List of Privy Counsellors (1679–1714)

This is a List of Privy Counsellors of England and Great Britain appointed between the reorganisation of the Privy Council in 1679 and the death of Queen Anne in 1714.

Charles II, 1679–1685

1679

• The Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683) (expelled 1679)
• The Lord Finch (1621–1682)
• The Earl of Anglesey (1614–1686)
• The Duke of Albemarle (1653–1688)
• The Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685)
• The Marquess of Winchester (1624–1699)
• The Earl of Arlington (1618–1685)
• The Earl of Salisbury (1648–1683) (expelled 1681)
• The Earl of Bridgewater (1623–1686)
• The Earl of Sunderland (1679–1702) (expelled 1681; readmitted 1682)
• The Earl of Essex (1631–1683)
• The Earl of Bath (1628–1701)
• The Viscount Halifax (1633–1695) (expelled 1685)
• The Hon. Henry Compton (1632–1713)
• The Lord Robartes
• Lord Russell (1639–1683)
• Lord Cavendish (1641–1707)
• The Hon. Henry Coventry (1619–1686)
• Sir Francis North (1637–1685)
• Sir Henry Capel (1638–1696)
• Sir John Ernle (1620–1697)
• Sir Thomas Chicheley (1618–1699) (expelled 1687)
• Sir William Temple, Bt (1628–1699)
• Sir Edward Seymour, Bt (1633–1708)
• Henry Powle (1630–1692)
• William Sancroft (1617–1693)
• The Duke of Lauderdale (1616–1682)
• The Marquess of Worcester (1629–1699)
• The Viscount Fauconberg (1628–1700)
• The Duke of Newcastle (1630–1691)
• The Lord Holles (1599–1680)
• The Hon. Laurence Hyde (1642–1711)

1680

• The Hon. Daniel Finch (1647–1730)
• Sidney Godolphin (1645–1712)
• Sir Leoline Jenkins (1623–1685)
• The Earl of Ossory (1634–1680)
• The Earl of Clarendon (1638–1709)
• Sir Robert Carr, Bt (1637–1682)

1681

• The Earl of Oxford (1626–1703)
• The Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714)
• The Earl of Ailesbury (1638–1685)
• The Earl of Conway (1623–1683)
• The Earl of Craven (1606–1697)

1682

• George Legge (1648–1691)
• The Duke of Ormonde (1610–1688)
• The Earl of Lindsey (1630–1701)
• Sir Francis Pemberton (1625–1697)

1683

• The Earl of Huntingdon (1650–1701)
• The Earl of Peterborough (1624–1697)
• Sir George Jeffreys (1648–1689)

1684

• The Earl of Moray (1634–1701)
• The Earl of Middleton (1650–1719)

1685

• John Drummond (1650–1715)

James II, 1685–1688

• Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708)
• The Duke of Queensberry (1637–1695)
• The Earl of Perth (1648–1716)
• The Earl of Mulgrave (1648–1721)
• The Earl of Berkeley (1628–1698)
• Sir Edward Herbert (1648–1698)
• The Viscount Preston (1648–1695)
• The Earl of Plymouth (1627–1687)

1688

• The Lord Crew (1633–1721)
• The Earl of Powis (1617–1696)
• The Lord Arundell of Wardour (1606–1694)
• The Lord Belasyse (1614–1689)
• The Lord Dover (1636–1708) (Earl of Dover in the Jacobite Peerage)
• The Earl of Tyrconnell (1630–1691)
• The Earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705)
• The Duke of Hamilton (1635–1694)
• Sir Nicholas Butler
• Edward Petre (1631–1699)

1688

• Silius Titus (1623–1704)

William III and Mary II, 1689–1702

1689

• The Earl of Danby (1631–1712)
• The Duke of Norfolk (1653–1701)
• The Marquess of Winchester (1625–1699)
• The Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695)
• The Earl of Lindsey (1630–1701)
• The Earl of Devonshire (1640–1707)
• The Earl of Dorset (1638–1706)
• The Earl of Oxford (1626–1703)
• The Earl of Shrewsbury (1660–1718) (expelled 1692; re-admitted 1694)
• The Earl of Bedford (1613–1700)
• The Earl of Macclesfield (1618–1694)
• The Viscount Fauconberg (1628–1700)
• The Earl of Monmouth (1658–1735)
• The Viscount Newport (1620–1708)
• The Lord Lumley (1650–1721)
• The Hon. Henry Compton (1632–1713)
• The Lord Montagu (1638–1709)
• The Lord Delamere (1652–1694)
• The Lord Churchill (1650–1722)
• William Bentinck (1649–1709)
• The Hon. Henry Sydney (1641–1704)
• The Hon. Sir Robert Howard (1626–1698)
• Sir Henry Capell (1637–1696)
• Henry Powle (1630–1692)
• Edward Russell (1653–1727)
• Richard Hampden (1631–1695)
• Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701)
• The Hon. Thomas Wharton (1648–1715)
• Sir John Lowther, Bt (1655–1700)
• Arthur Herbert (1647–1716)
• William Harbord (1635–1692)
• The Duke of Schomberg (1615–1690)
• Sir John Holt (1642–1710)
• The Earl of Pembroke (1656–1733)

1690

• Sir Henry Goodricke, Bt (1642–1705)
• The Marquess of Winchester (1661–1722)
• The Lord Godolphin (1645–1712)

1691

• Sir John Trevor (1637–1717)
• The Earl of Bridgewater (1646–1701)
• John Tillotson (1630–1694)

1692

• The Earl of Rochester (1641–1711)
• The Earl of Ranelagh (1636–1712)
• The Lord Cornwallis (1655–1698)
• Sir Edward Seymour, Bt (1633–1708)
• The Viscount Falkland (1656–1694)
• The Lord Lexinton (1661–1723)

1693

• Sir John Somers (1651–1716)
• Sir John Trenchard (1649–1695)
• The Lord Coningsby (1657–1729) (expelled 1724)

1694

• Viscount Dursley (1649–1710)
• The Earl of Stamford (1654–1720)
• Charles Montagu (1661–1715)

1695

• Thomas Tenison (1636–1715)
• Sir William Trumbull (1639–1716)
• The Duke of Schomberg (1641–1719)
• The Earl of Tankerville (d. 1701)
• The Hon. Peregrine Bertie (1663–1711)
• John Smith (1655–1723)

1696

• The Duke of Ormonde (1665–1745) (expelled 1715)
• Sir Joseph Williamson (1633–1701)

1697

• The Earl of Jersey (1656–1711)
• James Vernon (1646–1727)

1698

• The Earl of Manchester (1660–1722)

1699

• The Lord Ferrers (1650–1717)

1700

• Sir Nathan Wright (1654–1721)
• Sir Charles Hedges (1650–1714)

1701

• The Hon. Henry Boyle (1669–1725)
• The Earl of Lindsey (1660–1723)
• The Earl of Carlisle (1669–1738)
• The Duke of Somerset (1662–1748)

1702

• The Earl of Radnor (1660–1723)
• The Earl of Burlington (1660–1704)

Anne, 1702–1714

1702

• The Marquess of Normanby (1648–1721)
• The Earl of Abingdon (1672–1743)
• Sir John Leveson-Gower, Bt (1675–1709)
• John Grobham Howe (1657–1722)
• The Earl of Nottingham (1647–1730)
• The Earl of Northampton (1664–1727)
• The Viscount Weymouth (1640–1714)
• The Lord Dartmouth (1672–1750)
• John Granville (1665–1707)
• Sir Thomas Trevor (1658–1730)
• Sir George Rooke (1650–1709)
• The Lord Poulett (1663–1743)

1703

• John Sharp (1645–1714)
• The Earl of Thanet (1644–1729)
• The Lord Guernsey (1649–1719)

1704

• The Earl of Kent (1671–1740)
• Robert Harley (1661–1724)
• Thomas Mansell (1667–1723)

1705

• The Duke of Newcastle (1662–1711)
• The Earl of Peterborough (1658–1735)
• The Lord Cholmondeley (1662–1724)
• Thomas Erle (1650–1720)
• William Cowper (1665–1723)

1706

• The Earl of Derby (1664–1736)
• The Earl of Sunderland (1675–1722)

1707

• The Duke of Devonshire (1672–1729)

1708

• The Marquess of Dorchester (1665–1726)
• The Earl of Bindon (1670–1718)
• The Earl of Mar (1675–1732)
• The Viscount Townshend (1674–1738)
• The Duke of Queensberry (1662–1711)
• The Earl of Seafield (1664–1730)
• The Duke of Montrose (1682–1742)
• The Earl Rivers (1654–1712)
• The Earl of Essex (1670–1710)
• The Earl of Loudoun (c.1675–1731)
• Thomas Coke (1674–1727)

1709

• The Duke of Argyll (1680–1743)
• The Duke of Roxburghe (1680–1741)
• Sir John Holland, Bt (c.1669–1724)
• The Earl of Orford (1653–1727)

1710

• The Earl of Bradford (1644–1723)
• Sir Thomas Parker (1666–1732) (expelled 1725)
• Sir Richard Onslow, Bt. (1654–1717)
• The Earl of Anglesey (1676–1710)
• Henry St John (1678–1751)
• Sir Simon Harcourt (1661–1727)
• Lord Hyde (1672–1753)
• The Earl of Anglesey (c.1678–1737)
• The Duke of Beaufort (1684–1714)

1711

• The Earl of Orrery (1674–1731)
• The Earl of Orkney (1666–1737)
• The Marquess of Annandale (1664–1721)
• The Earl of Winchilsea (1672–1712)
• Robert Benson (c.1676–1731)
• The Hon. Henry Paget (1663–1743)
• The Earl of Strafford (1672–1739)
• William Bromley (1663–1732)
• John Robinson (1650–1723)
• The Earl of Clarendon (1661–1723)
• The Earl of Islay (1682–1761)
• The Lord North (1678–1734)

1712

• The Duke of Atholl (1660–1724) ^[1]
• The Lord Lansdowne (1666–1735) ^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Earl of Portmore (c.1656–1730)) ^[2]
• Major-General John Hill (d. 1735) ^[3]
• The Lord Guilford (1673–1729) ^[4]

1713

• The Duke of Northumberland (1665–1716) ^[5]
• Sir John Stonehouse, Bt. (c. 1672–1733) ^[6]
• Sir William Wyndham, Bt (c.1688–1740) ^[7]

References

1. London Gazette, issue 4993, 17 April 1712, page 1
2. London Gazette, issue 5063, 25 October 1712, page 1
3. London Gazette, issue 5063, 25 October 1712, page 1
4. London Gazette, issue 5078, 16 December 1712, page 1
5. London Gazette, issue 5147, 15 August 1713, page 1
6. London Gazette, issue 5147, 15 August 1713, page 1
7. "No. 5172". The London Gazette . 10 November 1713. p. 1.