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Lord President of the Council

Proper noun

Meaning

Lord President of the Council

(politics, UK) The fourth of the Great Officers of State of England.

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Examples

Middlemas and Barnes, p. 759. Prime Minister: Third term: (1935–1937) With MacDonald's physical powers failing him, he and Baldwin changed places in June 1935; Baldwin was now Prime Minister, MacDonald Lord President of the Council. Source: Internet

Such Committees are independent of the Privy Council Office and therefore do not report directly to the Lord President of the Council. Source: Internet

Robartes died in 1624 but work on the building was continued by his son John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, a notable public figure who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. Source: Internet

This decision led to MacDonald's expulsion from his own party, and Baldwin, as Lord President of the Council became de facto Prime Minister deputising for the increasingly senile MacDonald, until he once again officially became Prime Minister in 1935. Source: Internet

Warwick then had Southampton and his followers purged from the Council after winning the support of Council members in return for titles, and was made Lord President of the Council and great master of the king's household. Source: Internet

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