British Crown

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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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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

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Earl isTitleRecognizedBy British Crown
Surendranath Banerjee honouredBy British Crown
Revestment Act 1765 relatedTo British Crown
Light Dragoons allegiance British Crown
Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) allegiance British Crown
subject surface form: Guards Division
Royal Lancers allegiance British Crown
King’s Royal Hussars allegiance British Crown
Royal Dragoon Guards allegiance British Crown
Hessian auxiliaries allegiance British Crown
Queen’s Royal Hussars allegiance British Crown
Bengal Presidency governingBody British Crown
East Jersey sovereign British Crown
this entity surface form: English Crown
Joseph Galloway sidedWith British Crown
House of Commons of Great Britain subordinateTo British Crown
this entity surface form: Crown of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain governingBody British Crown
this entity surface form: Crown of Great Britain
Bermuda Regiment allegiance British Crown
1st Infantry Division allegiance British Crown
51st (Highland) Division allegiance British Crown
Telangana (parts) formerSovereign British Crown
Saint Helier crownDependencyOf British Crown
Saint Peter Port crownDependencyOf British Crown
Royal Rifles of Canada allegiance British Crown
No. 13 Group RAF allegiance British Crown
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) allegiance British Crown
RA allegiance British Crown
subject surface form: Royal Regiment of Artillery
Butler’s Rangers allegiance British Crown
Black Loyalists supported British Crown
British Army Air Corps (for some rotary-wing support in Iraq) allegiance British Crown
subject surface form: British Army Air Corps
John Butler loyalty British Crown
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio previouslyPartOf British Crown
this entity surface form: British Crown lands
Loyalist provincial corps allegiance British Crown
American Loyalists loyalTo British Crown
William Franklin appointedBy British Crown
Province of Carolina charterRevokedBy British Crown
Countess of Orford grantedUnder British Crown
this entity surface form: Crown of Great Britain
Crown colony governedBy British Crown