Privy Counsellor Appointed Became senior Died Henry Compton 1679 1708 1713 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham 1680 1713 1730 Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough 1689 1730 1735 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1701 1735 1738 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1701 1738 1748 William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth [ dubious – discuss ] 1702 1748 1750 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 1710 1750 1751 Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon 1710 1751 1753 Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet 1714 1753 1755 Sir Paul Methuen 1714 1755 1757 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1714 1757 1765 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1717 1765 1768 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea 1725 1768 1769 Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry 1726 1769 1778 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1748 1778 1792 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire 1754 1792 1793 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 1755 1793 1803 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 1760 1803 1807 George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough 1762 1807 1817 Lord Charles Spencer 1763 1817 1820 Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret 1770 1820 1826 Lord Robert Spencer 1782 1826 1831 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby 1783 1831 1834 John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon 1787 1834 1838 Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens 1787 1838 1839 Henry Addington 1789 1839 1844 Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby 1790 1844 1847 Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale 1799 1847 1851 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1806 1851 1863 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1809 1863 1865 Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden 1812 1865 1870 Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe 1820 1870 1880 George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall 1830 1880 1883 Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury 1830 1883 1893 Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey 1835 1893 1894 William Ewart Gladstone 1841 1894 1898 Spencer Horatio Walpole (jointly) 1852 1898 1898 John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (jointly until 1898) 1852 1898 1906 John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (jointly) 1859 1906 1910 Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie (jointly until 1910) 1859 1906 1921 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1871 1921 1942 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 1886 1942 1943 Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe 1892 1943 1945 James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater 1898 1945 1949 Sir Winston Churchill 1907 1949 1965 Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton 1922 1965 1972 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1925 1972 1974 Sir Henry Slesser 1929 1974 1979 Malcolm MacDonald 1935 1979 1981 Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort 1936 1981 1984 Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye 1941 1984 1988 William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (jointly) 1946 1988 1997 Hartley Shawcross (jointly until 1997) 1946 1988 2003 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1951 2003 2021 John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon 1970 2021 2023 Roy Hattersley 1975 2023 Living 