Lord High Steward

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Great Officer of State ceremonial office

The Lord High Steward is a senior Great Officer of State in England historically responsible for presiding over the House of Lords during trials of peers and for ceremonial duties at coronations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lord High Steward canonical 11
Lord High Steward of England 4
High Steward 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Officer of State ⓘ
ceremonial office ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
appointmentType often vacant between coronations or trials ⓘ
usually appointed only for specific occasions ⓘ
associatedWith English peerage ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
ceremonialInsignia white staff of office ⓘ
ceremonialRole bearing the crown at coronations ⓘ
officer at coronations of English monarchs ⓘ
presiding over coronation banquet ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse largely ceremonial in modern times ⓘ
historicalFunction judge in trials for high treason of peers ⓘ
presiding officer in trials of peers ⓘ
presiding over the House of Lords during impeachments ⓘ
historicalStatus hereditary in the early Middle Ages ⓘ
once one of the most powerful offices in the kingdom ⓘ
historyPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
Tudor England ⓘ
surface form: Tudor period

medieval England ⓘ
jurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: England and later Great Britain
language English ⓘ
legalAuthority could pronounce sentence on peers convicted of treason or felony ⓘ
could summon a special court of the Lord High Steward ⓘ
legalContext impeachment ⓘ
trial of peers ⓘ
officeScope central government of the realm ⓘ
partOf Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Great Officers of State of England
precedenceOver Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
surface form: Lord High Chancellor
rank highest of the Great Officers of State after the Crown ⓘ
relatedInstitution Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
relatedOffice Earl Marshal ⓘ
Lord Great Chamberlain ⓘ
Lord Steward of the Household ⓘ
residence no official residence ⓘ
style Lord High Steward self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lord High Steward of England
symbolizes monarchical authority in Parliament ⓘ
royal justice ⓘ
termLength at the monarch's pleasure ⓘ
trialVenue Court of the Lord High Steward ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords sitting as a court

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Thomas Osborne → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Steward of England
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton → heldTitle → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Lord High Steward ⓘ
The Most Noble → appliesToOffice → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Great Officer of State → hasPart → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Henry of Grosmont → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Steward of England
Walter fitz Alan → title → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Steward
Lord Great Chamberlain → relatedOffice → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Steward of England
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
James the Elder, 5th High Steward of Scotland → aristocraticTitle → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Steward
Lord High Steward → style → Lord High Steward self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Steward of England
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
Earl of Danby → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Thomas → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham → titleHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Steward of England
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster → positionHeld → Lord High Steward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Steward