List of people removed from a Privy Council

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This is a list of people removed from the Privy Council of England, of Ireland, of Great Britain, and of the United Kingdom.

Membership of a Privy Council, once given, normally lasts for life, but it is possible for Privy Counsellors to be expelled from membership and for them to ask to be removed.


Individual Appointed Removed Notes
Lord Churchill 14 February 1689 23 June 1692[1] Both struck out of the list as being suspected of intrigues with the deposed former King James II.[2] Churchill was restored on 19 June 1698, and Shrewsbury on 4 March 1694.
Earl of Shrewsbury
Duke of Ormonde 6 April 1696 September 1714 Struck out of the list after the accession of King George I.[3] Subsequently attainted (20 August 1715).
Earl Coningsby 13 April 1693 7 November 1724[4] Struck out of the list as a result of a petition from the Leominster corporation arising from his "tyranny and injustice" as a landowner there.[5]
Earl of Macclesfield 30 March 1710 31 May 1725[6] Struck out of the list after being convicted of corruption and fined £30,000.[7]
William Pulteney 6 July 1716 1 July 1731[8] Struck out of the list after writing an offensive pamphlet against both Robert Walpole and King George II.[9] Restored 20 February 1742.
Lord George Sackville 27 January 1758 25 April 1760[10] Struck out of the list after failing to obey orders to bring up the cavalry at the Battle of Minden.[11] Restored 20 December 1765.
Henry Flood 20 September 1776 1781 Struck out of the list "by the King's own hand".[12]
Charles James Fox 30 March 1782 9 May 1798[13] Struck out of the list after making a toast to the sovereignty of the people.[14] Restored 5 February 1806.
Viscount Melville 31 July 1782 9 May 1805[15] Requested to be removed on 11 June 1805, after criticism in the Tenth Report of the Naval Commissioners of Inquiry.[16] Restored 8 April 1807.
Sir Edgar Speyer, Bt. 22 November 1909 13 December 1921[17] Struck out of the list after an inquiry found he had shown himself "to be disaffected and disloyal to His Majesty".[18]
John Profumo 8 February 1960 26 June 1963[19] Requested to be removed after admitting giving a false statement to Parliament.[20]
John Stonehouse 28 June 1968 17 August 1976[21] Requested to be removed after conviction for theft and false pretences, and being sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.[22]
Jonathan Aitken 21 July 1994 26 June 1997[23] Requested to be removed after withdrawing from a libel case; police had begun investigating him for perjury.[24]
Elliot Morley 19 December 2006 8 June 2011[25] Struck out of the list after pleading guilty to false accounting, and being sentenced to imprisonment for 16 months.[26]
Chris Huhne 13 May 2010 13 March 2013[27] Requested to be removed after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.[28]
Denis MacShane 22 June 2005 9 October 2013[29] Requested to be removed.
Lord Prescott 27 July 1994 6 November 2013[30] Requested to be removed in protest at the delay in granting the Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press.[31]
Sir Seamus Treacy 12 January 2018 24 April 2018[32] Requested to be removed.
Percival Patterson 1993 13 April 2022[33] Requested to be removed.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 193.
  2. ^ "Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1932, Vol VIII, p. 493.
  3. ^ "Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1945, Vol X, p. 159.
  4. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 194.
  5. ^ "CONINGSBY, Thomas, 1st Baron Coningsby [I] (1656-1729)", The History of Parliament 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970, vol. I p. 571.
  6. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 195.
  7. ^ "Complete Peerage", New edition ed. by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, St Catherine Press, 1932, Vol VIII, p. 333.
  8. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 196.
  9. ^ "PULTENEY, William (1684-1764)", The History of Parliament 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970, vol. II pp. 375-6.
  10. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 200.
  11. ^ "SACKVILLE (afterwards GERMAIN), Lord George (1716-85)", The History of Parliament 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke, 1964, vol. III p. 391.
  12. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 203.
  13. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 203.
  14. ^ "FOX, Hon. Charles James (1749-1806)", The History of Parliament 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986, vol III pp. 816-7.
  15. ^ "Haydn's Book of Dignities", new ed. by Horace Ockerby, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1894, p. 204.
  16. ^ "DUNDAS, Henry (1742-1811)", The History of Parliament 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986, vol III p 642.
  17. ^ "No. 32547". The London Gazette. 12 December 1921. p. 10123.
  18. ^ "Report made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee in the case of Sir Edgar Speyer", Cmd. 1569.
  19. ^ "No. 43041". The London Gazette. 28 June 1963. p. 5533.
  20. ^ "Privy Council Strikes Off Mr. Profumo". The Times. 27 June 1963. p. 12.
  21. ^ "No. 46994". The London Gazette. 19 August 1976. p. 11347.
  22. ^ "Mr Stonehouse resigns as Privy Councillor". The Times. 12 August 1976. p. 2.
  23. ^ "No. 54817". The London Gazette. 26 June 1997. p. 4381.
  24. ^ Abrams, Fran (25 June 1997). "Aitken set to resign from Privy Council". The Independent.
  25. ^ "Orders approved at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 8 June 2011" (PDF). Privy Council Office. 8 June 2011.
  26. ^ Brown, David; Butter, Susannah (20 May 2011). "Jailed MP Elliot Morley expelled from privy council". The Times. p. 6.
  27. ^ "Orders approved at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 13th March 2013" (PDF). Privy Council Office. 13 March 2013.
  28. ^ Addley, Esther; Davies, Caroline (5 February 2013). "Destroyed by a 10-year lie: Huhne faces jail after admitting speeding dodge". The Guardian.
  29. ^ "Orders approved at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 9th October 2013" (PDF). Privy Council Office. 9 October 2013.
  30. ^ "Orders approved at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 6th November 2013" (PDF). Privy Council Office. 6 November 2013.
  31. ^ Prescott, John (7 July 2013). "Why I've quit Privy Council after 19 years". The Sunday Mirror. p. 14.
  32. ^ "Orders approved and Business transacted at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Windsor Castle on 24th April 2018" (PDF). 24 April 2018.
  33. ^ "Orders approved and Business transacted at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Windsor Castle on 13th April 2022" (PDF). 13 April 2022.
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