Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster

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Crown body legal person proprietary Crown interest

The Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster is a unique legal and financial entity representing the British monarch’s private estate and income derived from the historic Duchy of Lancaster, distinct from the general Crown Estate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Crown estate of the Duchy of Lancaster	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crown body ⓘ legal person ⓘ proprietary Crown interest ⓘ
administeredBy	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
appertainsTo	British monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Sovereign ⓘ
beneficiaryHoldsTitle	monarch is styled Duke of Lancaster in relation to the Duchy ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom	Crown Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ private estate of the Sovereign (Sandringham and Balmoral) ⓘ
governedBy	Duchy of Lancaster Act 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster Act 1821 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster Act 1822 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster Act 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster Act 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBeneficiaryTitle	Duke of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	holding and managing Duchy of Lancaster assets for the Sovereign ⓘ providing independent source of income to the Sovereign ⓘ
hasHeadOfGovernmentRole	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	medieval Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIncomeFrom	Duchy of Lancaster revenues ⓘ
hasPart	Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryTerritorialAssociation	Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRevenueUse	funding of official duties of the Sovereign ⓘ support of the Royal Household ⓘ
hasSpecialStatus	inalienable hereditary landed estate of the Sovereign ⓘ separate from the general revenues of the Crown ⓘ
hasTerritorialAssociation	Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ North of England NERFINISHED ⓘ South of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
incomeBeneficiary	reigning monarch ⓘ
incomeCharacterization	private income of the Sovereign ⓘ
legalBasis	common law ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ
mergedWithCrown	1399 accession of Henry IV ⓘ
overseenBy	Duchy of Lancaster Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
owns	Duchy of Lancaster financial investments ⓘ Duchy of Lancaster land holdings NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedLegalConcept	Crown in right of the Duchy of Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
retainedSeparateIdentityAfter	merger of Duchy with the Crown in 1399 ⓘ
subjectTo	United Kingdom tax arrangements applicable to the Sovereign ⓘ
usedFor	official and private expenditure of the Sovereign ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Privy Purse → belongsTo → Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ

Harrogate estate → legalStatus → Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown estate of the Duchy of Lancaster

Crown Estate system (distinct from Crown Estate) → relatedConcept → Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown Estate system