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United Kingdom Lord President of the Council
Arms used by thePrivy Council Office
Incumbent Alan Campbell since 5 September 2025
Privy Council of the United Kingdom Privy Council Office
Style	The Right Honourable
Type	Great Officer of State
Appointer	TheSovereign on advice of thePrime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1530
First holder	The 1st Duke of Suffolk
Salary	£159,038 per annum(2022)[1] (including £86,584MP salary)[2]
Website	privycouncil.independent.gov.uk

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TheLord President of the Council is the presiding officer of thePrivy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of theGreat Officers of State, ranking below theLord High Treasurer but above theLord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of theSovereign.

The Privy Council meets once a month, wherever the sovereign may be residing at the time, to give formal approval toOrders in Council.^[3] Only a few privy counsellors need attend such meetings, and only when invited to do so at the government's request. As the duties of the Lord President are not onerous, the post has often been given to a government minister whose responsibilities are not department-specific. In recent years it has been most typical for the Lord President also to serve asLeader of the House of Commons orLeader of the House of Lords. The Lord President has no role in theJudicial Committee of the Privy Council.

In the history of British government, the President of the Council is a relatively recent creation. The first certain appointment to the office was that of the Duke of Suffolk in 1529.^[4] Although there is a reference toEdmund Dudley serving as 'president of the council' in 1497, it was only in 1529 that the role was given the style and precedence of aGreat Officer of State by thePresident of the Council Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 20).^[5] Prior to 1679 there were several periods in which the office was left vacant. During coronations of the monarch, the Lord President carries theSword of State.^[6]

In the 19th century, the Lord President was generally the cabinet member responsible for the education system, amongst his other duties. This role was gradually scaled back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but remnants of it remain, such as the oversight of the governance of various universities.

During times ofNational orcoalition government the office of Lord President has sometimes been held by the leader of a minority party (e.g.Baldwin 1931–1935,MacDonald 1935–1937,Attlee 1943–1945,Clegg 2010–2015). It has been suggested that the office has been intermittently used for Prime Ministerial deputies in the past.^{[clarification needed][7][8]}

A particularly important role was played by the Lord President of the Council during theSecond World War. At this time the Lord President served as chairman of theLord President's Committee. This committee acted as a central clearing house which dealt with the country's economic problems. This was vital to the smooth running of the Britishwar economy and consequently the entire British war effort.

Winston Churchill, clearly believing that this wartime co-ordinating role was beneficial, introduced a similar but expandedsystem in the first few years of hispost-war premiership.^[9] The so-called 'overlord ministers' includedFrederick Leathers as Secretary of State for the Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power andLord Woolton as Lord President. Woolton's job was to co-ordinate the then separate ministries of agriculture and food.^[10] The historianLord Hennessy of Nympsfield quotes a PhD thesis by Michael Kandiah saying that Woolton was "arguably the most successful of the Overlords" partly because his ministries were quite closely related; indeed, they were merged in 1955 as theMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.^[11]

On several occasions since 1954, non-British Ministers have served briefly as acting Lords President of the Council, solely to preside over a meeting of the Privy Council held in aCommonwealth realm.^[12][13][14] Examples of this practice are the meetings inNew Zealand in 1990 and 1995, whenGeoffrey Palmer andJames Bolger respectively were acting Lords President.

Andrea Leadsom's appointment in June 2017 was the first in some time where the post holder was not a fullCabinet member.^[15]

"The Privy Council is the mechanism through which interdepartmental agreement is reached on those items of Government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to Ministers as Privy Counsellors rather than as Departmental Ministers."^[16]

The routine functions of the lord president are as follows:

1. Preside at Privy Council meetings, including any emergency meetings, and attend to both ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions relating to Privy Council business.^[17]
2. Consider for approvalprerogative andstatutoryOrders in Council.^[18] Prerogative orders deal with the basic functioning of the British state and are thus applicable under a number of circumstances, including but not limited to theprorogation ofParliament, the granting, amendment, and revocation ofroyal charters, the appointment ofhigh sheriffs, or the governance ofBritish Overseas Territories.^{[19][20][21][22]} On the other hand, statutory orders are a form ofdelegated legislation conferred onHis Majesty's Government by Parliament for the purposes of creating detailedregulations throughrulemaking.^[23] Unlike prerogative orders, statutory Orders in Council are subject to parliamentary scrutiny.^[24] As a consequence, most Orders in Council operate on statutory footing as opposed to the common law authorities conferred by the royal prerogative.^[25]
3. Consider for approvalOrders of Council concerning various matters of state, namely appointments to and regulation of professional bodies and institutions of higher education. Unlike Orders in Council which are enacted bythe sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, Orders of Council are enacted by the Privy Council itself pursuant to statutory authority conferred by Parliament.^[26][27][28]
4. As a member of the Privy Council's Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey, review laws passed by the bailiwicks ofJersey andGuernsey, and make recommendations tothe sovereign concerning their approval.^[29][30]

In addition to his or her routine functions, the lord president also serves as thevisitor for several English universities, including:^[31]

• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of Hull
• Imperial College London
• Keele University
• University of Leeds
• University of Leicester
• University of Liverpool
• University of London (but notKing's College London orUniversity College London)
• University of Nottingham
• University of Reading
• University of Sheffield (but notSheffield Hallam University)
• University of Southampton
• University of Sussex
• University of Wales

Lord President of the Council

Lord President		Term of office
	Charles Brandon 1stDuke of Suffolk	1530	14 August 1545
	William Paulet 1stMarquess of Winchester	January 1546	February 1550
	John Dudley 1stDuke of Northumberland	February 1550	July 1553
	Henry Montagu 1stEarl of Manchester	September 1621	July 1628
	James Ley 1stEarl of Marlborough	July 1628	14 December 1628
	Edward Conway 1stViscount Conway	14 December 1628	3 January 1631
	Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1stEarl of Shaftesbury	21 April 1679	15 October 1679
	John Robartes 1stEarl of Radnor	24 October 1679	24 August 1684
	Laurence Hyde 1stEarl of Rochester	24 August 1684	18 February 1685
	George Savile 1stMarquess of Halifax	18 February 1685	4 December 1685
	Robert Spencer 2ndEarl of Sunderland	4 December 1685	October 1688
	Richard Graham 1stViscount Preston	October 1688	December 1688
	Thomas Osborne 1stDuke of Leeds [nb 1]	14 February 1689	18 May 1699
	Thomas Herbert 8thEarl of Pembroke	18 May 1699	29 January 1702
	Charles Seymour 6thDuke of Somerset	29 January 1702	13 July 1702

Lord President			Term of office		Other ministerial portfolios held during tenure	Party	Ministry	Monarch
		Thomas Herbert 8thEarl of Pembroke	13 July 1702	25 November 1708		—	Godolphin–Marlborough (Tory–Whig)	Anne
		John Somers 1stBaron Somers	25 November 1708	21 September 1710		Whig
		Laurence Hyde 1stEarl of Rochester	21 September 1710	13 June 1711		Tory	Oxford–Bolingbroke
		John Sheffield 1stDuke of Buckingham and Normanby	13 June 1711	23 September 1714		—
								George I
		Daniel Finch 2ndEarl of Nottingham	23 September 1714	6 July 1716		Tory	Townshend
		William Cavendish 2ndDuke of Devonshire	6 July 1716	16 March 1718		Whig
							Stanhope–Sunderland I
		Charles Spencer 3rdEarl of Sunderland	16 March 1718	6 February 1719	First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	Stanhope–Sunderland II
		Evelyn Pierrepont 1stDuke of Kingston-upon-Hull	6 February 1719	11 June 1720		Whig
		Charles Townshend 2ndViscount Townshend	11 June 1720	25 June 1721	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[a]	Whig
							Walpole–Townshend
		Henry Boyle 1stBaron Carleton	25 June 1721	27 March 1725		Whig
		William Cavendish 2ndDuke of Devonshire	27 March 1725	4 June 1729		Whig
								George II
		Thomas Trevor 1stBaron Trevor	8 May 1730	19 June 1730		Tory
		Spencer Compton 1stEarl of Wilmington	31 December 1730	13 February 1742		Whig	Walpole
		William Stanhope 1stEarl of Harrington	13 February 1742	3 January 1745	Secretary of State for the Northern Department[b]	Whig	Carteret
							Broad Bottom (I & II)
		Lionel Sackville 1stDuke of Dorset	3 January 1745	17 June 1751	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[c]	Whig
		John Carteret 2ndEarl Granville	17 June 1751	2 January 1763		Whig
							Newcastle I
							Pitt–Devonshire
							1757 Caretaker
							Pitt–Newcastle
								George III
							Bute
		John Russell 4thDuke of Bedford	9 September 1763	12 July 1765		Whig	Grenville (Whig–Tory)
		Daniel Finch 8thEarl of Winchilsea	12 July 1765	30 July 1766		Whig	Rockingham I
		Robert Henley 1stEarl of Northington	30 July 1766	22 December 1767		Whig	Chatham (Whig–Tory)
		Granville Leveson-Gower 2ndEarl Gower	22 December 1767	24 November 1779		Tory
							Grafton (Whig–Tory)
							North
		Henry Bathurst 2ndEarl Bathurst	24 November 1779	27 March 1782		Tory
		Charles Pratt 1stBaron Camden	27 March 1782	2 April 1783		Whig	Rockingham II
							Shelburne (Whig–Tory)
		David Murray 7thViscount Stormont	2 April 1783	19 December 1783		Tory	Fox–North (Whig–Tory)
		Granville Leveson-Gower 2ndEarl Gower	19 December 1783	1 December 1784		Tory	Pitt I
		Charles Pratt 1stEarl Camden[d]	1 December 1784	18 April 1794		Tory
		William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 4thEarl Fitzwilliam	1 July 1794	17 December 1794		Whig
		David Murray 2ndEarl of Mansfield	17 December 1794	1 September 1796		Tory
		John Pitt 2ndEarl of Chatham	21 September 1796	30 July 1801	Lord Privy Seal[e]	—
							Addington
		William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rdDuke of Portland	30 July 1801	14 January 1805		Tory
							Pitt II
		Henry Addington 1stViscount Sidmouth	14 January 1805	10 July 1805		Tory
		John Pratt 2ndEarl Camden	10 July 1805	19 February 1806		Tory
		William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 4thEarl Fitzwilliam	19 February 1806	8 October 1806		Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
		Henry Addington 1stViscount Sidmouth	8 October 1806	26 March 1807		Tory
		John Pratt 2ndEarl Camden	26 March 1807	8 April 1812		Tory	Portland II
							Perceval
		Henry Addington 1stViscount Sidmouth	8 April 1812	11 June 1812		Tory
		Dudley Ryder 1stEarl of Harrowby	11 June 1812	17 August 1827		Tory	Liverpool
								George IV
							Canning (Canningite–Whig)
		William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4thDuke of PortlandDCL	17 August 1827	28 January 1828		Tory	Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
		Henry Bathurst 3rdEarl Bathurst	28 January 1828	22 November 1830		Tory	Wellington–Peel
								William IV
		Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rdMarquess of Lansdowne	22 November 1830	15 November 1834		Whig	Grey
							Melbourne I
		James St Clair-Erskine 2ndEarl of Rosslyn	15 December 1834	18 April 1835		Conservative	Peel I
		Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rdMarquess of Lansdowne	18 April 1835	3 September 1841		Whig	Melbourne II
								Victoria
		James Stuart-Wortley 1stBaron Wharncliffe	3 September 1841	19 December 1845		Conservative	Peel II
		Walter Montagu Douglas Scott 5thDuke of Buccleuch	21 January 1846	6 July 1846		Conservative
		Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rdMarquess of Lansdowne	6 July 1846	27 February 1852	Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Russell I
		William Lowther 2ndEarl of Lonsdale	27 February 1852	28 December 1852		Conservative	Who? Who?
		Granville Leveson-Gower 2ndEarl Granville	28 December 1852	12 June 1854		Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
		LordJohn Russell MP forCity of London	12 June 1854	8 February 1855	Leader of the House of Commons	Whig
		Granville Leveson-Gower 2ndEarl Granville	8 February 1855	26 February 1858	Leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Palmerston I
		James Gascoyne-Cecil 2ndMarquess of Salisbury	26 February 1858	18 June 1859		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
		Granville Leveson-Gower 2ndEarl Granville	18 June 1859	6 July 1866	Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Palmerston II
							Russell II
		Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rdDuke of Buckingham and Chandos	6 July 1866	8 March 1867		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
		John Spencer-Churchill 7thDuke of Marlborough	8 March 1867	9 December 1868		Conservative
		George Robinson 1stMarquess of Ripon[f]	9 December 1868	9 August 1873		Liberal	Gladstone I
		Henry Bruce 1stBaron Aberdare	9 August 1873	21 February 1874		Liberal
		Charles Gordon-Lennox 6thDuke of Richmond	21 February 1874	28 April 1880	Leader of the House of Lords[g]	Conservative	Disraeli II
		John Spencer 5thEarl Spencer	28 April 1880	19 March 1883	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[h]	Liberal	Gladstone II
		Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 1stBaron Carlingford	19 March 1883	24 June 1885	Lord Privy Seal[i]	Liberal
		Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1stViscount Cranbrook	24 June 1885	6 February 1886	Secretary of State for War[j]	Conservative	Salisbury I
		John Spencer 5thEarl Spencer	6 February 1886	3 August 1886		Liberal	Gladstone III
		Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1stViscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886	18 August 1892		Conservative	Salisbury II
		John Wodehouse 1stEarl of Kimberley	18 August 1892	10 March 1894	Secretary of State for India	Liberal	Gladstone IV
		Archibald Primrose 5thEarl of Rosebery	10 March 1894	29 June 1895	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Rosebery
		Spencer Cavendish 8thDuke of Devonshire	29 June 1895	19 October 1903	President of the Board of Education[k] Leader of the House of Lords[l]	Liberal Unionist	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
								Edward VII
							Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)
		Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6thMarquess of Londonderry	19 October 1903	11 December 1905	President of the Board of Education	Conservative
		Robert Crewe-Milnes 1stEarl of Crewe	11 December 1905	16 April 1908		Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman
		Edward Marjoribanks 2ndBaron Tweedmouth	16 April 1908	19 October 1908		Liberal	Asquith (I–III)
		Henry Fowler 1stViscount Wolverhampton	19 October 1908	21 June 1910		Liberal
								George V
		William Lygon 7thEarl Beauchamp	21 June 1910	7 November 1910		Liberal
		John Morley 1stViscount Morley of Blackburn	7 November 1910	5 August 1914	Secretary of State for India[m]	Liberal
		William Lygon 7thEarl Beauchamp	5 August 1914	25 May 1915		Liberal
		Robert Crewe-Milnes 1stMarquess of Crewe	25 May 1915	10 December 1916	Leader of the House of Lords President of the Board of Trade[n]	Liberal	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
		George Curzon 1stEarl Curzon of Kedleston	10 December 1916	23 October 1919	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
		Arthur Balfour 1stEarl of Balfour[o]	23 October 1919	19 October 1922		Conservative
		James Gascoyne-Cecil 4thMarquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[p]	Conservative	Law
							Baldwin I
		Charles Cripps 1stBaron Parmoor	22 January 1924	3 November 1924		Labour	MacDonald I
		George Curzon 1stMarquess Curzon of Kedleston	6 November 1924	27 April 1925	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Baldwin II
		Arthur Balfour 1stEarl of Balfour	27 April 1925	4 June 1929		Conservative
		Charles Cripps 1stBaron Parmoor	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour	MacDonald II
		Stanley Baldwin MP forBewdley	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Lord Privy Seal[q]	Conservative	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib.
							National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib. until 1932)
‍		Ramsay MacDonald MP forCombined Scottish Universities[r]	7 June 1935	28 May 1937		National Labour	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
								Edward VIII
								George VI
		Edward Wood 3rdViscount Halifax	28 May 1937	9 March 1938	Leader of the House of Lords Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs[s]	Conservative	National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
		Douglas Hogg 1stViscount Hailsham	9 March 1938	31 October 1938		Conservative
		Walter Runciman 1stViscount Runciman of Doxford	31 October 1938	3 September 1939		National Liberal
		James Stanhope 7thEarl Stanhope	3 September 1939	11 May 1940	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
		Neville Chamberlain MP forBirmingham Edgbaston	11 May 1940	3 October 1940		Conservative	Churchill War (All parties)
		John Anderson MP forCombined Scottish Universities	3 October 1940	24 September 1943		National
		Clement Attlee MP forLimehouse	24 September 1943	23 May 1945	Deputy Prime Minister	Labour
		Frederick Marquis 1stBaron Woolton	25 May 1945	26 July 1945		National	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.)
		Herbert Morrison MP forLewisham South[t]	27 July 1945	9 March 1951	Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Attlee (I & II)
		Christopher Addison 1stViscount Addison	9 March 1951	26 October 1951	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
		Frederick Marquis 1stBaron Woolton	28 October 1951	25 November 1952		Conservative	Churchill III
								Elizabeth II
		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5thMarquess of Salisbury	25 November 1952	29 March 1957	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative
							Eden
							Macmillan (I & II)
		Alec Douglas-Home 14thEarl of Home	29 March 1957	17 September 1957		Conservative
		Quintin Hogg 2ndViscount Hailsham	17 September 1957	14 October 1959		Conservative
		Alec Douglas-Home 14thEarl of Home	14 October 1959	27 July 1960	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative
		Quintin Hogg MP forSt Marylebone[u]	27 July 1960	16 October 1964	Leader of the House of Lords[v] Minister for Science[w] Secretary of State for Education and Science[x]	Conservative
							Douglas-Home
		Herbert Bowden MP forLeicester South West	16 October 1964	11 August 1966	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Wilson (I & II)
		Richard Crossman MP forCoventry East	11 August 1966	18 October 1968		Labour
		Fred Peart MP forWorkington	18 October 1968	19 June 1970		Labour
		William Whitelaw MP forPenrith and The Border	20 June 1970	7 April 1972		Conservative	Heath
		Robert Carr MP forMitcham	7 April 1972	5 November 1972		Conservative
		Jim Prior MP forLowestoft	5 November 1972	4 March 1974		Conservative
		Edward Short MP forNewcastle upon Tyne Central	5 March 1974	8 April 1976		Labour	Wilson (III & IV)
		Michael Foot MP forEbbw Vale	8 April 1976	4 May 1979		Labour	Callaghan
		Christopher Soames Baron Soames	5 May 1979	14 September 1981	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Thatcher I
		Francis Pym MP forCambridgeshire	14 September 1981	7 April 1982	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
		John Biffen MP forOswestry	7 April 1982	11 June 1983		Conservative
		William Whitelaw 1stViscount Whitelaw	11 June 1983	10 January 1988	Leader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Thatcher II
							Thatcher III
		John Wakeham MP forSouth Colchester and Maldon	10 January 1988	24 July 1989	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
		Geoffrey Howe MP forEast Surrey	24 July 1989	1 November 1990	Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
		John MacGregor MP forSouth Norfolk	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative
							Major I
		Tony Newton MP forBraintree	10 April 1992	2 May 1997		Conservative	Major II
		Ann Taylor MP forDewsbury	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Leader of the House of Commons	Labour	Blair I
		Margaret Beckett MP forDerby South	27 July 1998	8 June 2001		Labour
		Robin Cook MP forLivingston	8 June 2001	18 March 2003		Labour	Blair II
		John Reid MP forHamilton North and Bellshill	4 April 2003	13 June 2003		Labour
		Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn	13 June 2003	20 September 2003	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
		Valerie Amos Baroness Amos	6 October 2003	27 June 2007		Labour
							Blair III
		Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland	28 June 2007	3 October 2008		Labour	Brown
		Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon	3 October 2008	5 June 2009		Labour
		Peter Mandelson Baron Mandelson	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	First Secretary of State Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	Labour
		Nick Clegg MP forSheffield Hallam	11 May 2010	8 May 2015	Deputy Prime Minister[y]	Liberal Democrat	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–Lib.Dem.)
		Chris Grayling MP forEpsom and Ewell	9 May 2015	14 July 2016	Leader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Cameron II
		David Lidington MP forAylesbury	14 July 2016	11 June 2017		Conservative	May I
		Andrea Leadsom MP forSouth Northamptonshire	11 June 2017	22 May 2019		Conservative	May II
		Mel Stride MP forCentral Devon	23 May 2019	24 July 2019		Conservative
		Jacob Rees-Mogg MP forNorth East Somerset	24 July 2019	8 February 2022		Conservative	Johnson I
							Johnson II
		Mark Spencer MP forSherwood	8 February 2022	6 September 2022		Conservative
‍		Penny Mordaunt MP forPortsmouth North	6 September 2022	5 July 2024		Conservative	Truss
								Charles III
							Sunak
‍		Lucy Powell MP forManchester Central	5 July 2024	5 September 2025		Labour	Starmer
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