Government of the Kingdom of Scotland

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The Government of the Kingdom of Scotland was the central authority that administered and governed the independent Kingdom of Scotland prior to its 1707 union with England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former government
state authority
advisoryBody Privy Council of Scotland
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland
continent Europe
continuedAfter Union of the Crowns
country Kingdom of Scotland
countryGoverned Kingdom of Scotland
currencyUsed Pound Scots
dissolvedAsResultOf Acts of Union 1707
dissolvedOn 1707
executiveHead Monarch of Scotland
linked to: Scottish monarch
exercisedPowerOver Scottish burghs
Scottish shires
linked to: Berwickshire
existedBefore Union of the Crowns
flagUsed Royal Banner of Scotland
Saltire
followedBy Government of Great Britain
foreignRelationsManagedBy Monarch of Scotland
governmentSystem feudal monarchy
monarchy
hasCapital Edinburgh
hasComponent Scottish royal court
royal household of Scotland
headOfState Monarch of Scotland
judicialBody Court of Session
High Court of Justiciary
keyOffice Lord Chancellor of Scotland
Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Secretary of State of Scotland
languageOfAdministration Latin
Scots
legalSystem Scots law
legislativeBody Parliament of Scotland
locatedIn Scotland
militaryAuthorityOver Royal Scots Army
linked to: Scottish army
officeHeldBy Kings of Scotland
Queens of Scotland
linked to: Queen of Scotland
religiousContext Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian

Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Government of Great Britain
seatOfGovernment Edinburgh
sharesPowerWith Parliament of Scotland
sovereignStateStatus independent kingdom
symbol Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
unionEvent Acts of Union 1707
Union of the Crowns

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Battle of Dunbar (1650) opponentOf Scottish Covenanter government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain followed Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland partOf Scottish royal administration
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Lord Chancellor of Scotland positionHeldIn Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale sphereOfInfluence Scottish government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland