Great Seal of Great Britain

E628504

great seal state seal

The Great Seal of Great Britain was the principal state seal used to authenticate official documents of the unified Kingdom of Great Britain after the 1707 Acts of Union.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Great Seal of Great Britain canonical	2
Great Seal of the United Kingdom	2
Great Seal of the Realm	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919480 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Seal of Great Britain
Context triple: [Great Seal of England, followedBy, Great Seal of Great Britain]

A. Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
B. Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
C. Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
D. Seal of the Admiralty
The Seal of the Admiralty is the official emblem used to authenticate documents and formal acts of the historic British Admiralty, the former authority overseeing the Royal Navy.
E. Great Seal of the Order of the Garter
The Great Seal of the Order of the Garter is the principal ceremonial seal used to authenticate formal documents and acts of England’s highest order of chivalry.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Seal of Great Britain
Target entity description: The Great Seal of Great Britain was the principal state seal used to authenticate official documents of the unified Kingdom of Great Britain after the 1707 Acts of Union.

A. Great Seal of England
The Great Seal of England was the principal emblem used to authenticate official documents and acts of the English monarch, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority and the legitimacy of royal governance.
B. Great Seal of Scotland
The Great Seal of Scotland is the principal emblem of royal authority in Scotland, used to authenticate important state documents and formal acts of the monarch.
C. Great Seal of the Protectorate
The Great Seal of the Protectorate was the official emblem used to authenticate state documents during Oliver Cromwell’s republican government in mid-17th-century England, Scotland, and Ireland.
D. Seal of the Admiralty
The Seal of the Admiralty is the official emblem used to authenticate documents and formal acts of the historic British Admiralty, the former authority overseeing the Royal Navy.
E. Great Seal of the Order of the Garter
The Great Seal of the Order of the Garter is the principal ceremonial seal used to authenticate formal documents and acts of England’s highest order of chivalry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	great seal ⓘ state seal ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Crown in right of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
country	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
depicts	reigning British monarch ⓘ royal arms of Great Britain ⓘ
follows	Great Seal of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Seal of Scotland (in part, after union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Acts of Union 1707 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDesignFeature	iconography reflecting the union of England and Scotland ⓘ inscription naming the monarch as ruler of Great Britain ⓘ
hasEffect	gives formal validity to documents to which it is affixed ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	instrument of the Crown ⓘ symbol of royal authority ⓘ
hasPart	obverse matrix ⓘ reverse matrix ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Great Seal of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUsePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century (early) ⓘ
inception	1707 ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
replaced	separate English and Scottish great seals for many purposes ⓘ
replacedBy	Great Seal of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1707 ⓘ
use	authentication of important legal instruments ⓘ authentication of letters patent ⓘ authentication of official documents ⓘ authentication of public acts ⓘ authentication of royal proclamations ⓘ authentication of state documents ⓘ
usedBy	Chancery of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chancellor of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	enrolment of statutes ⓘ granting of charters ⓘ granting of commissions ⓘ granting of offices ⓘ granting of peerages ⓘ ratification of treaties ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Great Seal of England → followedBy → Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seal of the Realm

Great Seal of England → replacedBy → Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ

Great Seal of New South Wales → distinctFrom → Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Seal of the United Kingdom

Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia → relatedTo → Great Seal of Great Britain ⓘ