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This is a list of the most senior Privy Counsellors in length of service of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom since 1708.
| Privy Counsellor |
Appointed |
Became senior |
Died
|
| Henry Compton |
1679 |
1708 |
1713
|
| Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham |
1680 |
1713 |
1730
|
| Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough |
1689 |
1730 |
1735
|
| Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle |
1701 |
1735 |
1738
|
| Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset |
1701 |
1738 |
1748
|
| William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth[dubious – discuss] |
1702 |
1748 |
1750
|
| Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke |
1710 |
1750 |
1751
|
| Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon |
1710 |
1751 |
1753
|
| Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet |
1714 |
1753 |
1755
|
| Sir Paul Methuen |
1714 |
1755 |
1757
|
| Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset |
1714 |
1757 |
1765
|
| Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle |
1717 |
1765 |
1768
|
| Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea |
1725 |
1768 |
1769
|
| Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry |
1726 |
1769 |
1778
|
| John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
1748 |
1778 |
1792
|
| Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire |
1754 |
1792 |
1793
|
| Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford |
1755 |
1793 |
1803
|
| George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend |
1760 |
1803 |
1807
|
| George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough |
1762 |
1807 |
1817
|
| Lord Charles Spencer |
1763 |
1817 |
1820
|
| Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret |
1770 |
1820 |
1826
|
| Lord Robert Spencer |
1782 |
1826 |
1831
|
| Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby |
1783 |
1831 |
1834
|
| John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon |
1787 |
1834 |
1838
|
| Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens |
1787 |
1838 |
1839
|
| Henry Addington |
1789 |
1839 |
1844
|
| Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby |
1790 |
1844 |
1847
|
| Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale |
1799 |
1847 |
1851
|
| Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne |
1806 |
1851 |
1863
|
| Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
1809 |
1863 |
1865
|
| Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden |
1812 |
1865 |
1870
|
| Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe |
1820 |
1870 |
1880
|
| George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall |
1830 |
1880 |
1883
|
| Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury |
1830 |
1883 |
1893
|
| Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey |
1835 |
1893 |
1894
|
| William Ewart Gladstone |
1841 |
1894 |
1898
|
| Spencer Horatio Walpole (jointly) |
1852 |
1898 |
1898
|
| John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (jointly until 1898) |
1852 |
1898 |
1906
|
| John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (jointly) |
1859 |
1906 |
1910
|
| Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie (jointly until 1910) |
1859 |
1906 |
1921
|
| Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
1871 |
1921 |
1942
|
| William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland |
1886 |
1942 |
1943
|
| Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe |
1892 |
1943 |
1945
|
| James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater |
1898 |
1945 |
1949
|
| Sir Winston Churchill |
1907 |
1949 |
1965
|
| Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton |
1922 |
1965 |
1972
|
| Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester |
1925 |
1972 |
1974
|
| Sir Henry Slesser |
1929 |
1974 |
1979
|
| Malcolm MacDonald |
1935 |
1979 |
1981
|
| Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort |
1936 |
1981 |
1984
|
| Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye |
1941 |
1984 |
1988
|
| William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (jointly) |
1946 |
1988 |
1997
|
| Hartley Shawcross (jointly until 1997) |
1946 |
1988 |
2003
|
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
1951 |
2003 |
2021
|
| John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon |
1970 |
2021 |
2023
|
| Roy Hattersley |
1975 |
2023 |
Living
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