Parliament of Great Britain

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legislature parliament supreme legislative body

The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislature → parliament → supreme legislative body →
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain →
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction	Kingdom of Great Britain →
capitalOfJurisdiction	London →
coatOfArms	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (used in its British form during the period) →
composedOf	Crown → House of Commons → House of Lords →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dissolved	1801 →
endTime	1801 →
followedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
foundedBy	Acts of Union 1707 →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy →
hasJurisdictionOver	British colonies (to varying degrees) → England → Scotland → Wales →
hasPart	British monarch → House of Commons → House of Lords →
hasRole	approving taxation → enacting statutes for Great Britain → scrutinising the executive →
inception	1707 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalBasis	Acts of Union 1707 →
legislativeBodyFor	Kingdom of Great Britain →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Great Britain →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England → London →
location	Westminster →
meetsAt	Palace of Westminster →
numberOfChambers	2 →
precededBy	Parliament of England → Parliament of Scotland →
replacedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
replaces	Parliament of England → Parliament of Scotland →
shortName	British Parliament →
significantBuilding	Palace of Westminster →
significantEvent	loss of separate Irish legislature and creation of UK Parliament in 1801 → union of English and Scottish parliaments →
startTime	1707 →
subordinateTo	no higher legislative authority within Great Britain →
timePeriod	18th century →
usedElectoralSystem	first-past-the-post for House of Commons →

Referenced by (66)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diamond Pitt → Edward Boscawen → Edward Hawke → Edward Hawke → Edward Vernon → George Grenville → Henry Dundas → Henry Pelham → Horace Mann → Horace Walpole → John Burgoyne → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll → Robert Clive → Sir Charles Yorke → Sir George Pocock → Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney → William Pitt the Younger →	memberOf
Acts of Union 1800 → Administration of Justice Act 1774 → Commutation Act 1784 → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → India Act 1784 → Intolerable Acts → Kingdom of Great Britain → Quartering Act → Quebec Act → Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → Sugar Act 1764 → Tea Act → Townshend Acts (tea tax component) →	legislativeBody
Estates of Parliament → Parliament of England → Parliament of Scotland → Scottish Estates → Three Estates of Scotland →	replacedBy
Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke → James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → John Pitt (younger brother) → Lord Charles Cavendish →	parliamentaryBody
Charter Act 1793 → Constitutional Act 1791 → Stamp Act 1765 →	enactedBy
Earl of Godolphin → Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency) →	jurisdiction
Parliament of Great Britain ("Parliament of England") → Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	replaces
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ("British Parliament") →	addressesTo
Acts of Union 1800 →	affectedInstitution
Godolphin →	associatedWithParliament
Rockingham Whig →	basedIn
The Statutes of the Realm →	coversJurisdiction
Acts of Union 1707 →	established
Aldborough →	existedDuringParliament
Parliament of Great Britain ("Acts of Union 1707") →	foundedBy
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton →	governingBody
Commons House of Assembly →	inspiredBy
Board of Control →	legislatedBy
House of Commons of Great Britain →	legislativeBranchOf
Tory →	parliamentaryContext
House of Commons of Great Britain →	partOf
Dukes of Queensberry →	politicalInfluence
Lord of Parliament →	postUnionLegislativeContext
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	precededBy
Treaty of Paris (1783) →	ratifiedBy
Robert Walpole →	representedIn
Board of Control →	subordinateTo