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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scottish peers | 1 |
Statements (45)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Scottish peers