This is a List of
Privy Counsellors
The Privy Council, formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a 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 ...
of the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
appointed between the accession of
King George IV
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, h ...
in 1820 and the death of
King William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
in 1837.
George IV
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, h ...
, 1820–1830
1820
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Lord Boyle (1772–1853)
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The Lord Gwydyr (1754–1820)
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Stratford Canning (1786–1880)
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Sir Gore Ouseley, Bt. (1770–1844)
1821
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The Lord Beresford (1768–1854)
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The Marquess of Graham (1799–1874)
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The Lord Gwydyr (1782–1865)
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The Duke of Dorset (1767–1843)
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The Marquess Conyngham (1766–1832)
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Henry Goulburn
Henry Goulburn PC FRS (19 March 1784 – 12 January 1856) was a British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.
Background and education
Born in London, Goulburn was the eldest son of a wealthy planter, Munbee G ...
(1784–1856)
1822
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Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850)
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William Fremantle (1766–1850)
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Sir George Warrender, Bt (1782–1849)
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Lord Burghersh (1784–1859)
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Augustus Foster (1780–1848)
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The Hon. Frederick Lamb (1782–1853)
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Charles Hope (1763–1851)
1824
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Sir Robert Gifford (1779–1826)
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Sir William Alexander (1754–1842)
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The Hon. William Noel-Hill (1773–1842)
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Sir William Best (1767–1845)
1825
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The Duke of Northumberland (1785–1847)
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Charles Vaughan (1774–1849)
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Henry Williams-Wynn (1783–1856)
1826
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The Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a ...
(1791–1868)
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The Hon. Sir Robert Gordon (1791–1847)
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Sir John Copley (1772–1863)
1827
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The Duke of Devonshire (1790–1858)
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The Duke of Portland (1768–1854)
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The Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854)
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Viscount Dudley and Ward (1781–1833)
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Anthony Hart
Sir Anthony Hart ( 1754 – 1831) was a British lawyer, who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1827 to 1830.
Life
He was born into a slave-owning family about 1754 in the island of Saint Kitts, West Indies, fourth son of William Ha ...
(1754–1831)
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William Lamb (1779–1848)
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Sir George Cockburn
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a captain, he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary ...
(1772–1853)
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The Duke of Leeds (1775–1838)
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The Lord Plunket (1764–1854)
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Sir Samuel Hulse (1746–1837)
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The Hon. James Abercromby (1776–1858)
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Robert Wilmot-Horton (1784–1841)
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Stephen Lushington (1776–1868)
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Lord William Bentinck
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (14 September 177417 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Be ...
(1774–1839)
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John Charles Herries
John Charles Herries PC (November 1778 – 24 April 1855), known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid-19th century.
Background and education
Herri ...
(1778–1855)
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Sir Lancelot Shadwell (1779–1850)
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Sir James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a jo ...
(1765–1832)
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Sir William Keppel (d. 1834)
1828
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The Lord Ellenborough (1790–1871)
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Thomas Frankland Lewis
Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet (14 May 1780 – 22 January 1855) was a British Poor Law Commissioner and moderate Tory (later Peelite) MP.
Early life
Lewis was the son of John Lewis and Anne Frankland, daughter of Sir Thomas Frankl ...
(1780–1855)
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The Lord Hill (1772–1842)
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Sir Christopher Robinson (1766–1833)
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Viscount Lowther (1787–1872)
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Sir George Murray (1772–1846)
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Sir Henry Hardinge (1785–1856)
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Thomas Courtenay (1782–1841)
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John Wilson Croker
John Wilson Croker (20 December 178010 August 1857) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and author.
Life
He was born in Galway, the only son of John Croker, the surveyor-general of customs and excise in Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College Dub ...
(1780–1857)
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John Calcraft (1765–1831)
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Lord Francis Leveson-Gower (1800–1857)
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Henry Hobhouse (1776–1854)
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Robert Adair (1763–1855)
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Charles James Blomfield
Charles James Blomfield (29 May 1786 – 5 August 1857) was a British divine and classicist, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years.
Early life and education
Charles James Blomfield was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the eldest son (an ...
(1786–1857)
1829
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The Earl of Rosslyn (1762–1837)
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Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776–1846)
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Sir Brook Taylor (1776–1846)
1830
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The Duke of Gordon (1770–1836)
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
, 1830–1837
1830
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The Duke of Norfolk (1765–1842)
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The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1792–1870)
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The Earl of Jersey (1773–1859)
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The Earl of Belfast (1797–1883)
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Sir William Rae, Bt (1769–1842)
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The Viscount Hereford (1777–1843)
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The Earl of Clare (1792–1851)
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The Duke of Richmond (1791–1860)
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The Earl of Albemarle (1772–1849)
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The Lord Durham (1792–1840)
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The Lord Auckland (1784–1849)
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The Lord Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868)
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Lord John Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 186 ...
(1792–1878)
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Viscount Althorp (1782–1845)
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The Hon. George Agar-Ellis (1797–1833)
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The Hon. Edward Stanley (1799–1869)
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George Robert Dawson
George Robert Dawson (24 December 1790 – 3 April 1856), was an Anglo-Irish Tory politician.
Background and education
Dawson was born at Castledawson, County Londonderry, Ireland, the son of Arthur Dawson, who represented Banagher, Midle ...
(1790–1856)
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Sir James Graham, Bt (1792–1861)
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Charles Poulett Thomson (1799–1841)
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Sir William Johnstone Hope (1766–1831)
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The Viscount Anson (1795–1854)
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Robert Grant (1779–1838)
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The Marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874)
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The Hon. Robert Grosvenor (1801–1893)
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The Lord Foley (1780–1833)
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Sir James Kempt (1764–1854)
1831
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The Earl of Erroll (1801–1846)
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The Earl Howe (1796–1870)
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The Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of h ...
(1783–1868)
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Viscount Duncannon (1781–1847)
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Michael Angelo Taylor (1757–1834)
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Lord Stanley (1775–1851)
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The Lord Plunket (1764–1854)
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Sir Henry Parnell, Bt (1776–1842)
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The Duke of Leinster (1791–1874)
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Sir Frederick Adam (1781–1853)
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Sir Edward East, Bt (1764–1847)
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Thomas Erskine (1788–1864)
1832
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Sir John Hobhouse, Bt (1786–1869)
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Charles Tennyson (1784–1861)
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Sir William Garrow (1760–1840)
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The Earl of Mulgrave (1797–1863)
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Holt Mackenzie (1786–1876)
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Henry Ellis (1788–1855)
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The Earl of Minto (1782–1859)
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Sir Thomas Denman (1779–1854)
1833
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The Earl of Denbigh (1796–1865)
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The Earl of Munster (1794–1842)
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Edward Ellice (1783–1863)
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Edward Littleton (1791–1863)
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Sir James Parke (1782–1868)
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Sir John Bosanquet (1773–1847)
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Sir Alexander Johnston (1775–1849)
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The Duke of Argyll (1768–1839)
1834
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The Marquess of Sligo (1788–1845)
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Sir John Bayley, Bt. (1763–1841)
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Sir Robert Graham (1744–1836)
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Sir John Vaughan (1768–1839)
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Thomas Spring Rice (1790–1866)
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Robert Fergusson
Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 – 17 October 1774) was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a Bohemianism, bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intel ...
(1768–1838)
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The Earl of Gosford (1776–1849)
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Sir Charles Pepys (1781–1851)
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Sir Herbert Jenner (1778–1852)
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The Viscount Combermere (1773–1865)
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The Lord Wharncliffe (1776–1845)
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Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt (1781–1849)
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Sir James Scarlett (1769–1844)
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Sir Edward Sugden (1781–1875)
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Alexander Baring (1774–1848)
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Lord Granville Somerset (1792–1848)
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William Yates Peel
William Yates Peel (3 August 1789 – 1 June 1858) was a British Tory politician.
Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen (née Yates). He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2n ...
(1789–1858)
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Joseph Planta (1787–1847)
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The Earl of Chesterfield (1805–1866)
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The Earl de Grey (1781–1859)
1835
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Viscount Castlereagh
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is s ...
(1805–1872)
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The Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)
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Viscount Howick (1802–1894)
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Henry Labouchere (1798–1869)
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The Marquess Conyngham (1797–1876)
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Viscount Morpeth (1802–1864)
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Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt (1775–1842)
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The Hon. George Byng (1806–1886)
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Sir Harford Jones Brydges, Bt (1764–1847)
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Lord Charles FitzRoy (1791–1865)
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Sir Charles Edward Grey (1785–1865)
1836
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Henry Bickersteth (1783–1851)
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The Lord Elphinstone (1807–1860)
1837
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The Viscount Falkland (1803–1884)
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James Stewart-Mackenzie (1784–1843)
References
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