A privy council is a body that advises a head of state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The term "privy" (from French privé) signifies private or secret. Consequently, a privy council, more common in the past, existed as a group of a ruling monarch's most trusted court advisors. Its purpose was to consistently provide confidential advice on matters of state. Despite the abolition of monarchy, some privy councils remained operational, while others were individually disbanded, allowing the monarchical system to continue to exist without a secret crown council.
Privy councils
editFunctioning privy councils
editFormer or dormant privy councils
edit| Monarchy | Privy Council | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Geheimrat | Abolished 1919 | |
| Privy Council of Bermuda | Split in 1888 | |
| His Imperial Majesty's Council | Honorific title, some were part of the Council of Ministers or the Council of State; abolished by a coup in 1889[1] | |
| Byedaik | Abolished 1885 | |
| Grand Council | Abolished 1898 | |
| Privy Council of England | Replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain on 1 May 1708[2][3] | |
| Crown Council of Ethiopia | Abolished 1974, revived in pretence 1987[citation needed] | |
| Conseil du Roi | Abolished 1791 and replaced by the Conseil d'État | |
| Geheimrat | Abolished 1918 | |
| Council of State | Established in 1835; abolished in 1865, re-established in 1929 as the senior administrative court of Greece | |
| Privy Council of Hanover | Abolished 1866 | |
| Privy Council of the Hawaiian Kingdom | Abolished after the Hawaiʻi became a republic in 1893 | |
| Privy Council of Ireland | Retained following the coming into effect of the Act of Union 1800, but became dormant from 1922 | |
| Privy Council of Japan | Abolished 1947 | |
| King's Council | Abolished 1975 | |
| Rajsabha | Monarchy abolished on 28 May 2008 | |
| Geheime Raad or Conseil Privé | Established in 1531. Abolished for the final time in 1794 | |
| Viện cơ mật | Abolished in 1945 with the abolition of the monarchy | |
| Privy Council of Northern Ireland | Made dormant 1972 | |
| Divan | Monarchy abolished in 1922 | |
| His Most Faithful Majesty's Council | Monarchy abolished in 1910 | |
| Supreme Privy Council | Abolished 1730 | |
| Privy Council of Saxony | Established in 1697 to administer jurisdiction over Lutheran institutions on behalf of the Elector who had converted to Catholicism[citation needed] | |
| Privy Council of Scotland | Abolished on 1 May 1708, replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain[2][3][4] | |
| Privy Council of Sweden | Abolished 1789 | |
| Privy Council of Yugoslavia | Abolished 1945, revived in pretence 1990 and replaced by the Privy Council of Serbia in 2006.[5] | |
| Ruma Bichara (State Council) | Abolished after Spanish colonization of the Philippines |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b O'Gorman, Frank (2016). The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688–1832. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 9781472507747.
- ^ a b Black, Jeremy (1993). The politics of Britain, 1688-1800. Manchester University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0719037611.
- ^ "Privy Council Records". National Records of Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Privy Council". royalfamily.org.