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 |
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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. |
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. |