Scottish representative peers in House of Lords

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Scottish representative peers in the House of Lords were members of the Scottish peerage elected after the 1707 Acts of Union to sit in the British House of Lords on behalf of all Scottish peers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political institution
parliamentary representation system
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
appliesToPart Peerage of Scotland
comparedWith Irish representative peers
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
describedBySource Acts of Union 1707
surface form: Acts of Union 1707, Article XXII

Standing Orders of the House of Lords
dissolvedOrAbolished 1963
electorate Scottish peers
endCause Peerage Act 1963
endTime 1963
hasCause Acts of Union 1707
hasEffect limited direct representation of Scottish peers in House of Lords
hasJurisdictionOver no specific territorial jurisdiction
hasPart Scottish peers
hasRole representation of Scottish peerage in House of Lords
hasVotingRight yes
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
20th century
isSubjectOf constitutional history of the United Kingdom
history of the House of Lords
language English
legalBasis Acts of Union 1707
Treaty of Union 1706
surface form: Treaty of Union 1707
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
London, England
surface form: London
location Palace of Westminster
meetsAt House of Lords chamber
memberOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
surface form: British nobility
numberOfMembers 16
officeHolderTerm duration of a single Parliament
partOf House of Lords
Peerage of Scotland
replacedBy automatic right of all Scottish peers to sit in House of Lords
replaces Parliament of Scotland
scope representation of all Scottish peers
selectionMethod election by Scottish peers
startTime 1707
subclassOf representative peers
typeOfElectoralSystem indirect election

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Peerage of Scotland postUnionRepresentation Scottish representative peers in House of Lords
Peerage of Scotland postUnionPeersElectedBy Scottish representative peers in House of Lords
this entity surface form: Scottish peers
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl positionHeld Scottish representative peers in House of Lords
this entity surface form: Scottish representative peer
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll positionHeld Scottish representative peers in House of Lords
this entity surface form: Scottish representative peer
Archibald Douglas positionHeld Scottish representative peers in House of Lords
this entity surface form: Scottish representative peer