List of Privy Counsellors (1936–1952)
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This is a List of Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom appointed between the accession of King Edward VIII in 1936 and the death of King George VI in 1952.
Edward VIII, 1936
[edit]- Sir Akbar Hydari (1869–1942)[1]
- Sir George Rich (1863–1956)[1]
- The Duke of Norfolk (1908–1975)[2]
- Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940)[2]
- The Earl De La Warr (1900–1976)[3]
- John Colville (1894–1954)[3]
- Euan Wallace (1892–1941)[4]
- The Duke of Beaufort (1900–1984)[5]
- The Duke of Sutherland (1888–1963)[5]
- The Hon. Alec Hardinge (1894–1960)[5]
- William Morrison (1893–1961)[6]
1937
[edit]- The Lord Hutchison of Montrose (1873–1950)[7]
- Robert Menzies (1894–1978)[7]
- John Stephen Curlewis (1863–1940)[8]
- The Duke of Buccleuch (1894–1973)[9]
- Sir Harry Eve (1856–1940)[9]
- Sir Nevile Henderson (1882–1942)[10]
- Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)[11]
- Leslie Burgin (1887–1945)[12]
- Ernest Lapointe (1876–1941)[12]
- Sir Patrick Duncan (1870–1943)[13]
- The Viscount Galway (1882–1943)[13]
- The Lord Gowrie (1872–1955)[13]
- The Lord Tweedsmuir (1875–1940)[13]
- Sir Felix Cassel, Bt (1869–1953)[14]
- Isaac Foot (1880–1960)[14]
- Sir George Courthope, Bt (1877–1955)[14]
- Frederick Pethick-Lawrence (1871–1962)[14]
- The Hon. Sir Hugh O'Neill (1883–1982)[14]
- The Lord Snell (1865–1944)[14]
- Sir Frank MacKinnon (1871–1946)[14]
- Sir Thomas Horridge (1857–1938)[14]
- Sir George Talbot (1861–1938)[14]
- Sir Robert Craigie (1883–1959)[15]
1938
[edit]- Sir John Anderson (1882–1958)[16]
- Robert Hudson (1886–1957)[16]
- The Earl of Lucan (1860–1949)[16]
- Sir Albert Clauson (1870–1946)[16]
- The Lord Porter (1877–1956)[17]
- James Stratford (1869–1952)[18]
- Sir Donald Somervell (1889–1960)[19]
- The Viscount Finlay (1875–1945)[20]
- Sir Fairfax Luxmoore (1876–1944)[20]
- Sir Rayner Goddard (1877–1971)[20]
- Sir Herbert du Parcq (1880–1949)[20]
1939
[edit]- The Viscount Chilston (1876–1947)[21]
- Rab Butler (1902–1982)[21]
- Harry Crookshank (1893–1961)[21]
- Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899–1977)[21]
- The Lord Chatfield (1873–1967)[21]
- M. R. Jayakar (1873–1959)[21]
- Richard Casey (1890–1976)[citation needed]
- The Hon. James Stuart (1897–1971)[22]
- Herwald Ramsbotham (1887–1971)[22]
- Sir Philip Macdonell (1873–1940)[23]
- The Marquess of Lothian (1882–1940)[24]
- The Lord Hankey (1877–1963)[25]
- Geoffrey Fisher (1887–1972)[26]
- Sir Ronald Campbell (1883–1953)[27]
- Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873–1960)[28]
1940
[edit]- Sir Andrew Duncan (1884–1952)
- Sir George Branson (1871–1951)[29]
- Sir John Reith (1889–1971)[29]
- The Lord Woolton (1883–1964)[30]
- Ernest Bevin (1881–1951)[citation needed]
- Brendan Bracken (1901–1958)
- Sir Walter Citrine (1887–1983)
- Ronald Cross (1896–1968)
- Hugh Dalton (1887–1962)
- Sir Charles Edwards (1867–1954)
- Sir Percy Harris, Bt (1876–1952)
- Sir Robert Vansittart (1881–1957)
- Peter Fraser (1884–1950)
- The Duke of Hamilton (1903–1973)
- Viscount Cranborne (1893–1972)
- John Moore-Brabazon (1884–1964)
- Oliver Lyttelton (1893–1972)
- Arthur Blaikie Purvis (1890–1941)
1941
[edit]- Douglas Clifton Brown (1879–1958)[31]
- Sir Walter Womersley (1878–1961)[31]
- Sir Arthur Salter (1881–1975)
- Frederick Leathers (1883–1965)
- John Llewellin (1893–1957)
- Vincent Massey (1887–1967)[32]
- James Reid (1890–1975)
- Sir Miles Lampson (1880–1964)[32]
- The Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps (1889–1952)
- Raoul Dandurand (1861–1942)
- Gwilym Lloyd George (1894–1967)
- Harold Balfour (1897–1988)
- Tom Williams (1888–1967)
- Sir Sidney Abrahams (1885–1957)
- Sir Chettur Madhavan Nair (1879–1970)
1942
[edit]- Harold Macmillan (1894–1986)
- Sir James Grigg (1890–1964)
- The Lord Portal (1885–1949)
- John Curtin (1885–1945)
- Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)
- H. V. Evatt (1894–1965)
- Cyril Garbett (1875–1955)
- George Hall (1881–1965)
1943
[edit]- Richard Law (1901–1980)[33]
- Osbert Peake (1897–1966)[33]
- William Whiteley (1882–1955)[33]
- The Lord Cherwell (1886–1957)
- The Lord Templemore (1880–1953)[34]
- Geoffrey Lloyd (1902–1984)[34]
- Joseph Westwood (1884–1948)[34]
- Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945)[34]
- Sir Alan Lascelles (1887–1981)
- The Viscount Wavell (1883–1950)
- Henry Willink (1894–1973)
- Ernest Frederick Watermeyer (1880–1958)
- Ben Smith (1879–1964)
1944
[edit]- Ralph Assheton (1901–1984)[35]
- Sir Archibald Clark Kerr (1882–1951)[35]
- William Mabane (1895–1969)[35]
- Wilfred Paling (1883–1971)[35]
- Charles Waterhouse (1893–1975)[35]
- Sir Gavin Simonds (1881–1971)
- James Chuter Ede (1882–1965)[36]
- Frank Forde (1890–1983)[36]
- The Hon. Sir Geoffrey Lawrence (1880–1971)
- Sir John Beaumont (1877–1974)
- Sir Fergus Morton (1887–1973)
- Duncan Sandys (1908–1987)
- Sir Edward Grigg (1879–1955)
1945
[edit]- Florence Horsbrugh (1889–1969)[37]
- Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947)[37]
- The Lord Croft (1881–1947)[38]
- Jack Lawson (1881–1965)[38]
- James Milner (1889–1967)[38]
- Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, Bt (1893–1980)[38]
- Will Thorne (1857–1946)[38]
- Graham White (1880–1965)[38]
- Sir Richard Hopkins (1880–1955)
- The Earl of Rosebery (1882–1974)
- Sir David Maxwell Fyfe (1900–1967)
- Ben Chifley (1885–1951)[39]
- Alfred Barnes (1887–1974)
- George Isaacs (1883–1979)
- John Wilmot (1893–1964)
- Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
- Manny Shinwell (1884–1986)
- George Thomson (1893–1962)
- William Wand (1885–1977)
- The Lord Winster (1885–1961)
- Jim Griffiths (1890–1975)
- Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt (1876–1964)
- Malcolm McCorquodale (1901–1971)
- Lewis Silkin (1889–1972)
- George Tomlinson (1890–1952)
- Ted Williams (1890–1963)
- The Lord Ammon (1873–1960)
- The Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)
- Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894–1948)
- Sir James Tucker (1888–1975)
- Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873–1956)
- Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982)
- Sir Alfred Townsend Bucknill (1880–1963)
1946
[edit]- Jack Beasley (1895–1949)[40]
- Sir Travers Humphreys (1867–1956)[40]
- James Lorimer Ilsley (1894–1967)[40]
- Bill Jordan (1879–1959)[40]
- Walter Nash (1882–1968)[40]
- Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973)[40]
- The Lord Uthwatt (1879–1949)
- The Hon. Sir Cyril Asquith (1890–1954)
- Sir Lionel Cohen (1888–1973)
- John Strachey (1901–1963)
- The Hon. Sir Alexander Cadogan (1884–1968)
- The Viscount Mersey (1872–1956)
- C. D. Howe (1886–1960)
- The Earl of Listowel (1906–1997)
- Sir Hartley Shawcross (1902–2003)
- The Lord Nathan (1889–1963)
- Frederick Bellenger (1894–1968)
- Arthur Creech Jones (1891–1964)
- Hector McNeil (1907–1955)
1947
[edit]- Clement Davies (1884–1962)[41]
- James Gardiner (1883–1962)[41]
- Glenvil Hall (1887–1962)[41]
- Arthur Henderson (1893–1968)[41]
- Ian Alistair Mackenzie (1890–1949)[41]
- Charles Key (1883–1964)
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)
- The Lord Inman (1892–1979)
- Lord Moncrieff (1870–1949)
- Sir Frederic Wrottesley (1880–1948)
- Sir Raymond Evershed (1899–1966)
- John MacDermott (1896–1979)
- Sir Norman Birkett (1883–1962)[42]
- The Lord Catto (1879–1959)[42]
- Ness Edwards (1897–1968)[42]
- Sir Godfrey Huggins (1883–1971)[42]
- George Mathers (1886–1965)[42]
- Harold Wilson (1916–1995)
- Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962)
- Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963)
- John Wheatley (1908–1988)
- Arthur Woodburn (1890–1978)
- George Strauss (1901–1993)
1948
[edit]- George Buchanan (1890–1955)[43]
- David Kirkwood (1872–1955)[43]
- William McKell (1891–1985)[43]
- Sir Malcolm Macnaghten (1869–1955)[43]
- George Heaton Nicholls (1876–1959)[43]
- Sir Humphrey O'Leary (1886–1953)[43]
- The Lord Pakenham (1905–2001)
- Sir Frank Soskice (1902–1979)[44]
- Sir John Singleton (1885–1957)
- Sir Alfred Denning (1899–1999)
1949
[edit]- The Lord Hailey (1872–1969)[45]
- Hilary Marquand (1901–1972)[45]
- Edith Summerskill (1901–1980)[45]
- Sir David Jenkins (1899–1969)
- The Lord Radcliffe (1899–1977)
- John Dugdale (1905–1963)[46]
- Sir Oliver Franks (1905–1992)[46]
- The Lord Morrison (1881–1953)[46]
- Lord Patrick (1889–1967)[46]
- Sir Lionel Leach (1883–1960)
1950
[edit]- Sir Ronald Campbell (1890–1983)[47]
- Jack Holloway (1875–1967)[47]
- D. S. Senanayake (1883–1952)[47]
- Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980)
- Maurice Webb (1904–1956)
- Richard Stokes (1897–1957)
- Sidney Holland (1893–1961)
- The Lord Henderson (1891–1984)[48]
1951
[edit]- Sir Owen Dixon (1886–1972)[49]
- The Earl of Drogheda (1884–1957)[49]
- The Lord Macdonald of Gwaenysgor (1888–1966)[49]
- Sir Charles Hodson (1895–1984)
- Alfred Robens (1910–1999)
- George Brown (1914–1985)
- Sir John Morris (1896–1979)
- David Grenfell (1881–1968)[50]
- The Hon. Kenneth Younger (1908–1976)[50]
- The Lord Ogmore (1903–1976)
- The Lord Ismay (1887–1965)
- Sir Walter Monckton (1891–1965)
- Patrick Buchan-Hepburn (1901–1974)
- Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978)
- Peter Thorneycroft (1909–1994)
- The Lord de L'Isle and Dudley (1909–1991)
- James Thomas (1903–1960)
- David Eccles (1904–1999)
- Antony Head (1906–1983)
- Sir Thomas Dugdale, Bt (1897–1977)
- Alan Lennox-Boyd (1904–1983)
- James Latham Clyde (1898–1975)
- The Earl of Home (1903–1995)
- Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (1926–2022)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021)
- Sir Charles Romer (1897–1969)
- Arthur Bottomley (1907–1995)[51]
- Douglas Jay (1907–1996)[51]
- The Lord Shepherd (1881–1954)[51]
- Robert Taylor (1881–1954)[51]
1952
[edit]- Sir Ulick Alexander (1889–1973)[52]
- Charles Williams (1886–1955)[52]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "No. 34252". The London Gazette. 4 February 1936. p. 729.
- ^ a b "No. 34280". The London Gazette. 1 May 1936. p. 2791.
- ^ a b "No. 34301". The London Gazette. 3 July 1936. p. 4223.
- ^ "No. 34328". The London Gazette. 2 October 1936. p. 6267.
- ^ a b c "No. 34335". The London Gazette. 27 October 1936. p. 6833.
- ^ "No. 34337". The London Gazette. 3 November 1936. p. 7021.
- ^ a b "No. 34366". The London Gazette. 2 February 1937. p. 707.
- ^ "No. 34371". The London Gazette. 16 February 1937. p. 1077.
- ^ a b "No. 34381". The London Gazette. 19 March 1937. p. 1817.
- ^ "No. 34392". The London Gazette. 27 April 1937. p. 2705.
- ^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette. 11 May 1937. p. 3074.
- ^ a b "No. 34403". The London Gazette. 1 June 1937. p. 3505.
- ^ a b c d "No. 34403". The London Gazette. 1 June 1937. p. 3506.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "No. 34407". The London Gazette. 11 June 1937. p. 3731.
- ^ "No. 34414". The London Gazette. 2 July 1937. p. 4245.
- ^ a b c d "No. 34487". The London Gazette. 25 February 1938. p. 1231.
- ^ "No. 34499". The London Gazette. 5 April 1938. p. 2239.
- ^ "No. 34508". The London Gazette. 6 May 1938. p. 2919.
- ^ "No. 34525". The London Gazette. 24 June 1938. p. 4056.
- ^ a b c d "No. 34567". The London Gazette. 4 November 1938. p. 6879.
- ^ a b c d e f "No. 34595". The London Gazette. 3 February 1939. p. 751.
- ^ a b "No. 34633". The London Gazette. 6 June 1939. p. 3852.
- ^ "No. 34648". The London Gazette. 25 July 1939. p. 5103.
- ^ "No. 34653". The London Gazette. 11 August 1939. p. 5535.
- ^ "No. 34670". The London Gazette. 5 September 1939. p. 6067.
- ^ "No. 34721". The London Gazette. 31 October 1939. p. 7263.
- ^ "No. 34724". The London Gazette. 3 November 1939. p. 7405.
- ^ "No. 34736". The London Gazette. 17 November 1939. p. 7707.
- ^ a b "No. 34773". The London Gazette. 16 January 1940. p. 297.
- ^ "No. 34826". The London Gazette. 9 April 1940. p. 2057.
- ^ a b "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. p. 1.
- ^ a b "No. 35184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1941. p. 3281.
- ^ a b c "No. 35841". The London Gazette. 29 December 1942. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d "No. 36033". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1943. p. 2417.
- ^ a b c d e "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 1.
- ^ a b "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1944. p. 2565.
- ^ a b "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e f "No. 37116". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1945. p. 2899.
- ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2933.
- ^ a b c d e f "No. 37407". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e "No. 37977". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1947. p. 2571.
- ^ a b c d e f "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1947. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 38311". The London Gazette. 4 June 1948. p. 3365.
- ^ a b c "No. 38493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d "No. 38628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1949. p. 2793.
- ^ a b c "No. 38797". The London Gazette. 30 December 1949. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 38929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2775.
- ^ a b c "No. 39104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1950. p. 1.
- ^ a b "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3061.
- ^ a b c d "No. 39396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1951. p. 6235.
- ^ a b "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 1.
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