Lord President of the Council

United Kingdom
Lord President of the Council
United Kingdom; Lord President of the Council
	Arms used by the Privy Council Office
	Incumbent; Penny Mordaunt; since 6 September 2022
	Privy Council of the United Kingdom; Privy Council Office
Style	The Right Honourable
Type	Great Officer of State
Appointer	The Sovereign; on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1530
First holder	The 1st Duke of Suffolk
Salary	£159,038 per annum (2022)[1]; (including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
Website	privycouncil.independent.gov.uk

The Lord President of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of the Sovereign. In the modern era, the incumbent is by convention always a member of one of the houses of Parliament, and the office is normally a Cabinet position.

The office and its history

The Privy Council meets once a month, wherever the sovereign may be residing at the time, to give formal approval to Orders in Council.[3] Only a few privy counsellors need attend such meetings, and only when invited to do so at the government's request. As the duties of the Lord President are not onerous, the post has often been given to a government minister whose responsibilities are not department-specific. In recent years it has been most typical for the Lord President also to serve as Leader of the House of Commons or Leader of the House of Lords. The Lord President has no role in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

In the history of British government, the President of the Council is a relatively recent creation. The first certain appointment to the office being that of the Duke of Suffolk in 1529.[4] Although there is a reference to Edmund Dudley serving as 'president of the council' in 1497, it was only in 1529 that the role was given the style and precedence of a Great Officer of State by act of Parliament (21 Hen. 8. c. 20).[5] Prior to 1679 there were several periods in which the office was left vacant.

In the 19th century, the Lord President was generally the cabinet member responsible for the education system, amongst his other duties. This role was gradually scaled back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but remnants of it remain, such as the oversight of the governance of various universities.

During times of National or coalition government the office of Lord President has sometimes been held by the leader of a minority party (e.g. Baldwin 1931–1935, MacDonald 1935–1937, Attlee 1943–1945, Clegg 2010–2015). It has been suggested that the office has been intermittently used for Prime Ministerial deputies in the past.[6][7]

A particularly vital role was played by the Lord President of the Council during the Second World War. The Lord President served as chairman of the Lord President's Committee. This committee acted as a central clearing house which dealt with the country's economic problems. This was vital to the smooth running of the British war economy and consequently the entire British war effort.

Winston Churchill, clearly believing that this wartime co-ordinating role was beneficial, introduced a similar but expanded system in the first few years of his post-war premiership.[8] The so-called 'overlord ministers' included Frederick Leathers as Secretary of State for the Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power and Lord Woolton as Lord President. Woolton's job was to co-ordinate the then separate ministries of agriculture and food.[9] The historian Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield quotes a PhD thesis by Michael Kandiah saying that Woolton was "arguably the most successful of the Overlords" partly because his ministries were quite closely related; indeed, they were merged in 1955 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.[10]

On several occasions since 1954, non-British Ministers have served briefly as acting Lords President of the Council, solely to preside over a meeting of the Privy Council held in a Commonwealth realm.[11][12][13] Examples of this practice are the meetings in New Zealand in 1990 and 1995, when Geoffrey Palmer and James Bolger respectively were acting Lords President.

Andrea Leadsom's appointment in June 2017 was the first in some time where the post holder was not a full Cabinet member.[14]

Role and responsibilities

Routine functions

"The Privy Council is the mechanism through which interdepartmental agreement is reached on those items of Government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to Ministers as Privy Counsellors rather than as Departmental Ministers."[15]

The routine functions of the lord president are as follows:

Preside at Privy Council meetings, including any emergency meetings, and attend to both ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions relating to Privy Council business.[16]
Consider for approval prerogative and statutory Orders in Council.[17] Prerogative orders deal with the basic functioning of the British state and are thus applicable under a number of circumstances, including but not limited to the prorogation of Parliament, the granting, amendment, and revocation of royal charters, the appointment of high sheriffs, or the governance of British Overseas Territories.[18][19][20][21] On the other hand, statutory orders are a form of delegated legislation conferred on His Majesty's Government by Parliament for the purposes of creating detailed regulations through rulemaking.[22] Unlike prerogative orders, statutory Orders in Council are subject to parliamentary scrutiny.[23] As a consequence, most Orders in Council operate on statutory footing as opposed to the common law authorities conferred by the royal prerogative.[24]
Consider for approval Orders of Council concerning various matters of state, namely appointments to and regulation of professional bodies and institutions of higher education. Unlike Orders in Council which are enacted by the sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, Orders of Council are enacted by the Privy Council itself pursuant to statutory authority conferred by Parliament.[25][26][27]
As a member of the Privy Council's Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey, review laws passed by the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and make recommendations to the sovereign concerning their approval.[28][29]

Visitorial functions

In addition to his or her routine functions, the lord president also serves as the visitor for several English universities, including:[30]

Partial list of Lords President of the Council

Lords President of the Council (c. 1530–1702)

Lord President of the Council
	Term of office
Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk	1530	14 August 1545
William Paulet 1st Marquess of Winchester	January 1546	February 1550
John Dudley 1st Duke of Northumberland	February 1550	July 1553
Henry Montagu 1st Earl of Manchester	September 1621	July 1628
James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough	July 1628	14 December 1628
Edward Conway 1st Viscount Conway	14 December 1628	3 January 1631
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury	21 April 1679	15 October 1679
John Robartes 1st Earl of Radnor	24 October 1679	24 August 1684
Laurence Hyde 1st Earl of Rochester	24 August 1684	18 February 1685
George Savile 1st Marquess of Halifax	18 February 1685	4 December 1685
Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland	4 December 1685	October 1688
Richard Graham 1st Viscount Preston	October 1688	December 1688
Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds [nb 1]	14 February 1689	18 May 1699
Thomas Herbert 8th Earl of Pembroke	18 May 1699	29 January 1702
Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset	29 January 1702	13 July 1702

Lords President of the Council (1702–present)

Lord President		Term of office		Other ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Monarch
	Thomas Herbert 8th Earl of Pembroke	13 July 1702	25 November 1708		—	Godolphin–Marlborough (Tory–Whig)	Anne
	John Somers 1st Baron Somers	25 November 1708	21 September 1710		Whig	Godolphin–Marlborough (Tory–Whig)
	Laurence Hyde 1st Earl of Rochester	21 September 1710	13 June 1711		Tory	Oxford–Bolingbroke
	John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby	13 June 1711	23 September 1714		—
	John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby	13 June 1711	23 September 1714		—		George I
	Daniel Finch 2nd Earl of Nottingham	23 September 1714	6 July 1716		Tory	Townshend
	William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire	6 July 1716	16 March 1718		Whig	Townshend
	William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire	6 July 1716	16 March 1718		Whig	Stanhope–Sunderland I
	Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland	16 March 1718	6 February 1719	First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	Stanhope–Sunderland II
	Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull	6 February 1719	11 June 1720		Whig
	Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend	11 June 1720	25 June 1721	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[nb 2]	Whig
	Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend	11 June 1720	25 June 1721	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[nb 2]	Whig	Walpole–Townshend
	Henry Boyle 1st Baron Carleton	25 June 1721	27 March 1725		Whig
	William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire	27 March 1725	4 June 1729		Whig
	William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire	27 March 1725	4 June 1729		Whig		George II
	Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor	8 May 1730	19 June 1730		Tory
	Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington	31 December 1730	13 February 1742		Whig	Walpole
	William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington	13 February 1742	3 January 1745	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[nb 3]	Whig	Carteret
	William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington	13 February 1742	3 January 1745	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[nb 3]	Whig	Broad Bottom (I & II)
	Lionel Sackville 1st Duke of Dorset	3 January 1745	17 June 1751	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[nb 4]	Whig
	John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville	17 June 1751	2 January 1763		Whig
						Newcastle I
						Pitt–Devonshire
						1757 Caretaker
						Pitt–Newcastle
						Pitt–Newcastle	George III
						Bute
	John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford	9 September 1763	12 July 1765		Whig	Grenville (Whig–Tory)
	Daniel Finch 8th Earl of Winchilsea	12 July 1765	30 July 1766		Whig	Rockingham I
	Robert Henley 1st Earl of Northington	30 July 1766	22 December 1767		Whig	Chatham (Whig–Tory)
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Gower	22 December 1767	24 November 1779		Tory	Chatham (Whig–Tory)
						Grafton (Whig–Tory)
						North
	Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst	24 November 1779	27 March 1782		Tory	North
	Charles Pratt 1st Baron Camden	27 March 1782	2 April 1783		Whig	Rockingham II
	Charles Pratt 1st Baron Camden	27 March 1782	2 April 1783		Whig	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)
	David Murray 7th Viscount Stormont	2 April 1783	19 December 1783		Tory	Fox–North (Whig–Tory)
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Gower	19 December 1783	1 December 1784		Tory	Pitt I
	Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden[nb 5]	1 December 1784	18 April 1794		Tory
	William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 4th Earl Fitzwilliam	1 July 1794	17 December 1794		Whig
	David Murray 2nd Earl of Mansfield	17 December 1794	1 September 1796		Tory
	John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham	21 September 1796	30 July 1801	Lord Privy Seal[nb 6]	—
	John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham	21 September 1796	30 July 1801	Lord Privy Seal[nb 6]	—	Addington
	William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland	30 July 1801	14 January 1805		Tory	Addington
	William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland	30 July 1801	14 January 1805		Tory	Pitt II
	Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth	14 January 1805	10 July 1805		Tory
	John Pratt 2nd Earl Camden	10 July 1805	19 February 1806		Tory
	William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 4th Earl Fitzwilliam	19 February 1806	8 October 1806		Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
	Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth	8 October 1806	26 March 1807		Tory	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
	John Pratt 2nd Earl Camden	26 March 1807	8 April 1812		Tory	Portland II
	John Pratt 2nd Earl Camden	26 March 1807	8 April 1812		Tory	Perceval
	Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth	8 April 1812	11 June 1812		Tory	Perceval
	Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby	11 June 1812	17 August 1827		Tory	Liverpool
						Liverpool	George IV
						Canning (Canningite–Whig)
	William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke of Portland DCL	17 August 1827	28 January 1828		Tory	Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
	Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst	28 January 1828	22 November 1830		Tory	Wellington–Peel
	Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst	28 January 1828	22 November 1830		Tory	Wellington–Peel	William IV
	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	22 November 1830	15 November 1834		Whig	Grey
	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	22 November 1830	15 November 1834		Whig	Melbourne I
	James St Clair-Erskine 2nd Earl of Rosslyn	15 December 1834	18 April 1835		Conservative	Peel I
	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	18 April 1835	3 September 1841		Whig	Melbourne II
	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	18 April 1835	3 September 1841		Whig	Melbourne II	Victoria
	James Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Wharncliffe	3 September 1841	19 December 1845		Conservative	Peel II
	Walter Montagu Douglas Scott 5th Duke of Buccleuch	21 January 1846	6 July 1846		Conservative	Peel II
	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	6 July 1846	27 February 1852	Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Russell I
	William Lowther 2nd Earl of Lonsdale	27 February 1852	28 December 1852		Conservative	Who? Who?
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	28 December 1852	12 June 1854		Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
	Lord John Russell MP for City of London	12 June 1854	8 February 1855	Leader of the House of Commons	Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	8 February 1855	26 February 1858	Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Palmerston I
	James Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury	26 February 1858	18 June 1859		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	18 June 1859	6 July 1866	Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Palmerston II
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	18 June 1859	6 July 1866	Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Russell II
	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	6 July 1866	8 March 1867		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
	John Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough	8 March 1867	9 December 1868		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
	George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon[nb 7]	9 December 1868	9 August 1873		Liberal	Gladstone I
	Henry Bruce 1st Baron Aberdare	9 August 1873	21 February 1874		Liberal	Gladstone I
	Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond	21 February 1874	28 April 1880	Leader of the House of Lords[nb 8]	Conservative	Disraeli II
	John Spencer 5th Earl Spencer	28 April 1880	19 March 1883	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[nb 9]	Liberal	Gladstone II
	Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 1st Baron Carlingford	19 March 1883	24 June 1885	Lord Privy Seal[nb 10]	Liberal	Gladstone II
	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook	24 June 1885	6 February 1886	Secretary of State for War[nb 11]	Conservative	Salisbury I
	John Spencer 5th Earl Spencer	6 February 1886	3 August 1886		Liberal	Gladstone III
	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886	18 August 1892		Conservative	Salisbury II
	John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley	18 August 1892	10 March 1894	Secretary of State for India	Liberal	Gladstone IV
	Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery	10 March 1894	29 June 1895	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Rosebery
	Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire	29 June 1895	19 October 1903	President of the Board of Education[nb 12] Leader of the House of Lords[nb 13]	Liberal Unionist	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
						Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)	Edward VII
						Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)
	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess of Londonderry	19 October 1903	11 December 1905	President of the Board of Education	Conservative	Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)
	Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Earl of Crewe	11 December 1905	16 April 1908		Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman
	Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth	16 April 1908	19 October 1908		Liberal	Asquith (I–III)
	Henry Fowler 1st Viscount Wolverhampton	19 October 1908	21 June 1910		Liberal
	Henry Fowler 1st Viscount Wolverhampton	19 October 1908	21 June 1910		Liberal		George V
	William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp	21 June 1910	7 November 1910		Liberal
	John Morley 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn	7 November 1910	5 August 1914	Secretary of State for India[nb 14]	Liberal
	William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp	5 August 1914	25 May 1915		Liberal
	Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe	25 May 1915	10 December 1916	Leader of the House of Lords President of the Board of Trade[nb 15]	Liberal	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
	George Curzon 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston	10 December 1916	23 October 1919	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
	Arthur Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour[nb 16]	23 October 1919	19 October 1922		Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
	James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[nb 17]	Conservative	Law
	James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[nb 17]	Conservative	Baldwin I
	Charles Cripps 1st Baron Parmoor	22 January 1924	3 November 1924		Labour	MacDonald I
	George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	6 November 1924	27 April 1925	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Baldwin II
	Arthur Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour	27 April 1925	4 June 1929		Conservative	Baldwin II
	Charles Cripps 1st Baron Parmoor	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour	MacDonald II
	Stanley Baldwin MP for Bewdley	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Lord Privy Seal[nb 18]	Conservative	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib.
	Stanley Baldwin MP for Bewdley	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Lord Privy Seal[nb 18]	Conservative	National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib. until 1932)
‍	Ramsay MacDonald MP for Combined Scottish Universities[nb 19]	7 June 1935	28 May 1937		National Labour	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
							Edward VIII
							George VI
	Edward Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax	28 May 1937	9 March 1938	Leader of the House of Lords Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs[nb 20]	Conservative	National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
	Douglas Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham	9 March 1938	31 October 1938		Conservative
	Walter Runciman 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford	31 October 1938	3 September 1939		National Liberal
	James Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope	3 September 1939	11 May 1940	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
	Neville Chamberlain MP for Birmingham Edgbaston	11 May 1940	3 October 1940		Conservative	Churchill War (All parties)
	John Anderson MP for Combined Scottish Universities	3 October 1940	24 September 1943		National
	Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse	24 September 1943	23 May 1945	Deputy Prime Minister	Labour
	Frederick Marquis 1st Baron Woolton	25 May 1945	26 July 1945		National	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.)
	Herbert Morrison MP for Lewisham South[nb 21]	27 July 1945	9 March 1951	Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Attlee (I & II)
	Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison	9 March 1951	26 October 1951	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour	Attlee (I & II)
	Frederick Marquis 1st Baron Woolton	28 October 1951	25 November 1952		Conservative	Churchill III
	Frederick Marquis 1st Baron Woolton	28 October 1951	25 November 1952		Conservative		Elizabeth II
	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury	25 November 1952	29 March 1957	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative
						Eden
						Macmillan (I & II)
	Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home	29 March 1957	17 September 1957	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative
	Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham	17 September 1957	14 October 1959		Conservative
	Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home	14 October 1959	27 July 1960	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative
	Quintin Hogg MP for St Marylebone[nb 22]	27 July 1960	16 October 1964	Leader of the House of Lords[nb 23] Minister for Science[nb 24] Secretary of State for Education and Science[nb 25]	Conservative
	Quintin Hogg MP for St Marylebone[nb 22]	27 July 1960	16 October 1964		Conservative	Douglas-Home
	Herbert Bowden MP for Leicester South West	16 October 1964	11 August 1966	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Wilson (I & II)
	Richard Crossman MP for Coventry East	11 August 1966	18 October 1968	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour
	Fred Peart MP for Workington	18 October 1968	19 June 1970	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour
	William Whitelaw MP for Penrith and The Border	20 June 1970	7 April 1972	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Heath
	Robert Carr MP for Mitcham	7 April 1972	5 November 1972	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	Jim Prior MP for Lowestoft	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	Edward Short MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)
	Michael Foot MP for Ebbw Vale	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Callaghan
	Christopher Soames Baron Soames	5 May 1979	14 September 1981	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Thatcher I
	Francis Pym MP for Cambridgeshire	14 September 1981	7 April 1982	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	John Biffen MP for Oswestry	7 April 1982	11 June 1983	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw	11 June 1983	10 January 1988	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Thatcher II
	William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw	11 June 1983	10 January 1988	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Thatcher III
	John Wakeham MP for South Colchester and Maldon	10 January 1988	24 July 1989	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	Geoffrey Howe MP for East Surrey	24 July 1989	1 November 1990	Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	John MacGregor MP for South Norfolk	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
	John MacGregor MP for South Norfolk	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Major I
	Tony Newton MP for Braintree	10 April 1992	2 May 1997	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Major II
	Ann Taylor MP for Dewsbury	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Blair I
	Margaret Beckett MP for Derby South	27 July 1998	8 June 2001	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Blair I
	Robin Cook MP for Livingston	8 June 2001	18 March 2003	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Blair II
	John Reid MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill	4 April 2003	13 June 2003	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour
	Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn	13 June 2003	20 September 2003	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
	Valerie Amos Baroness Amos (born 1954)	6 October 2003	27 June 2007	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
	Valerie Amos Baroness Amos (born 1954)	6 October 2003	27 June 2007	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour	Blair III
	Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 1956)	28 June 2007	3 October 2008	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour	Brown
	Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (born 1955)	3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
	Peter Mandelson Baron Mandelson (born 1953)	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	First Secretary of State Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	Labour
	Nick Clegg MP for Sheffield Hallam	11 May 2010	8 May 2015	Deputy Prime Minister[nb 26]	Liberal Democrat	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–Lib.Dem.)
	Chris Grayling MP for Epsom and Ewell	9 May 2015	14 July 2016	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Cameron II
	David Lidington MP for Aylesbury	14 July 2016	11 June 2017	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	May I
	Andrea Leadsom MP for South Northamptonshire	11 June 2017	22 May 2019	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	May II
	Mel Stride MP for Central Devon	23 May 2019	24 July 2019	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	May II
	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP for North East Somerset	24 July 2019	8 February 2022	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Johnson I
	Jacob Rees-Mogg MP for North East Somerset	24 July 2019	8 February 2022	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Johnson II
	Mark Spencer MP for Sherwood	8 February 2022	6 September 2022	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Johnson II
‍	Penny Mordaunt MP for Portsmouth North	6 September 2022	Incumbent	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Truss
						Truss	Charles III
						Sunak	Charles III

Marquess of Carmarthen from 1689, created Duke of Leeds in 1694
Served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from February 1721
Served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from November 1744
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from December 1750
Baron Camden from 1765; created Earl Camden and Viscount Bayham in 1786[31]
Lord Privy Seal until February 1798
Earl of Ripon and Earl de Grey from 1859; created Marquess of Ripon in 1871[32]
Served Leader of the House of Lords until August 1876
Served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from May 1882
Served as Lord Privy Seal until March 1885
Served as Secretary of State for War from January 1886
Served as President of the Board of Education March 1900 – July 1902
Served as Leader of the House of Lords from July 1902
Served as Secretary of State for India March 1911– May 1911
Served as President of the Board of Trade from August 1916
MP for City of London until 1922; thereafter created Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain and joined the House of Lords[33]
Served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until May 1923
Served as Lord Privy Seal September 1932 – December 1933
MP for Seaham until 1935; returned to Parliament as MP for Combined Scottish Universities in 1936[34]
Served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from February 1938
MP for Lewisham East until 1950; MP for Lewisham South thereafter.[35]
Viscount Hailsham until 1963 when disclaimed under the Peerage Act 1963; returned to Parliament as MP for St. Marylebone in 1963[36]
Served as Leader of the House of Lords until October 1963
Served as Minister for Science from October 1963 – April 1964
Served as Secretary of State for Education and Science from April 1964
With special responsibility for political and constitutional reform

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An Act that the President of the King's Counsel shall be associate with the Chancellor and Treasurer of England, and the Keeper of the King's Privy Seal.
Seldon, Anthony; Meakin, Jonathan; Thoms, Illias (2021). The Impossible Office? The History of the British Prime Minister. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 9781316515327.
Norton, Philip (2020). Governing Britain: Parliament, Ministers and Our Ambiguous Constitution. Manchester University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9-781526-145451.
Hennessy, Peter. The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945 (2000), pp.189–190.
Hennessy, p.191
Hennessy, p. 193
Viscount Samuel (18 May 1954). "Her Majesty's Return". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 187. House of Lords. col. 645. ... there has been constitutional work done, there have been acts of State: ... meetings of the Privy Council, an organ of the Constitution older than Parliament itself, for wherever the Sovereign is, and three Privy Counsellors are present, there may be meetings of the Council and Orders passed. So, during this tour there have been sessions of the Privy Council in Australia, in New Zealand and in Ceylon, with their own local Privy Council members – members of the one single Imperial Privy Council, but their own local members.
Cox, Noel (1998–1999). "The Dichotomy of Legal Theory and Political Reality: The Honours Prerogative and Imperial Unity". Australian Journal of Law and Society. 1 (14): 15–42. Retrieved 19 November 2011. The Queen has in fact regularly presided over meetings of the Privy Council in New Zealand, since her first in 1954. That was the first held by the Sovereign outside the United Kingdom, although in 1920 Edward Prince of Wales held a Council in Wellington to swear in the Earl of Liverpool as Governor-General.
Kumarasingham, Harshan (2010). Onward with Executive Power: Lessons from New Zealand 1947–57 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-877347-37-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2011. The Queen held a meeting of the Privy Council [on 13 January 1954] at the 'Court at Government House at Wellington' with her New Zealand prime minister as 'acting Lord President' of the council. The deputy prime minister, Keith Holyoake, 'secured for himself a place in constitutional history by becoming the first member to be sworn of Her Majesty's Council outside the United Kingdom'.
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"About the Privy Council". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"High Sheriffs". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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"About the Privy Council Office". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"Professional bodies". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"Higher education". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"Committees". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"Channel Islands". Privy Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
"Universities". Privy Council. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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"No. 32691". The London Gazette. 5 May 1922. p. 3512.
"No. 15252". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 February 1936. p. 134.
"No. 39372". The London Gazette. 30 October 1951. p. 5663.
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[31] Marquess of Carmarthen from 1689, created Duke of Leeds in 1694

[32] Served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from February 1721

[33] Served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from November 1744

[34] Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from December 1750

[36] Baron Camden from 1765; created Earl Camden and Viscount Bayham in 1786[31]

[37] Lord Privy Seal until February 1798

[39] Earl of Ripon and Earl de Grey from 1859; created Marquess of Ripon in 1871[32]

[40] Served Leader of the House of Lords until August 1876

[41] Served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from May 1882

[42] Served as Lord Privy Seal until March 1885

[43] Served as Secretary of State for War from January 1886

[44] Served as President of the Board of Education March 1900 – July 1902

[45] Served as Leader of the House of Lords from July 1902

[46] Served as Secretary of State for India March 1911– May 1911

[47] Served as President of the Board of Trade from August 1916

[49] MP for City of London until 1922; thereafter created Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain and joined the House of Lords[33]

[50] Served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until May 1923

[51] Served as Lord Privy Seal September 1932 – December 1933

[53] MP for Seaham until 1935; returned to Parliament as MP for Combined Scottish Universities in 1936[34]

[54] Served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from February 1938

[56] MP for Lewisham East until 1950; MP for Lewisham South thereafter.[35]

[58] Viscount Hailsham until 1963 when disclaimed under the Peerage Act 1963; returned to Parliament as MP for St. Marylebone in 1963[36]

[59] Served as Leader of the House of Lords until October 1963

[60] Served as Minister for Science from October 1963 – April 1964

[61] Served as Secretary of State for Education and Science from April 1964

[62] With special responsibility for political and constitutional reform

[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[BBC_PC_Guide-3] "Privy Council: Guide to its origins, powers and members". BBC News. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018. The body convenes, on average, about once a month and its meetings – known as councils – are presided over by The Queen.

[4] Fryde, E. B. (1986) [1941]. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[5] An Act that the President of the King's Counsel shall be associate with the Chancellor and Treasurer of England, and the Keeper of the King's Privy Seal.

[6] Seldon, Anthony; Meakin, Jonathan; Thoms, Illias (2021). The Impossible Office? The History of the British Prime Minister. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 9781316515327.

[7] Norton, Philip (2020). Governing Britain: Parliament, Ministers and Our Ambiguous Constitution. Manchester University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9-781526-145451.

[8] Hennessy, Peter. The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945 (2000), pp.189–190.

[9] Hennessy, p.191

[10] Hennessy, p. 193

[hansard1954-11] Viscount Samuel (18 May 1954). "Her Majesty's Return". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 187. House of Lords. col. 645. ... there has been constitutional work done, there have been acts of State: ... meetings of the Privy Council, an organ of the Constitution older than Parliament itself, for wherever the Sovereign is, and three Privy Counsellors are present, there may be meetings of the Council and Orders passed. So, during this tour there have been sessions of the Privy Council in Australia, in New Zealand and in Ceylon, with their own local Privy Council members – members of the one single Imperial Privy Council, but their own local members.

[cox1998-12] Cox, Noel (1998–1999). "The Dichotomy of Legal Theory and Political Reality: The Honours Prerogative and Imperial Unity". Australian Journal of Law and Society. 1 (14): 15–42. Retrieved 19 November 2011. The Queen has in fact regularly presided over meetings of the Privy Council in New Zealand, since her first in 1954. That was the first held by the Sovereign outside the United Kingdom, although in 1920 Edward Prince of Wales held a Council in Wellington to swear in the Earl of Liverpool as Governor-General.

[kumarasingham2010-13] Kumarasingham, Harshan (2010). Onward with Executive Power: Lessons from New Zealand 1947–57 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-877347-37-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2011. The Queen held a meeting of the Privy Council [on 13 January 1954] at the 'Court at Government House at Wellington' with her New Zealand prime minister as 'acting Lord President' of the council. The deputy prime minister, Keith Holyoake, 'secured for himself a place in constitutional history by becoming the first member to be sworn of Her Majesty's Council outside the United Kingdom'.

[14] "Election 2017: Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[15] "Landing Page – Privy Council Office". Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[16] "Lord President". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[17] "Meetings & Orders". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[18] David Torrance (14 September 2023). "What are Orders in Council". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[19] "About the Privy Council". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[20] "High Sheriffs". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[21] James Brown Scott (July 1916). "British Orders in Council and International Law". The American Journal of International Law. pp. 560–569. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[22] Richard Kelly (15 December 2016). "House of Commons Research Paper: Statutory Instruments". Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[23] "What is a Statutory Instrument". Public Law Project. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[24] "About the Privy Council". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[25] "About the Privy Council Office". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[26] "Professional bodies". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[27] "Higher education". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[28] "Committees". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[29] "Channel Islands". Privy Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[30] "Universities". Privy Council. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[35] "No. 12750". The London Gazette. 9 May 1786. p. 201.

[38] "No. 23748". The London Gazette. 20 June 1871. p. 2847.

[48] "No. 32691". The London Gazette. 5 May 1922. p. 3512.

[52] "No. 15252". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 February 1936. p. 134.

[55] "No. 39372". The London Gazette. 30 October 1951. p. 5663.

[57] "No. 43180". The London Gazette. 10 December 1963. p. 10099.

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