British Crown

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constitutional institution monarchy

The British Crown was the supreme monarchical authority of Great Britain that exercised ultimate political and legal power over its colonies and territories.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
British Crown canonical	512
British monarchy	6
Crown of Great Britain	5
English Crown	3
British Crown in India	2
British_Crown	2
British Crown (as ruler of a princely state)	1
British Crown (during princely state period)	1
British Crown in 1765	1
British Crown lands	1
British Crown through House of Hanover	1
British imperial Crown	1
British imperial government	1
British_crown	1
Crown (United Kingdom)	1
English crown	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional institution ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
appliesTo	United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithDocument	Orders of Council ⓘ surface form: Orders in Council letters patent ⓘ royal charter ⓘ
collects	Crown revenues ⓘ
continuesAs	Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ
delegatesPowerTo	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Privy Council ⓘ colonial governors ⓘ viceroys ⓘ
distinctFrom	person of the monarch ⓘ
exercisesPower	executive authority ⓘ judicial authority ⓘ legislative authority ⓘ
formedBy	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	British Empire ⓘ British colonies ⓘ British dominions ⓘ British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: British overseas territories British protectorates ⓘ
headOf	Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ surface form: Crown Prosecution Service (in the name of the Crown)
headOfStateIs	British monarch ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Crown
holdsPowerThrough	royal prerogative ⓘ
influencedBy	doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
legalConceptIn	British constitutional law ⓘ English law ⓘ
legalPersonality	the Crown ⓘ
owns	Crown Estate ⓘ Crown lands ⓘ
partyTo	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Crown-in-Council Crown ⓘ surface form: Crown-in-Court Crown-in-Parliament ⓘ
relatedConcept	Crown colony ⓘ Crown dependencies ⓘ Crown Office ⓘ surface form: Crown office
representedBy	His Majesty ⓘ surface form: the King Her Majesty ⓘ surface form: the Queen
symbolizes	continuity of the state ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ state sovereignty ⓘ
usesTitle	Her Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: His Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom

Referenced by (540)

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

Massachusetts colonial legislature → subordinateTo → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Military College, Sandhurst → hasAffiliation → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

Union Flag → associatedWith → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

Earl of Northesk → linkedToMonarchy → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

Bombay Presidency → establishedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Central Provinces → sovereignDuringExistence → British Crown ⓘ

Indian Civil Service → employer → British Crown ⓘ

Star of India → creator → British Crown ⓘ

Star of India → associatedWith → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

John Vanbrugh → employer → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown of Great Britain

Lord of Mann → partOf → British Crown ⓘ

Lord of Mann → transferredTo → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown in 1765

Silver Jubilee 1977 → significantEventFor → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

Intelligence Corps → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Foot Guards → symbolizes → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British monarchy

Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British India → suzerain → British Crown ⓘ

subject surface form: Porbandar State

Borneo territories of the British Empire → formerSovereign → British Crown ⓘ

Madras Presidency → governingBody → British Crown ⓘ

New York Colonial Assembly → subordinateTo → British Crown ⓘ

Superior Court of Judicature → subordinateTo → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Regiment of Artillery → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Crown Estate → isOwnedBy → British Crown ⓘ

British colonial authorities → represents → British Crown ⓘ

Loyalist militias → supported → British Crown ⓘ

Hessian troops → employedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Hessian troops → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

King of Ireland → usedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Army Medical Corps → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi → signatory → British Crown ⓘ

Special Air Service → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Upper Canada → sovereign → British Crown ⓘ

Petition to the King → addressee → British Crown ⓘ

Government of India Act 1858 → transferredPowersTo → British Crown ⓘ

Indian Independence Act 1947 → reducedSovereigntyOf → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown in India

Crown dependencies → underSovereigntyOf → British Crown ⓘ

Crown dependencies → ultimateResponsibilityHeldBy → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Proclamation of 1763 → issuedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Adjutant General's Corps → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Knight of the Bath → conferringBody → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Auxiliary Air Force → allegiance → British Crown ⓘ

Badge of the Order of the Garter → designAuthority → British Crown ⓘ

Asia (colonial possessions) → administeredBy → British Crown ⓘ

Indian princely states → underSuzeraintyOf → British Crown ⓘ

Indian princely states → recognizedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Duke of York → isSubsidiaryTo → British Crown ⓘ

Crown in right of the Channel Islands → partOf → British Crown ⓘ

British Indian Army → controlledBy → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Warwickshire Regiment → regimentalTitleGrantedBy → British Crown ⓘ

Royal Warwickshire Regiment → serviceTo → British Crown ⓘ

Earl of Chester → grantedBy → British Crown ⓘ

this entity surface form: English crown