Privy Counsellor |
Appointed |
Became senior |
Died |
Henry Compton |
1679 |
1708 |
1713 |
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham |
1680 |
1713 |
1730 |
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough |
1689 |
1730 |
1735 |
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle |
1701 |
1735 |
1738 |
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset |
1701 |
1738 |
1748 |
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth |
1702 |
1748 |
1750 |
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke |
1710 |
1750 |
1751 |
Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon |
1710 |
1751 |
1753 |
Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet |
1714 |
1753 |
1755 |
Sir Paul Methuen |
1714 |
1755 |
1757 |
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset |
1714 |
1757 |
1765 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle |
1717 |
1765 |
1768 |
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea |
1725 |
1768 |
1769 |
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry |
1726 |
1769 |
1778 |
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
1748 |
1778 |
1792 |
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire |
1754 |
1792 |
1793 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford |
1755 |
1793 |
1803 |
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend |
1760 |
1803 |
1807 |
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough |
1762 |
1807 |
1817 |
Lord Charles Spencer |
1763 |
1817 |
1820 |
Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret |
1770 |
1820 |
1826 |
Lord Robert Spencer |
1782 |
1826 |
1831 |
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby |
1783 |
1831 |
1834 |
John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon |
1787 |
1834 |
1838 |
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens |
1787 |
1838 |
1839 |
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth |
1789 |
1839 |
1844 |
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby |
1790 |
1844 |
1847 |
Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale |
1799 |
1847 |
1851 |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne |
1806 |
1851 |
1863 |
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
1809 |
1863 |
1865 |
Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden |
1812 |
1865 |
1870 |
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe |
1820 |
1870 |
1880 |
George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall |
1830 |
1880 |
1883 |
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury |
1830 |
1883 |
1893 |
Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey |
1835 |
1893 |
1894 |
William Ewart Gladstone |
1841 |
1894 |
1898 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole (jointly) |
1852 |
1898 |
1898 |
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (jointly in 1898) |
1852 |
1898 |
1906 |
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (jointly) |
1859 |
1906 |
1910 |
Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie (jointly to 1910) |
1859 |
1906 |
1921 |
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
1871 |
1921 |
1942 |
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland |
1886 |
1942 |
1943 |
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe |
1892 |
1943 |
1945 |
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater |
1898 |
1945 |
1949 |
Sir Winston Churchill |
1907 |
1949 |
1965 |
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton |
1922 |
1965 |
1972 |
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester |
1925 |
1972 |
1974 |
Sir Henry Slesser |
1929 |
1974 |
1979 |
Malcolm MacDonald |
1935 |
1979 |
1981 |
Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort |
1936 |
1981 |
1984 |
Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye |
1941 |
1984 |
1988 |
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (jointly) |
1946 |
1988 |
1997 |
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross (jointly to 1997) |
1946 |
1988 |
2003 |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
1951 |
2003 |
Living |