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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2nd Parachute Brigade allegiance British Crown
Treaties of New Zealand keyParties British Crown
James Busby appointedBy British Crown
Henry Hamilton employer British Crown
EIC governingPowersTransferredTo British Crown
Charter Act 1813 assertedControlBy British Crown
Charter Act 1813 recognizedAuthorityOf British Crown
this entity surface form: British Crown in India
Parliament of Upper Canada governedBy British Crown
23 SAS allegiance British Crown
Crown in right of each Commonwealth realm evolvedFrom British Crown
this entity surface form: British imperial Crown
James Wright appointedBy British Crown
4th Destroyer Flotilla allegiance British Crown
Sir John Johnson allegiance British Crown
Council of India appointedBy British Crown
Governor of Gibraltar createdBy British Crown
Moorish Castle controlledBy British Crown
RE allegiance British Crown
Royal Canadian Engineers allegiance British Crown
Edward Williams associatedWith British Crown
8 Engineer Brigade allegiance British Crown
Gaekwad of Baroda allegiance British Crown
Crown of Ireland mergedInPracticeWith British Crown
this entity surface form: Crown of Great Britain
Nizam overlord British Crown
R SIGNALS allegiance British Crown
subject surface form: Royal Corps of Signals
Thomas Foley loyalty British Crown
3rd Infantry Division allegiance British Crown
Governor of Bombay appointedBy British Crown
India Office in London controlledBy British Crown
subject surface form: India Office
1st Signal Brigade allegiance British Crown
16 Signal Regiment allegiance British Crown
Bengal Subah subsequentRuler British Crown
21 Signal Regiment allegiance British Crown
Jaitpur overlordState British Crown
Baghat underSuzeraintyOf British Crown