Clerk_of_the_Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)

Clerk of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)

Clerk of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)

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The Clerk of the Privy Council is a senior civil servant in His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, being Head of the Privy Council Office.[1]

This historic office is less powerful now than it once was and than its Canadian equivalent, whose holder serves ex officio as Head of the Canadian Civil Service, whereas these roles in the UK have been divided between the Cabinet Secretary and the Head of HM Civil Service.[2]

Until 1859 there were multiple — usually four — clerks of the Privy Council. Three of the four positions then extant were progressively abolished in the 19th century until only one remained in 1859. The Clerk of the Privy Council is deputized by one or two Deputy Clerks, although the office of Senior Clerk has been established in the past.[3][4]

Clerks in Ordinary, 1540–present

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  1. [1]
    www.gov.uk
  2. [2]
    Comparisons between UK and Canadian Government: The Role of the Clerk to the Privy Council
  3. [3]
    "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03.
  4. [4]
    "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01.
  5. [5]
    Left office on being appointed Secretary of State
  6. [6]
    Left office on being appointed joint Master of the King's Post
  7. [7]
    Not continued by Mary I
  8. [8]
    "By 31 March 1553 Thomas had surrendered the clerkship" - Dakota L. Hamilton, ‘Thomas, William (d. 1554)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 accessed 20 May 2016
  9. [9]
    Died in office
  10. [10]
    Probably died in office
  11. [11]
    Resigned
  12. [12]
    Surrendered his office
  13. [13]
    Probably vacated office on appointment as secretary of state Clerks of the Privy Council 1540-1644 - A provisional list compiled by J C Sainty, April 2004
  14. [14]
    Probably vacated office on appointment as secretary to Prince of Wales
  15. [15]
    He performed the duties of his office until August 1645 when the office became virtually extinct. - The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon, 1613-1644, Page 56 - died 1649
  16. [16]
    Died 1654
  17. [17]
    In February 1641 he was sent on his first diplomatic mission as ambassador, to the queen of Bohemia and the elector palatine, who were then in the Low Countries, and in the following July he was dispatched as resident to Paris, where he was to remain until 1660. J. T. Peacey, ‘Browne, Sir Richard, baronet (1605–1683)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 13 May 2016
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    "No. 24192". The London Gazette. 19 March 1875. p. 1685.
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    "No. 26995". The London Gazette. 12 August 1898. p. 4844.
  20. [20]
    www.thepeerage.com: Sir Almeric Fitzroy
  21. [21]
    "No. 32829". The London Gazette. 1 June 1923. p. 3834.
  22. [22]
    "No. 34536". The London Gazette. 29 July 1938. p. 4875.
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    www.npg.org.uk
  24. [24]
    www.thepeerage.com: Sir Eric Leadbitter
  25. [25]
    www.independent.co.uk: Sir Godfrey Agnew
  26. [26]
    www.burkespeerage.com: LEIGH formerly of West Hall
  27. [27]
    Sir Neville Leigh KCVO
  28. [28]
    Whitaker's Almanack 2012: Sir Geoffrey de Deney
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