan 1858

Thomas Fremantle 11 Mar 1798 St George Hanover Square, Lond - 03 Dec 1890

G

Herbert Gardner 09 Jun 1846 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England - 06 May 1921

Christopher Geidt 1960s

Ian Gilmour 08 Jul 1926 Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom - 21 Sep 2007

George (Gordon) Hamilton-Gordon 28 Jan 1784 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 14 Dec 1860

Charles Gordon-Lennox 27 Feb 1818 London, England - 27 Dec 1903

Walter Gordon-Lennox 29 Jul 1865 Middlesex, England - 21 Oct 1922

Charles Grey abt 1785 Earsdon, Northumberland, England - 01 Jun 1865

Edward Grey 25 Apr 1862 Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 07 Sep 1933

Hugh Grosvenor 13 Oct 1825 Eccleston, Cheshire, England - 22 Dec 1899

Robert Grosvenor 24 Apr 1801 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 18 Nov 1893

Thomas (Grosvenor) Egerton 30 Dec 1799 - 07 Mar 1882

H

Alexander Hamilton 03 Oct 1767 St. Jame's Square, London, England - 18 Aug 1852

Adolphus (Hannover) Hanover 24 Feb 1774 Buckingham House, London, England - 08 Jul 1850

Frederick Harris 17 Dec 1864 Norwood, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 14 Nov 1926

William Hart Dyke 07 Aug 1837 - 03 Jul 1931

William Hayter 28 Jan 1792 Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire, England - 26 Dec 1878

Edward Heath 09 Jul 1916 Broadstairs, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jul 2005

Gilbert (Heathcote) Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 01 Oct 1830 London, England, United Kingdom - 24 Dec 1910

Arthur Henderson 20 Sep 1863 Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 20 Oct 1935

Arthur Henderson 27 Aug 1893 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1968

William Henderson 08 Aug 1891 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 04 Apr 1984

Joseph Henley 03 Mar 1793 St Johns Wapping, Middlesex, England - 08 Dec 1884

Percy Herbert 15 Apr 1822 Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales - 07 Oct 1876

Sidney Herbert 20 Feb 1853 Belgrave Square, London, England - 30 Mar 1913

Frederick Hervey 15 Jul 1800 Portland Place, Marylebone, London, England - 30 Oct 1864

Living Heseltine

Living Hezeltine

Henry Holland 03 Aug 1825 Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jan 1914

Charles Hope 29 Jun 1763 - 31 Oct 1851

James Hope 11 Dec 1870 - 14 Feb 1949

John Hope 25 Sep 1860 South Queensferry, Dalmany, West Lothian, Scotland - 29 Feb 1908

George Howard 18 Apr 1802 London, England - 05 Dec 1864

I

Albert Illingworth 25 May 1865 Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jan 1942

Robert Inglis 12 Jan 1786 Snelston, Derbyshire, England - 05 May 1855

J

Robin Janvrin 1940s

Douglas Jay 23 Mar 1907 Woolwich, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 06 Mar 1996

Robert Jenkinson 07 Jun 1770 London, England - 04 Dec 1828

K

Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 18 Dec 1844 Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire, England - 20 Dec 1939

John Kennaway 06 Jun 1837 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 06 Sep 1919

William Keppel 14 May 1772 Quidenham, Norfolk, England - 30 Oct 1849

William Keppel bef 15 Apr 1832 London, England - 28 Aug 1894

Norman Kirk 06 Jan 1923 Waimate, New Zealand - 31 Aug 1974

James Kitson 22 Sep 1835 Leeds, Yorkshire, England - 16 Mar 1911

Edward Knatchbull 29 Apr 1829 Mersham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 06 Feb 1893

Francis Knollys 16 Jul 1837 London, England - 15 Aug 1924

William Knollys 01 Aug 1797 Winchester, Hampshire, England - 23 Jun 1883

L

George Lefevre 1833 Battersea, Surrey, England - 1928

Charles Lennox 09 Dec 1764 England - 28 Aug 1819

Alan Lennox-Boyd 18 Nov 1904 Loddington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Mar 1983

Francis (Leveson-Gower) Egerton 01 Jan 1800 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, England - 18 Feb 1857

Granville Leveson-Gower 11 May 1815 Great Stanhope Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England - 31 Mar 1891

Augustus Loftus 04 Oct 1817 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 07 Mar 1904

Francis Lowe 08 Jan 1852 Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Nov 1929

Montagu Lowry-Corry 08 Oct 1838 London, England, United Kingdom - 09 Nov 1903

James Lowther 01 Apr 1855 Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 27 Mar 1949

William Lowther 30 Jul 1787 Uffington, Lincolnshire, England - 04 Mar 1872

George Lyttelton 31 Mar 1817 London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Apr 1876

Oliver Lyttelton 15 Mar 1893 Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom - 21 Jan 1972

M

Charles MacAndrew 13 Jan 1888 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Jan 1979

Maurice Macmillan 10 Feb 1894 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 29 Dec 1986

M cont.

Maurice Macmillan 27 Jan 1921 City of Westminster, Greater London, England - 10 Mar 1984

John Major 1940s

John Manners 13 Dec 1818 Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Aug 1906

Edward Marjoribanks 08 Jul 1849 England - 15 Sep 1909

John McMahon abt 1754 Limerick, Ireland - 12 Sep 1817

John McNeill 12 Aug 1795 Isle Of Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland - 17 May 1883

Ronald McNeill 30 Apr 1861 Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 12 Oct 1934

Edward McTiernan 16 Feb 1892 Glen Innes, New South Wales (Australia) - 09 Jan 1990

Douglas Menzies 07 Sep 1907 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 29 Nov 1974

Robert (Milnes) Crewe-Milnes 12 Jan 1858 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1945

Edmund Monson 06 Oct 1834 Seal, Kent, England - 28 Oct 1909

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott 25 Nov 1806 Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland - 16 Apr 1884

John Murray 30 Jun 1755 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland - 29 Sep 1830

N

Wilfrid Normand 06 May 1884 Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Oct 1962

Henry Northcote 18 Nov 1846 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Sep 1911

O

George Osborne 21 Jul 1775 London, England - 10 Jul 1838

P

Henry Paget 06 Jul 1797 London, Middlesex, England - 07 Feb 1869

Francis Pakenham 05 Dec 1905 Marylebone, London, England - 03 Aug 2001

Frederick Peel 26 Oct 1823 St George Hanover Square, London, England - 06 Jun 1906

Jonathan Peel 12 Oct 1799 Chamber Hall, Bury, Lancashire, England - 13 Feb 1879

Robert Peel 04 May 1822 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England - 09 May 1895

Henry Pelham-Clinton 22 May 1811 London, England - 18 Oct 1864

Algernon Percy 15 Dec 1792 Syon House, Middlesex, England - 12 Feb 1865

Algernon Percy 20 May 1810 Hastings, Sussex, England - 02 Jan 1899

George Percy 22 Jun 1778 London, England - 22 Aug 1867

Henry Percy 29 May 1846 Coventry, Warwickshire, England - 14 May 1918

Hugh Percy 20 Apr 1785 England - 11 Feb 1847

Winston Peters 1940s

Henry (Petty) Petty-FitzMaurice 02 Jul 1780 Shelburne House, Berkeley Square, London, Middlesex, England - 31 Jan 1863

Lynden Pindling 22 Mar 1930 Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas - 26 Aug 2000

Edward Pleydell-Bouverie 26 Apr 1818 East Lavington Manor, Wiltshire, England - 16 Dec 1889

William Pleydell Bouverie 19 Jun 1841 London, England - 03 Jun 1900

Ernest Pretyman 13 Nov 1859 Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 1931

Albert Primrose 08 Jan 1882 Mayfair, Westminster, London, England - 31 May 1974

Archibald Primrose 07 May 1847 Mayfair, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 21 May 1929

Archibald Primrose 14 Oct 1783 Dalmeny Castle, West Lothian, Scotland - abt 04 Mar 1868

Neil Primrose 14 Dec 1882 Dalmeny House, Midlothian, Scotland - 15 Nov 1917

R

Fox (Ramsay) Maule-Ramsay 22 Apr 1801 Dalhousie, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 06 Jul 1874

James (Ramsay) Broun-Ramsay 22 Apr 1812 Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 19 Dec 1860

Herwald Ramsbotham 06 Mar 1887 Cholsey, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 30 Jan 1971

Francis (Rawdon) Rawdon-Hastings 07 Dec 1754 Moira, County Down, Ireland - 28 Nov 1826

John Reith 20 Jul 1889 Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 16 Jun 1971

George Rich 03 May 1863 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia - 14 May 1956

Frederick Roberts 30 Sep 1832 Kānpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - 14 Nov 1914

George Roberts 27 Jul 1868 Chedgrave, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1928

George Robinson 24 Oct 1827 10 Downing Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England - 09 Jul 1909

Henry Russell 08 Aug 1751 Dover, Kent, England - 18 Jan 1836

John Russell 06 Jul 1766 Bedford House, Bloomsbury, London, England - 20 Oct 1839

John Russell 18 Aug 1792 Mayfair, Middlesex, England - 28 May 1878

Odo Russell 20 Sep 1829 Casa Bianca, Florence, Italy - 25 Aug 1884

S

Charles (Sackville) Sackville-Germain 27 Aug 1767 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 29 Jul 1843

Herbrand Sackville 20 Jun 1900 Sussex, England - 28 Jan 1976

William Sidney 23 May 1909 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Apr 1991

Samuel Silkin 06 Mar 1918 London, England, United Kingdom - 17 Aug 1988

Percy Smythe 31 Aug 1780 London, England - 29 May 1855

Philip Snowden 18 Jul 1864 Cowling, Yorkshire, England - 15 May 1937

William Somerville 13 Jun 1802 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1873

John Spencer 27 Oct 1835 Spencer House, St. James's Place, St. James's, London, England - 13 Aug 1910

John Spencer-Churchill 02 Jun 1822 Garboldisham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jul 1883

Thomas Spring Rice 08 Feb 1790 County Limerick, Ireland - 07 Feb 1866

Philip Stanhope 10 Nov 1755 - 29 Aug 1815

Edward Stanley 16 May 1839 - 18 Mar 1925

Arthur (Steel) Steel-Maitland 05 Jul 1876 Naini Tāl, Uttar Pradesh, India - 30 Mar 1935

Charles (Stewart) Vane 18 May 1778 - 06 Mar 1854

St Andrew St John 22 Aug 1759 - 15 Oct 1817

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