Government of the Kingdom of Scotland

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The Government of the Kingdom of Scotland was the central authority that administered and governed the independent Kingdom of Scotland prior to its 1707 union with England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former government
state authority
advisoryBody Privy Council of Scotland
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland
continent Europe
continuedAfter Union of the Crowns
country Kingdom of Scotland
countryGoverned Kingdom of Scotland
currencyUsed Pound Scots
dissolvedAsResultOf Acts of Union 1707
dissolvedOn 1707
executiveHead Scottish monarch
surface form: Monarch of Scotland
exercisedPowerOver Scottish burghs
Berwickshire
surface form: Scottish shires
existedBefore Union of the Crowns
flagUsed Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Royal Banner of Scotland

Saltire
followedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Government of Great Britain
foreignRelationsManagedBy Monarch of Scotland
governmentSystem feudal monarchy
monarchy
hasCapital Edinburgh
hasComponent Scottish royal court
Scottish royal court
surface form: royal household of Scotland
headOfState Monarch of Scotland
judicialBody Court of Session Outer House
surface form: Court of Session

High Court of Justiciary
keyOffice Lord Chancellor of Scotland
Lord High Treasurer
surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Secretary of State of Scotland
languageOfAdministration Latin
Scots
legalSystem Scots law (to a limited extent)
surface form: Scots law
legislativeBody Parliament of Scotland
locatedIn Scotland
militaryAuthorityOver Scottish army
surface form: Royal Scots Army
officeHeldBy Kings of Scotland
Queen of Scotland
surface form: Queens of Scotland
religiousContext Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism

Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Government of Great Britain
seatOfGovernment Edinburgh
sharesPowerWith Parliament of Scotland
sovereignStateStatus independent kingdom
symbol Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
unionEvent Acts of Union 1707
Union of the Crowns

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Battle of Dunbar (1650) opponentOf Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Covenanter government
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain followed Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland partOf Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish royal administration
Lord Chancellor of Scotland positionHeldIn Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale sphereOfInfluence Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish government