Secretary of State of Scotland

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government office ministerial position political office

The Secretary of State of Scotland was a senior ministerial office in the pre-1707 Scottish government responsible for advising the monarch and overseeing the administration of Scottish affairs.

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Label Occurrences
Secretary of State of Scotland canonical 5
Scottish Secretary of State 1
Secretary of State for Scotland (historical office) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
ministerial position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolishedAsSeparateOffice 1709 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
followedBy integration into British ministerial system after 1707 ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel senior ministerial office ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern Scotland ⓘ
pre-Union Scotland ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
officeCreatedFor advising the Scottish monarch ⓘ
coordinating Scottish domestic policy ⓘ
liaising between the monarch and Scottish institutions ⓘ
managing correspondence of the Scottish Crown ⓘ
overseeing the administration of Scottish affairs ⓘ
officeHoldersWereMembersOf Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Privy Council
partOf Scottish Government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Scotland

Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Privy Council
positionHeldBy Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll ⓘ
James Crichton, 4th Earl of Findlater ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose ⓘ
James Johnston ⓘ
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield ⓘ
John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford ⓘ
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair ⓘ
John Erskine, Earl of Mar ⓘ
surface form: John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar

John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale ⓘ
John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe ⓘ
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl ⓘ
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale ⓘ
replacedBy Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for Scotland (United Kingdom)
reportedTo Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
monarch of Scotland ⓘ
responsibleFor communication with English government on Scottish matters ⓘ
implementation of royal policy in Scotland ⓘ
oversight of Scottish administration ⓘ
royal correspondence ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Edinburgh ⓘ
significantEvent Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → politicalRole → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
John Erskine, Earl of Mar → positionHeld → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Secretary of State
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland → keyOffice → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth → positionHeld → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland → relatedTo → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Scotland (historical office)
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry → positionHeld → Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ