Parliament of Great Britain

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
parliament
supreme legislative body
appliesToJurisdiction British Isles
surface form: Great Britain
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain
capitalOfJurisdiction London, England
surface form: London
coatOfArms Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952)
surface form: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (used in its British form during the period)
composedOf Crown
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: 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 Parliament of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Acts of Union 1707
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hasJurisdictionOver British colonies (to varying degrees)
England
Scotland
Wales
hasPart British monarch
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: 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 Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Government of Great Britain
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
London, England
surface form: London
location London, England
surface form: Westminster
meetsAt Palace of Westminster
numberOfChambers 2
precededBy Parliament of England
Parliament of Scotland
replacedBy British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
replaces Parliament of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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

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Revenue Act 1766 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Molasses Act 1733 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Dukes of Grafton family politicalInfluence Parliament of Great Britain
Revenue Act of 1767 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Indemnity Act of 1767 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Wilton legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
subject surface form: Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
Hindon representedIn Parliament of Great Britain
Thomas Pitt (1653–1726) representedIn Parliament of Great Britain
New York Restraining Act 1767 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Foxite Whigs parliamentaryGroupIn Parliament of Great Britain
Henry Seymour Conway memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Articles of Union relatedTo Parliament of Great Britain
Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Thomas Estcourt (British parliamentarian) parliamentaryBody Parliament of Great Britain
subject surface form: Thomas Estcourt
Regulating Act 1773 passedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Timothy Shelley memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Charles Philip Yorke memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Dress Act 1746 enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
colonial government of Upper Canada establishedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Reform Acts legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Andrew Stuart memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Thomas Forster legislativeTerm Parliament of Great Britain
New Shoreham representedIn Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Edward Hawke memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Mutiny Act enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Marquesses of Buckingham sphereOfInfluence Parliament of Great Britain
Charles Wills memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Convention of Estates (Scotland) replacedBy Parliament of Great Britain
George Byng commanded the British fleet memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Byng
William Dowdeswell legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Duke of Queensberry politicalInfluence Parliament of Great Britain
Bubble Act 1720 enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
James Craggs the Younger memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
Peter Warren memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
John parliamentServedIn Parliament of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
Wendover (constituency) parliament Parliament of Great Britain
Newton (Isle of Wight) representedIn Parliament of Great Britain