This is a List of Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom appointed since the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. Due to political-ties, some Prime Ministers from Commonwealth realms also are ascended to the British Privy Council as well.
Only three Privy counsellors resigned in the 20th century
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1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
- Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone (1905–1994)
- Sir Richard Nugent (1907–1994)
- Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere (1907–1989)
- Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1908–1986)
- Philip Russell Rea, 2nd Baron Rea (1900–1981)
- Sir John George Smyth (1893–1983)
- William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany (1905–1985)
- Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas (1913–1984)
- Keith Joseph, Baron Joseph (1918–1994)
- William Deedes, Baron Deedes (1913–2007)
- Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981)
- David Renton, Baron Renton (1908–2007)
- Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser (1918–1984)
- Niall Macpherson, Baron Drumalbyn (1908–1987)
- Geoffrey Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham (1924–1997)
- Sir Frank Godbould Lee (1903–1971)
- Ian Hamilton Shearer, Baron Avonside (1914–1996)
1963
1964
- George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912–1999)
- William Brereton Couchman Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977)
- Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell (1919–2006)
- Sir William Bustamante (1884–1977)
- Eric Williams (1911–1981)
- Cyril Salmon, Baron Salmon (1903–1991)
- Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907–1967)
- Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920–2004)
- Peter Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir (1920-2008)
- Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick (1903–1997)
- Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce (1907–2003)
- Gerald Austin Gardiner, 1st Baron Gardiner (1900–1990)
- James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912–2005)
- Denis Healey, Baron Healey (born 1917)
- Edward Short, Baron Glenamara (born 1912)
- Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906–1990)
- Anthony Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood (1911–1982)
- Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898–1996)
- Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton (1906–1984)
- William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988)
- Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (1907–1974)
- Raymond Jones Gunter (1909–1977)
- Frank Cousins (1904–1986)
- Thomas Fraser (1911–1988)
- Fred Peart, Baron Peart (1914–1988)
- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1911–2002)
- Roy Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (1920–2003)
- Margaret McCrorie Herbison (1907–1996)
- Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones (1909–1989)
- George Wigg, Baron Wigg (1900–1983)
- Frederick Thomas Willey (1910–1987)
- Fred Mulley, Baron Mulley (1918–1995)
- George Gordon Stott (1909–1999)
- Kenneth Robinson (1911–1996)
- Thomas Pannell (1902–1980)
- Tony Benn (born 1925)
- Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont (born 1919)
- John Charles Compton Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham (1916–1989)
- Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann (born 1924)
- Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn (1892–1975)
- Sir Thomas Hugh William Beadle (1905–1980)
1965
1966
- Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon (1911–1993)
- John Freeman (born 1915)
- Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1905–1993)
- Sir William Henry Spooner (1897–1966)
- Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh (born 1928)
- Reginald Prentice, Baron Prentice (1923–2001)
- George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921-2008)
- Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Hughes of Penrhos (1916–2001)
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton (1911–1994)
- Sir Charles Frederick Adermann (1896–1979)
- George Darling, Baron Darling of Hillsborough (1905–1985)
- Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge (1904–1988)
- George Rowland Stanley Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991)
- Sir William McMahon (1908–1988)
- Sir John Ross Marshall (1912–1988)
- John Ernest Silkin (1923–1987)
- Sir Eric Sachs (1898–1979)
- Herbert Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies (1906–1992)
- Sir Herbert Richard Churton Wild (1912–1978)
- Sir Alfred Kingsley North (1900–1981)
- Sir Hugh Olliviere Beresford Wooding (1904–1974)
1967
1968
1969
1970
- Wilfred Banks Duncan Brown, Baron Brown (1908–1985)
- Edmund Emanuel Dell (1921–1999)
- Sir Arthur James Irvine (1909–1978)
- Leslie O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury (1908–1995)
- Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (born 1925)
- Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy (1921–2005)
- Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (born 1932)
- James Prior, Baron Prior (born 1927)
- Francis Pym, Baron Pym (1922-2008)
- William Hughes, Baron Hughes (1911–1999)
- John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon (born 1931)
- Sir Denys Burton Buckley (1906–1998)
- John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil (1919–2006)
- Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie (1923–2005)
- Sir Christopher John Chataway (born 1931)
- John Davies (1916–1979)
- David Ennals, Baron Ennals (1922–1995)
- Ernest Fernyhough (1908–1993)
- Sir David Arnold Scott Cairns (1902–1987)
- Sir Frederick Vernon Corfield (1915–2005)
1971
1972
1973
1974
- Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (1919–2005)
- Michael Foot (born 1913)
- Eric Varley, Baron Varley (1932-2008)
- Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (born 1930)
- Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees (1920–2006)
- Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich (1918–1988)
- Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray (born 1922)
- Betty Harvie Anderson, Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter (1913–1979)
- Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (1915–1978)
- David Gibson-Watt, Baron Gibson-Watt (1918–2002)
- Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod (1911–1992)
- Stanley Orme, Baron Orme (1923–2005)
- Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry (1919–1999)
- Sir John Pennycuick (1899–1982)
- Sir Wallace Edward Rowling (1927–1995)
- Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse (born 1916)
- Sir Patrick Reginald Evelyn Browne (1907–1996)
- Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton (1911–1989)
- Hugh Watt (1912–1980)
- Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett (born 1923)
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
- Thomas William Urwin (1912–1985)
- Alfred Morris, Baron Morris (born 1928)
- Sir Peter Kenilorea (born 1943)
- Sir Toaripi Lauti (born 1928)
- Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling (born 1930)
- Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley (born 1929)
- Michael Heseltine, Baron Heseltine (born 1933)
- Angus Maude, Baron Maude (1912–1993)
- Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow (1929–2005)
- George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (1931–2003)
- John Biffen, Baron Biffen (1930–2007)
- Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater (born 1933)
- Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler (born 1938)
- Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell (born 1934)
- Sir John Nott (born 1932)
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (born 1930)
- James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern (born 1927)
- Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins (born 1928)
- Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke (born 1922)
- Ernest Armstrong (1915–1996)
- Gordon James Oakes (1931–2005)
- Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster (1927–2003)
- John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington (1920–2005)
- John Brightman, Baron Brightman (1911–2006)
- Sir Ninian Stephen (born 1923)
- Sir John Arnold (1915–2004)
- Sir Edward Warburton Jones (1912–1993)
- Turlough O'Donnell (born 1924)
- Jules Leger (1913–1980)
- David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford (born 1936)
- Trevor Alec Jones (1924–1983)
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
- David Blunkett (born 1947)
- Nicholas Hugh Brown (born 1950)
- David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere (born 1939)
- Thomas Clarke (born 1941)
- William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk (born 1935)
- Alistair Darling (born 1953)
- Ronald Davies (born 1946)
- David Davis (born 1948)
- Frank Dobson (born 1940)
- Frank Field (born 1942)
- Eric Forth (1944–2006)
- Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie (born 1946)
- Harriet Harman (born 1950)
- Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (born 1940)
- Michael Jack (born 1946)
- Sir Charles Mantell (born 1937)
- Sir William Paschal McCollum (born 1933)
- Michael Meacher (born 1939)
- Marjorie Mowlam (1949–2005)
- Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928–2004)
- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (born 1946)
- Clare Short (born 1946)
- Andrew Smith (born 1951)
- Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury (born 1951)
- Gavin Strang (born 1943)
- Jack Straw (born 1946)
- Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton (born 1947)
- Ann Widdecombe (born 1947)
- Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart (born 1936)
- Dafydd Wigley (born 1943)
- Sir John Murray Chadwick (born 1941)
- Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys (born 1940)
- Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe (born 1938)
- Sir Richard Joseph Buxton (born 1938)
- Denis Carter, Baron Carter (1932–2006)
- David Trimble, Baron Trimble (born 1944)
1998
1999
- Paul Peter Murphy (born 1948)
- Hilary Armstrong (born 1945)
- Paul Yaw Boateng (born 1951)
- Richard George Caborn (born 1943)
- Sir William Anthony Campbell (born 1936)
- Edward George, Baron George (born 1938)
- Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias (born 1949)
- Sir Alan Haselhurst (born 1937)
- Walter Menzies Campbell (born 1941)
- Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham (born 1941)
- Geoff Hoon (born 1953)
- Barry Jones, Baron Jones (born 1937)
- Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws (born 1945)
- Wyatt Beetham Creech (born 1946)
- Terry Davis (born 1938)
- Ian McCartney (born 1951)
- Angus John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston (born 1940)
- Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond (born 1945)
- Jeffrey William Rooker, Baron Rooker of Perry Barr (born 1941)
- Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance (born 1943)
- Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley (born 1952)
- Simon Upton (born 1958)
- Charles Kennedy (born 1959)
- Giles Radice, Baron Radice (born 1936)
- Sir Stephen John Sedley (born 1939)
- Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (1941–2003)
- Derek John Fatchet (1945–1999)
2000
- John Taylor Cameron, Baron Coulsfield (born 1934)
- Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope (born 1932)
- James George Milligan, Lord Milligan (1934–2005)
- William David Prosser, Baron Prosser (born 1934)
- Ranald Iain Sutherland, Baron Sutherland (born 1932)
- John Yorke Denham (born 1953)
- Sir David Latham (born 1942)
- Sir Bernard Rix (born 1944)
- Sir John William Kay (1943–2004)
- Hywel Rhodri Morgan (born 1939)
- Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport (born 1944)
- Sir Jonathan Frederic Parker (born 1937)
- Dame Mary Howarth Arden (born 1947)
- Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness (born 1954)
- Michael Martin (born 1945)
- Henry Baird McLeish (born 1948)
- Sir David Wolfe Keene (born 1941)
- Bruce Thomas George (born 1942)
- Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman (born 1949)
- Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry (born 1934)
- Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea (born 1939)
- Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham (1936-2008)
- Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby (born 1953)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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