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.
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.
Patricia Scotland, 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 governments

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.
Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness, former Deputy First Minister of Scotland.

Judiciary

Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall, former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Richard Arnold, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Dorothy Bain, Lord Advocate (Scotland).
Lord Justice Jonathan 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 David Bean, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Colin Birss, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Michael Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Lord President of the Court of Session (Scotland).
Lady Justice Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Peter Coulson, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Nicola Davies, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice William Davis, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice James Dingemans, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk (Scotland).
Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton, former Master of the Rolls.
Lord Justice Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court.
Lord Justice Nicholas Green, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Charles Haddon-Cave, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Timothy Holroyde, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Rupert Jackson, former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Francis Jacobs, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.
Lady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
Lady Justice Eleanor King, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
David Kitchin, Lord Kitchin, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice George Leggatt, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Clive Lewis, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Kim Lewison, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Keith Lindblom, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Andrew Macfarlane, President of the Family Division.
Lord Justice Andrew Moylan, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Christopher Nugee, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Stephen Phillips, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Nick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Andrew 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.
Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Philip Sales, Lord Sales, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the King's Bench Division.
Lady Justice Ingrid Simler, Lady Simler, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lord Justice Rabinder Singh, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lord Justice Richard Snowden, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Ben Stephens, Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare, justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Lady Justice Kathryn 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 Nicholas Underhill, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls.
Lord Justice Mark Warby, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Lady Justice Philippa Whipple, judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth, former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Walter Wolffe, former Lord Advocate (Scotland).

Politicians

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, former leader of the House of Lords.
Catherine Ashton, 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.
Menzies Campbell, 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.
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Labour politician.
Sir Edward Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Nigel Dodds, 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.
George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, Labour politician.
Susan Garden, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Christopher Grayling, former Lord President of the Council.
William Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond former Leader of the Opposition.
Harriet Harman, Labour politician.
Alan Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, Conservative politician.
John Healey, Labour politician.
James Heappey, Conservative politician.
David Heathcoat-Amory, Conservative politician.
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, former Leader of the Opposition.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons.
Boris Johnson, former prime minister.
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.
Neil Kinnock, Baron 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.
John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, former Lord President of the Council.
Sir John Major, former prime minister.
Peter Mandelson, former Lord President of the Council.
Theresa May, Baroness May former prime minister.
Pat McFadden, Labour politician.
John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
Tom McNally, Baron McNally, Liberal Democrat politician.
Edward Miliband, former Leader of the Opposition.
Andrew Murrison, Conservative politician.
Richard Newby, Baron 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.
Janet Royall, 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.
Angela Smith, 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.
Ann Taylor, 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.
John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, former Lord President of the Council.
Dame Rosie Winterton, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

Religious leaders

George Carey, Baron Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury.
Richard Chartres, Baron Chartres, former bishop of London.
David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, former archbishop of York.
Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London.
John Sentamu, Baron Sentamu, former archbishop of York.
Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, former archbishop of Canterbury.

Royal household

Sir Clive Alderton, Private Secretary to the Sovereign.
Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, Lord Great Chamberlain.
Alistair Harrison, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Johnstone-Birt, Master of the Household.
Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Andrew Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere, Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
David White, Garter Principal King of Arms.
Sir Edward Young, Private Secretary to the Sovereign.

List of people present at the Accession Council of Charles III

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