List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council
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This is a list of Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom who were born, live or lived in Northern Ireland
. It is not to be confused with the now redundant Privy Council of Northern Ireland
.
:Category:Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland 1922 to 1972.
:Category:Members of the Privy Council of Ireland to 1922.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It is not to be confused with the now redundant Privy Council of Northern Ireland
Privy Council of Northern Ireland
The Privy Council of Northern Ireland was a formal body of advisors to the sovereign and was a vehicle for the monarch's prerogative powers in Northern Ireland. It was modelled on the Privy Council of the United Kingdom....
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Current members by year of appointment
- Sir Turlough O'Donnell (1979)
- Lord Molyneaux of Killead (1983)
- Lord HuttonBrian Hutton, Baron HuttonJames Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC, QC , is a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and British Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.- Background :...
(1988) - Sir Donald Murray (1989)
- Lord CarswellRobert Carswell, Baron CarswellRobert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell, PC, QC , is a retired Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956...
(1993) - Lord MawhinneyBrian MawhinneyBrian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney PC is a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 until 1997 and a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 2005.-Early life:...
(1994) - Sir Michael Nicholson (1995)
- Lord TrimbleDavid TrimbleWilliam David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC , is a politician from Northern Ireland. He served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party , was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland , and was a Member of the British Parliament . He is currently a life peer for the Conservative Party...
(1997) - Sir Liam McCollum (1997)
- Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore (2003)
- Ruth KellyRuth KellyRuth Maria Kelly is a British Labour Party politician of Irish descent who was the Member of Parliament for Bolton West from 1997 until she stood down in 2010...
(2004) - Lord BannsideIan PaisleyIan Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...
(2005) - Jeffrey DonaldsonJeffrey DonaldsonJeffrey Mark Donaldson, MP is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley belonging to the Democratic Unionist Party...
(2007) - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (politician)Peter David Robinson is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party...
(2007) - Sir Paul Girvan (2007)
- Sir Malachy Higgins (2007)
- Sir Declan MorganDeclan MorganSir Charles Declan Morgan, QC is the current Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.-Early life:Morgan was born in 1952 and educated at St Columb's College in Derry, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Queen's University, Belfast. He was called to the Bar in 1976 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1993....
, Lord Chief Justice of Northern IrelandLord Chief Justice of Northern IrelandThe Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is the head of the judiciary in Northern Ireland, presiding over the Courts of Northern Ireland. The present Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is Sir Declan Morgan...
(2009) - Nigel DoddsNigel DoddsNigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, BL is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP...
(2010)
See also
- Privy Council of IrelandPrivy Council of IrelandThe Privy Council of Ireland was an institution of the Kingdom of Ireland until 31 December 1800 and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801-1922...
:Category:Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland 1922 to 1972.
:Category:Members of the Privy Council of Ireland to 1922.