Scottish Privy Councillor

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advisor to the monarch government position political office

A Scottish Privy Councillor was a senior advisor to the monarch in Scotland, serving on the kingdom’s executive council to help govern and administer royal policy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Privy Councillor of Scotland	2
Lord of the Privy Council of Scotland	1
Scottish Privy Councillor canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisor to the monarch ⓘ government position ⓘ political office ⓘ
abolishedAsDistinctOffice	1707 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy	Scottish king ⓘ Scottish queen ⓘ monarch of Scotland ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
existedInPeriod	before 1707 Acts of Union ⓘ early modern period ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ
hasDuty	administer royal policy ⓘ advise on foreign affairs ⓘ advise on justice and legal matters ⓘ advise on taxation and finance ⓘ advise the monarch on policy ⓘ assist in governance of the realm ⓘ coordinate with Parliament of Scotland ⓘ deal with matters of internal security ⓘ hear petitions and complaints ⓘ implement decisions of the monarch ⓘ issue royal proclamations ⓘ maintain public order ⓘ oversee enforcement of laws ⓘ prepare acts and ordinances ⓘ supervise local officials ⓘ support royal authority ⓘ
hasRank	high officer of state ⓘ senior royal advisor ⓘ
languageOfWork	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
locationOfWork	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ royal court of Scotland ⓘ
memberOf	executive council of Scotland ⓘ royal council ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Scottish bishop ⓘ Scottish noble ⓘ Scottish officer of state ⓘ
partOf	Privy Council of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Scottish government NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	membership in the Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ
selectionCriteria	noble status ⓘ political influence ⓘ royal favour ⓘ
subordinateTo	Privy Council of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ monarch of Scotland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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Input

Subject: Scottish Privy Councillor
Description of subject: A Scottish Privy Councillor was a senior advisor to the monarch in Scotland, serving on the kingdom’s executive council to help govern and administer royal policy.

Referenced by (4)

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

Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll → positionHeld → Scottish Privy Councillor ⓘ

William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Scottish Privy Councillor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of the Privy Council of Scotland

Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale → positionHeld → Scottish Privy Councillor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Privy Councillor of Scotland

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton → positionHeld → Scottish Privy Councillor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Privy Councillor of Scotland