Lord President of the Council

The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as presiding officer of the Privy Council. The Lord President's principal responsibility is to preside at meetings of the Privy Council, at which the British monarch formally assents to Orders-in-Council. As the duties of the post are not rigorous it has often been given to a government minister, usually one of high standing, with non-departmental specific responsibilities. In recent years it has been most usual for the Lord President to also serve as Leader of the House of Commons, though as peers both the current Lord President Lady Amos, and her predecessor Lord Williams of Mostyn, who died in office on 20 September 2003, have combined the office with that of Leader of the House of Lords.

Lord Presidents, 1530-1553

• Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1530 - August 14, 1545)
• William Paulet, 1st Baron St John (January 1546 - February 1550)
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (February 1550 - July 1553)