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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)
Total appointments by
Charles II : 53
James II (1685–1688)
Total appointments by
James II : 19
William III and Mary II (1689–1702)
Total appointments by
William III and
Mary II : 72
Anne (1702–1714)
Total appointments by
Anne : 70
George I (1714–1727)
Total appointments by
George I : 60
George II (1727–1760)
Total appointments by
George II : 110
George III (1760–1820)
Total appointments by
George III : 345
1760
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739–1767)
1764
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
1766
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745–1790)
1783
George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales (1762–1830)
1787
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827)
1789
Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1765–1837)
1799
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820)
1799
Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1771–1851)
1802
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850)
1804
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843)
1806
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834)
George IV (1820–1830)
Total appointments by
George IV : 61
William IV (1830–1837)
Total appointments by
William IV : 88
Victoria (1837–1901)
Total appointments by
Victoria : 583
Edward VII (1901–1910)
Total appointments by
Edward VII : 171
George V (1910–1936)
Total appointments by
George V : 415
Edward VIII (1936)
Total appointments by
Edward VIII : 11
George VI (1936–1952)
Total appointments by
George VI : 250
Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
Total appointments by
Elizabeth II : 1,340
Charles III (2022–present)
No appointments have yet been made by
Charles III .
Royal members of the Privy Council of Ireland
See also
References
Positions Membership
Committees of the Privy Council
Other See also