Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland

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political office representative of the monarch

The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland was the monarch’s personal representative who presided over meetings of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and conveyed royal authority and assent.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland canonical	6
Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political office ⓘ representative of the monarch ⓘ
abolishedAsConstitutionalOffice	1707 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of Scotland ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
category	History of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ Political history of Scotland ⓘ
ceremonialStyle	Her Grace ⓘ His Grace ⓘ
constitutionalRole	link between Crown and Parliament in pre-1707 Scotland ⓘ
conveys	royal assent to legislation ⓘ royal messages to Parliament ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
existedBefore	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
function	to ensure parliamentary acts conformed to royal policy ⓘ to report proceedings of Parliament to the monarch ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
hasAuthority	to dissolve the Parliament of Scotland on behalf of the monarch ⓘ to open sessions of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ to prorogue sessions of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
historicalRegion	Scotland ⓘ
historicalStatus	defunct office ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Scotland’s unicameral Parliament
languageOfInstitution	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
legalStatus	office held at the pleasure of the monarch ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith	Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
officeHoldersIncluded	nobles of the Scottish peerage ⓘ
presidesOver	meetings of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	union of the Parliament of Scotland with the Parliament of England ⓘ
relatedOffice	Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
represents	monarch of Scotland ⓘ
role	conveying royal assent to acts of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ conveying royal authority to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ monarch’s personal representative to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ presiding officer of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
scopeOfPower	limited by instructions from the monarch ⓘ
seat	Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
succeededByOffice	royal representation within the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
symbolizes	presence of the monarch in Parliament ⓘ
timePeriod	Early modern period in Scotland ⓘ Medieval Scotland ⓘ surface form: Middle Ages in Scotland
typeOfPosition	non-hereditary office ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland → notToBeConfusedWith → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland

James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

Earl of Lauderdale → positionHeld → Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale