List of Royal members of the Privy Council
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This is a list of Royal Privy Counsellors of England
, Great Britain
and the United Kingdom
, including the total of Privy Counsellors created by each Monarch from 1679 to the present.
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James II
Total Creations = 19
George I
Total Creations = 60
George II
Total Creations = 110
George III
Total Creations = 345
Victoria
Total Creations = 583
George V
Total Creations = 415
George VI
Total Creations = 250
Elizabeth II
Kingdom of England
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and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, including the total of Privy Counsellors created by each Monarch from 1679 to the present.
James IIJames II of EnglandJames II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
(1685-1688)
Total Creations = 19
- 1685 Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708) (KG 1684)
George IGeorge I of Great BritainGeorge I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
(1714-1727)
Total Creations = 60
- 1714 George Augustus, Prince of WalesGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
(1683–1760) (KG 1706)
George IIGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
(1727-1760)
Total Creations = 110
- 1728 Frederick Louis, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...
(1707–1751) (KG 1717) - 1742 Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765) (KG 1730)
George IIIGeorge III of the United KingdomGeorge III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
(1760-1820)
Total Creations = 345
- 1760 Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739–1767) (KG 1752)
- 1764 Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and EdinburghPrince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and EdinburghPrince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of George II and a younger brother of George III.-Early life:...
(1743–1805) (KG 1762) - 1766 Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745–1790) (KG 1767)
- 1783 George Augustus Frederick, Prince of WalesGeorge IV of the United KingdomGeorge IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
(1762–1830) (KG 1765) - 1787 Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763–1827) (KG 1771)
- 1789 Prince William, Duke of ClarenceWilliam IV of the United KingdomWilliam IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
(1765–1837) (KG 1782) - 1799 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820) (KG 1786)
- 1799 Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and TeviotdaleErnest Augustus I of HanoverErnest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover...
(1771–1851) (KG 1786) - 1802 Prince Adolphus, Duke of CambridgePrince Adolphus, Duke of CambridgeThe Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV...
(1774–1850) (KG 1786) - 1804 Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843) (KG 1786)
- 1806 Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and EdinburghPrince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and EdinburghPrince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of George II and nephew of George III.-Early life:...
(1776–1834) (KG 1794)
VictoriaVictoria of the United KingdomVictoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
(1837-1901)
Total Creations = 583
- 1840 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861) (KG 1839)
- 1856 Prince George, Duke of CambridgePrince George, Duke of CambridgePrince George, Duke of Cambridge was a member of the British Royal Family, a male-line grandson of King George III. The Duke was an army officer and served as commander-in-chief of the British Army from 1856 to 1895...
(1819–1904) (KG 1835) - 1863 Albert Edward, Prince of WalesEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
(1841–1910) (KG 1858) - 1866 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900) (KG 1863)
- 1871 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
(1850–1942) (KG 1867) - 1874 Prince Leopold, Duke of AlbanyPrince Leopold, Duke of AlbanyThe Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany was the eighth child and fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow...
(1853–1884) (KG 1869) - 1894 Prince George, Duke of YorkGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
(1865–1936) (KG 1889) - 1894 Prince Christian of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Christian of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein was a minor German prince who became a member of the British Royal Family through his marriage to Princess Helena of the United Kingdom , the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of...
(1831–1917) (KG 1866) - 1894 Prince Henry of BattenbergPrince Henry of BattenbergColonel Prince Henry of Battenberg was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, later becoming a member of the British Royal Family, through his marriage to Princess Beatrice.-Early life:...
(1858–1896) (KG 1885)
George VGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
(1910-1936)
Total Creations = 415
- 1910 Prince Arthur of ConnaughtPrince Arthur of ConnaughtPrince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. Prince Arthur held the title of a British prince with the style His Royal Highness...
(1883–1938) (KG 1902) - 1914 Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854–1921)
- 1920 Edward, Prince of WalesEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
(1894–1972) (KG 1911) - 1925 Prince Albert, Duke of YorkGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
(1895–1952) (KG 1916) - 1935 Prince Henry, Duke of GloucesterPrince Henry, Duke of GloucesterThe Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
(1900-1974) (KG 1921)
George VIGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
(1936-1952)
Total Creations = 250
- 1937 Prince George, Duke of KentPrince George, Duke of KentPrince George, Duke of Kent was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V and Mary of Teck, and younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI...
(1902–1942) - 1947 The Viscount Mountbatten of BurmaLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAdmiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
(b. Serene Highness ) (1900–1979) (KG 1946) - 1951 Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of EdinburghElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
(b. 1926) (KG 1947) - 1951 Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
(b. 1921) (KG 1947)
Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
(1952- )
- 1977 Charles, Prince of WalesCharles, Prince of WalesPrince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
(b. 1948) (KG 1958)
See also
- Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
- List of current members of the Privy Council
- Historical lists of Privy CounsellorsHistorical lists of Privy CounsellorsThese are lists of Privy Counsellors of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the reorganisation of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in 1679 to the present day...
- Order of the GarterOrder of the GarterThe Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
- List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter
- List of current members of the Order of the Garter