List of people present at the Accession Council of Charles III

The Accession Council is a ceremonial body which assembles in St James's Palace in London upon the death of a monarch to make formal proclamation of the accession of the successor to the throne. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, a new monarch succeeds automatically (demise of the Crown).

The Accession Council of Charles III occurred on 10 September 2022 at 10:00am BST at St James's Palace in London.^[1] Even though all 700 members of the Privy Council were eligible to attend the Accession Council, only 200 were summoned due to limitations of space.^[2]^[3]

Out of the King's presence, the lord president of the Council had the clerk of the Council read the Accession Proclamation. The proclamation was signed by Queen Camilla, the new queen consort; Prince William, the new Prince of Wales; Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury; Brandon Lewis, the lord chancellor; Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York; the Duke of Norfolk, the earl marshal; Penny Mordaunt, the lord president; and Liz Truss, the prime minister. The lord president then read the orders of council on issues dealing with the public proclamations and gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London.

Participants

Attendees

Cabinet members

City of London

Alison Gowman, Sheriff of the City of London.
Vincent Keaveny, Lord Mayor of London.
Nicholas Lyons, Sheriff of the City of London.
Mark Lucraft, Recorder of London.

Civil servants

Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office.
Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary.
Ceri King, Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Commonwealth realms

Shannon Austin, Acting High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom.
Ralph Goodale, High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom.
Kisha Abba Grant, High Commissioner of Grenada to the United Kingdom.
Patrice Laird Grant, Acting High Commissioner of Jamaica to the United Kingdom.
Ellison Greenslade, High Commissioner of The Bahamas to the United Kingdom.
Karen-Mae Hill, High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom.
Dr Kevin Isaac, High Commissioner of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Kingdom.
Cenio Lewis, High Commissioner of St Vincent & the Grenadines to the United Kingdom.
Therese Rath, High Commissioner of Belize to the United Kingdom.
Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
Anthony Severin, High Commissioner of Saint Lucia to the United Kingdom.
Joseph Varo, Acting High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea to the United Kingdom.
Lynette Wood, Acting High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom

Devolved administrations

Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales.
Dame Arlene Foster, former First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Alison Johnstone, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
Elin Jones, Llywydd of the Senedd.
Peter Robinson, former First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Alexander Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness, former First Minister of Scotland.

Judiciary

Lady Arden of Heswall, former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Arnold, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Dorothy Bain, Lord Advocate.
Lord Justice Baker, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Scott Baker, former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Bean, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Birss, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Briggs of Westbourne, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Carloway, Lord President of the Court of Session.
Lady Justice Carr, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Coulson, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Davies, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Davis, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Dingemans, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk.
Lord Etherton, former Master of the Rolls.
Lord Justice Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court.
Lord Justice Green, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Holroyde, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Jackson, former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Professor Sir Francis Jacobs, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.
Lady Chief Justice Keegan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
Lady Justice King, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Kitchin, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lady Justice Laing, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Leggatt, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Lewis, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Lewison, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Lindblom, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Andrew Macfarlane, President of the Family Division.
Lord Justice Moylan, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Nugee, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Phillips, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Popplewell, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Dame Anne Rafferty, former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Reed, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Sales, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the King's Bench Division.
Lady Justice Simler, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Singh, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Snowden, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Stephens, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lady Justice Thirlwall, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Stephen Tomlinson, former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Underhill, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls.
Lord Justice Warby, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Whipple, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Wilson of Culworth, former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Walter Wolffe, former Lord Advocate.

Politicians

Baroness Amos, former leader of the House of Lords.
Baroness Ashton, former Lord President of the Council.
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour politician.
Sir Robert Atkins, Conservative politician.
Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat politician.
Stephen Barclay, Conservative politician.
Dame Margaret Beckett, former Foreign Secretary.
Ian Blackford, Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons.
Baroness Blackstone, Labour politician.
Sir Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK.
Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the UK.
Sir Vince Cable, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
David Cameron, former prime minister of the UK.
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Sir Alan Campbell, Labour politician.
Alistair Carmichael, former Secretary of State for Scotland.
Sir Nicholas Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Yvette Cooper, Labour politician.
Lord Darzi, Labour politician.
Sir Edward Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Lord Dodds of Duncairn, Democratic Unionist politician.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Nigel Evans, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
Vicky Ford, Conservative politician.
Lord Foulkes, Labour politician.
Baroness Garden, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Christopher Grayling, former Lord President of the Council.
Lord Hague, former Leader of the Opposition.
Harriet Harman, Labour politician.
Lord Haselhurst, Conservative politician.
John Healey, Labour politician.
James Heappey, Conservative politician.
David Heathcoat-Amory, Conservative politician.
Lord Howard of Lympne, former Leader of the Opposition.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons.
Alexander (Boris) Johnson, former prime minister.
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.
Lord Kinnock, former Leader of the Opposition.
Dame Eleanor Laing, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
David Lammy, Labour politician.
Dame Andrea Leadsom, Conservative politician.
Sir David Lidington, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Lord MacGregor, former Lord President of the Council.
Sir John Major, former prime minister.
Lord Mandelson, former Lord President of the Council.
Lady May, former prime minister.
Pat McFadden, Labour politician.
Lord McFall, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
Lord McNally, Liberal Democrat politician.
Edward Miliband, former Leader of the Opposition.
Dr Andrew Murrison, Conservative politician.
Lord Newby, Liberal Democrat politician.
Jesse Norman, Conservative politician.
Dominic Raab, former deputy Prime Minister.
Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Sir Hugh Robertson, Conservative politician.
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Labour politician.
Elizabeth Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru politician.
Chris Skidmore, Conservative politician.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former leader of the opposition.
Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the Opposition in the Lords.
Mark Spencer, former Lord President of the Council.
Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition.
Melvyn Stride, Conservative politician.
Graham Stuart, Conservative politician.
Sir Desmond Swayne, Conservative politician.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton, former Lord President of the Council.
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds, Labour politician.
Emily Thornberry, Labour politician.
Thomas Tugendhat, Conservative politician.
Theresa Villiers, Conservative politician.
Lord Wakeham, former Lord President of the Council.
Dame Rosie Winterton, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

Religious leaders

Lord Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury.
Lord Chartres, former bishop of London.
Lord Hope of Thornes, former archbishop of York.
Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London.
Lord Sentamu, former archbishop of York.
Lord Williams of Oystermouth, former archbishop of Canterbury.

Royal household

Sir Clive Alderton, Private Secretary to the Sovereign.
Lord Carrington, Lord Great Chamberlain.
Alistair Harrison, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Johnstone-Birt, Master of the Household.
Dr Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Lord Parker, Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
David White, Garter Principal King of Arms.
Sir Edward Young, Private Secretary to the Sovereign.

References

^ "Queen's Funeral Set for Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey". The New York Times. 10 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ Lee, Joseph (10 September 2022). "Charles III to be proclaimed king at historic ceremony". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Gazette Extraordinary London (issue 63812)". London Gazette. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[ny-times-charlesiiichosen-1] "Queen's Funeral Set for Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey". The New York Times. 10 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[BBC-Proc-Order-2] Lee, Joseph (10 September 2022). "Charles III to be proclaimed king at historic ceremony". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[Gazette-3] This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Gazette Extraordinary London (issue 63812)". London Gazette. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

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