List of Privy Counsellors of Ireland explained

This is a List of Privy Counsellors of Ireland appointed between the accession of Charles II in 1660 and the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, when the council effectively ceased to exist.

Charles II, 1660–1685

1660

1661

1662

1663

1664

1665

1667

1668

1669

1670

1671

1672

1673

1674

1675

1676

1677

1678

1679

1681

1682

Admitted during the reign of Charles II

James II, 1685–1688

1685

1686

1687

1688

Admitted in 1689 by James II

William and Mary, 1689–1694

1689

1690

1691

1692

1693

William III, 1694–1702

1694

1695

1696

1697

1701

Admitted by 1702

Anne II, 1702–1714

1702

1703

1704

1705

1706

1707

1708

1709

1710

Admitted by 1710

Admitted by April 1711

1711

Admitted by 1711

1712

1713

George I, 1714–1727

1714

1715

1716

By 1716

1717

1718

1719

1720

1721

1722

1723

By 1723

1724

1725

1726

George II, 1727–1760

1727

1728

1729

1730

1731

Admitted by 1731

1732

1733

1734

1735

1736

1737

1738

1739

1740

1741

1742

1743

1744

1745

1746

1747

1748

1749

1750

1751

1752

1753

1754

1755

1756

1757

1758

1759

George III, 1760–1820

1760

1761

1762

1763

1764

1765

1766

1767

1768

1769

1770

1771

1772

1773

1774

1775

1776

1777

1778

1779

1780

1781

1782

1783

1784

1785

1786

1787

1788

1789

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

1796

1797

1798

1799

1800

1801

1802

1803

1804

1805

1806

1807

1808

1809

1810

1811

1812

1813

1814

1815

1816

1817

1818

1819

George IV, 1820–1830

1820

1821

1822

1823

1824

1825

1826

1827

1828

1829

William IV, 1830–1837

1830

1831

1832

1833

1834

1835

1836

Victoria, 1837–1901

1837

1838

1839

1840

1841

1842

1843

1844

1845

1846

1847

1848

1849

1850

1851

1852

1853

1854

1855

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

Edward VII, 1901–1910

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

George V, 1910–1922

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

Remaining Members after Appointments Ceased

AppointedNameBirthDeath
1902William Kenny18461921
1905Viscount Bryce18381922
1915John Gordon18491922
1916Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh18561922
1920Hugh T. Barrie18601922
1886Viscount Morley of Blackburn18381923
1887John George Gibson18461923
1905Richard Cherry18591923
1911Lawrence Ambrose Waldron18581923
1920John Blake Powell18701923
1897Viscount Pirrie18471924
1897William Drennan Andrews18321924
1905Viscount Long18541924
1919Sir James Johnston18491924
1922William Henry Holmes Lyons18431924
1896Lord Barrymore18431925
1903Lord MacDonnell18441925
1904Lord Grenfell18411925
1911Thomas Shillington18351925
1915Stephen Ronan18481925
1917Sir William Goulding, Baronet18561925
1918Arthur Warren Samuels18521925
1918The Earl of Ypres18521925
1919Sir Denis Stanislaus Henry, 1st Baronet18641925
1921Thomas Hamilton18421925
1899The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl18411926
1903Frederick Stringer Wrench18491926
1907Alexander Montgomery Carlisle18541926
1910Sir Robert Matheson18451926
1911Michael Francis Cox18521926
1900The Earl of Mayo18511927
1902Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, 1st Baronet18571927
1919The Lord Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland18601927
1920Lord Killanin18671927
1921Lord Oranmore and Browne and Mereworth18611927
1882Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet18381928
1889Dodgson Hamilton Madden18401928
1911Robert Glendinning18441928
1911Charles Andrew O'Connor18541928
1912Sir Arthur Paget18511928
1916The Earl of Oxford and Asquith18521928
1921G. F. Stewart18511928
1887The Earl of Meath18411929
1892The Earl of Fingall18591929
1916Sir John Maxwell18591929
1921Robert Wallace18601929
1887The 1st Earl of Balfour18481930
1889Sir West Ridgeway18441930
1902Jonathan Hogg18471930
1912Lord Shandon18571930
1913William Huston Dodd18441930
1917Sir Bryan Mahon18621930
1921The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava18751930
1885Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet18371931
1905Lord Glenavy18511931
1908The Hon. Sir Heville Lyttelton18451931
1917Sir James O'Connor18721931
1892Lord Atkinson18441932
1897Sir Horace Plunkett18541932
1921Robert Percival-Maxwell18701932
1902The Earl of Westmeath18701933
1905The Earl of Ranfurly18561933
1907Augustine Birrell18501933
1912Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy18501933
1921William Robert Young18561933
1908Sir James Brown Dougherty18441934
1919Robert Sharman-Crawford18531934
1896Lord Carson18541935
1902Sir John Ross, 1st Baronet18541935
1909James Owens Wylie18451935
1918Edward Shortt18621935
1918Sir William Byrne18591935
1918Sir Thomas Stafford, Baronet18571935
1897King George V18651936
1908Lord Castletown18491937
1918Lord Strathcarron18801937
1918Sir Dunbart Barton, Baronet18531937
1921Hugh MacDowell Pollock18521937
1922Henry Givens Burgess18591937
1916Lord Chalmers18581938
1900Sir David Harrel18411939
1912Viscount Wimborne18731939
1914Sir Matthew Nathan18621939
1916Lord Merrivale18551939
1922Richard Best18691939
1921Viscount Craigavon18711940
1921Andrew Jameson18551941
1900Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn18501942
1918Sir Frederick Shaw18611942
1921Sir Edward Archdale, 1st Baronet18531943
1922Thomas Kennedy Laidlaw18641943
1922Sir Henry Arthur Wynne18671943
1916Sir Lovick Friend18561944
1918Lord Decies18661944
1921Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet18641944
1921Thomas Watters Brown18791944
1895The 2nd Earl of Balfour18531945
1920Samuel Cunningham18621946
1920Sir Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet18621946
1921Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent18551947
1918The Earl of Granard18741948
1920Viscount Greenwood18701948
1913Sir Thomas Molony, 1st Baronet18561949
1914Jonathan Pim18581949
1918The Marquess of Londonderry18781949
1918Sir Stanley Harrington18561949
1921Sir Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet18761949
1920James MacMahon18651954
1921J. M. Andrews18711956
1917The Earl of Arran18681958
1920Viscount Waverley18821958
1922Charles Curtis Craig18691960
1921Lord Rathcavan18831982

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preston, Nicholas . Bergin . John . October 2009 . Dictionary of Irish Biography . 2 February 2023 .
  2. On James II's arrival in Ireland in March 1689, he appointed several members of the Irish Privy Council. This was following his deposal from the English throne, but prior to his deposal from the Kingdom of Ireland.
  3. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/research/researchcentresandnetworks/robertburnsstudies/ourresearch/jacobiteofficersdatabase/thedatabase/p/ Officers of the Jacobite Armies
  4. Privy Council Office, Dublin Castle . Edinburgh Gazette . 23 May 1916 . 12941 . 905 . 22 January 2021.