Counsellor of State - List of Counsellors of State

List of Counsellors of State

The following is a list of all the people eligible to have served as a Counsellor of State, since the passage of the Regency Act 1937, in chronological order. Note that this list contains the dates not of when they served, but when they were eligible to serve.

  • HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1937–1952, 1953–2002)
  • HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1937–1974)
  • HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent (1937–1942)
  • HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal (1937–1957)
  • HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (1937–1944)
  • His Grace The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1942–1943) (never served)
  • HH Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1943–1944)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Harewood (1944–1951, 1952–1956)
  • HRH The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Elizabeth II) (1944–1952)
  • HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1951–1985)
  • HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (since 1952)
  • HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1956–1965)
  • HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent (1957–1962)
  • HRH Prince William of Gloucester (1962–1971)
  • HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1965–1966, 1974–1981)
  • HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (since 1966)
  • HRH The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (1971–2003)
  • HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (since 1981)
  • HRH The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1985–2005)
  • HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (since 2003)
  • HRH Prince Henry of Wales (since 2005)

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