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List Of Privy Counsellors (2022–present)
This is a list of members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom appointed since the accession of King Charles III in 2022. Together with those appointed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II who are still living, they make up the current membership of the Council. The oldest Privy Counsellor is Sir Stephen Brown (born 1924, aged ). The earliest-appointed member is The Lord Hattersley (1975). The youngest Privy Counsellor is Stephen Flynn (born 1988, aged ). Charles III 2022 * Sir Clive Alderton (b. 1967) *Edward Argar (b. 1977) *Kemi Badenoch (b. 1980) *Simon Case (b. 1978) * David TC Davies (b. 1970) *Vicky Ford (b. 1967) * Dame Sarah Falk (b. 1962) * John Glen (b. 1974) *James Heappey (b. 1981) * Sir Mark Horner (b. 1956) * Ranil Jayawardena (b. 1986) * The Lord Kennedy of Southwark (b. 1962) *Gillian Keegan (b. 1968) * Stephen McPartland (b. 1976) *Wendy Morton (b. 1967) *Chris Philp (b. 1976) * Victoria Prentis (b. 1971) *Jeremy Quin (b. 1966) *Rachel Reeves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privy Council Of The United Kingdom
The Privy Council, formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a privy council, formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its members, known as privy counsellors, are mainly senior politicians who are current or former members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons or the House of Lords. The Privy Council formally advises the sovereign on the exercise of the Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom, royal prerogative. The King-in-Council issues Executive (government), executive instruments known as Orders in Council. The Privy Council also holds the delegated authority to issue Orders of Council, mostly used to regulate certain public institutions. It advises the sovereign on the issuing of royal charters, which are used to grant special status to incorporated bodies, and city status in the United Kingdom, city or Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status to local authorities. Otherwise, the Privy Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. He was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer. They had two sons, William and Harry. After years of estrangement, Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Privy Counsellors (1952–2022)
This is a list of members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom appointed during the reign of Elizabeth II, from 1952 to 2022. Eight Privy Counsellors resigned during Queen Elizabeth's reign—John Profumo (1963) after misleading the House of Commons, and four others upon criminal conviction carrying a sentence of imprisonment, John Stonehouse (1976), Jonathan Aitken (1997) Chris Huhne (2013) and Denis MacShane (2013); one, Elliot Morley (2011) was expelled (the first expulsion since 1921). Additionally, Lord Prescott, the former Deputy Prime Minister, resigned in 2013 in protest over politicisation of handling of a press complaints charter being considered by the Council. Sir Seamus Treacy, a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland, resigned shortly after his appointment in 2018. Percival Patterson resigned in 2022 noting a national consensus that Jamaica should become a republic. Elizabeth II 1952 * The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969) * The Earl Forte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Members Of The British Privy Council
This is a list of the members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, along with the roles they fulfil and the date when they were sworn of the council. , there are 743 members on the council. The prefix ''The Rt Hon.'' is omitted here, because every counsellor bears it, as is the postnominal ''PC'', as every counsellor who is also a peer uses it. The council is composed mostly of politicians (both members of the UK government and parliament, and members of the devolved governments and legislatures) and civil servants, both serving and retired (since membership is for life). Among those politicians generally sworn of the council are ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the Loyal Opposition, the UK parliamentary leader of the third-largest party, the first ministers of the devolved governments (including, in the case of Northern Ireland, the deputy first minister), and the speakers or presiding officers of the UK parliament and the devolved legislatures. Besid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Brown (judge)
Sir Stephen Brown (born 3 October 1924) is a British retired judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal and the President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. Early life and education Brown was born on 3 October 1924 to Wilfrid Brown and Nora Elizabeth Brown of Longdon Green, Staffordshire. He was educated at Malvern College and Queens' College, Cambridge. Career From 1943 to 1946 Brown served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as a lieutenant. Brown became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1949, became a bencherWho's Who 2008 in 1974, and became TreasurerWho's Who 2008 in 1994. He was Deputy Chairman of Staffordshire Quarter SessionsWho's Who 2008 from 1963 to 1971, and RecorderWho's Who 2008 of West Bromwich from 1965 to 1971. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1966. He was a Recorder, and Honorary Recorder of West Bromwich from 1972 to 1975, was a High Court judge, in the Family Division,Who's Who 2008 from 1975 to 1977, and in the Queen's Bench ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
