List of longest-serving current Privy Counsellors

This is a list of 20 longest-serving current members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Privy Counsellor	Born	Role	Appointed
The Duke of Edinburgh	1921	spouse of the Queen	1951
The Lord Morris of Aberavon	1931	former Secretary of State for Wales	1970
Doug Anthony	1929	former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia	1971
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres	1927	former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	1972
The Baroness Williams of Crosby	1930	former Secretary of State for Education and Science	1974
The Lord Hattersley	1932	former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party	1975
The Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank	1928	former Secretary of State for Transport	1975
The Lord Owen	1938	former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	1976
Ian Sinclair	1929	former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives	1977
Sir Michael Somare	1936	former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea	1977
The Lord Steel of Aikwood	1938	former Leader of the Liberal Party	1977
The Prince of Wales	1948	Heir apparent to the Throne	1977
The Lord Heseltine	1933	former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	1979
The Lord Jopling	1930	former Chief Whip of the Conservative Party	1979
The Lord Higgins	1928	former Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1979
The Lord Howell of Guildford	1936	former Secretary of State for Transport	1979
Sir Julius Chan	1939	former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea	1981
The Lord Lawson of Blaby	1932	former Chancellor of the Exchequer	1981
The Lord Tebbit	1931	former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	1981
The Lord Denham	1927	former Chief Whip of the Conservative Party	1981

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