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List of Royal members of the Privy Council

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Queen Victoria presiding at her first Privy Council meeting in 1837, by David Wilkie.

This is a list of royal members of the privy councils of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, who have been appointed counsellors by each monarch from 1679 to the present. It is followed by a list of royal members of the dormant Privy Council of Ireland. Royal figures have also been appointed to the King's Privy Council for Canada, either by the British monarch (before 1931) or by the Canadian monarch (from 1931 on).

Charles II (1679–1685)

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Total appointments by Charles II: 53

James II (1685–1688)

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Total appointments by James II: 19

William III and Mary II (1689–1702)

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Total appointments by William III and Mary II: 72

Anne (1702–1714)

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Total appointments by Anne: 70

George I (1714–1727)

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Total appointments by George I: 60

George II (1727–1760)

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Total appointments by George II: 110

George III (1760–1820)

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Total appointments by George III: 345

George IV (1820–1830)

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Total appointments by George IV: 61

William IV (1830–1837)

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Total appointments by William IV: 88

Victoria (1837–1901)

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Total appointments by Victoria: 583

Edward VII (1901–1910)

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Total appointments by Edward VII: 171

George V (1910–1936)

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Total appointments by George V: 415

Edward VIII (1936)

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Total appointments by Edward VIII: 11

George VI (1936–1952)

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Total appointments by George VI: 250

Elizabeth II (1952–2022)

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Total appointments by Elizabeth II: 1,340

Charles III (2022–present)

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No appointments have yet been made by Charles III.

Royal members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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See also

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References

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  • Leigh Rayment's Privy Council Page
  • Haydn, Joseph Timothy and Ockerby, Horace. The Book of Dignities, 3rd ed. (1894, reprinted Baltimore, 1970).
  • Members of the British Privy Council
  • Gay, O; Rees, A (2005). "The Privy Council" (PDF). House of Commons Library Standard Note. SN/PC/2708. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  • Begent, P.J. and Chesshyre, H. The Most Noble Order of the Garter: 650 Years. Spink and Son Ltd. 1999.