Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland

E301265

Great Officer of State of Scotland government office

The Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland was a senior Great Officer of State responsible for the custody and use of the monarch’s privy seal in Scottish governance and administration.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland canonical	4
Lord Privy Seal of Scotland	3
Commissioner for the Privy Seal	1
Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2829651 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Context triple: [James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, positionHeld, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland]

A. Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
The Prince and Great Steward of Scotland is a historic Scottish royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish, and later British, throne, reflecting both princely rank and stewardship over the kingdom.
B. Lord Steward of the Household
The Lord Steward of the Household is a senior official of the British Royal Household historically responsible for overseeing the domestic affairs and management of the royal court.
C. Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal is a senior ministerial office in the British government, historically responsible for the monarch’s privy seal but now largely a sinecure often combined with other cabinet duties.
D. Clerk of the Privy Council
The Clerk of the Privy Council is Canada’s top non-partisan public servant, serving as the head of the federal public service and principal advisor to the Prime Minister on public service matters.
E. Lord High Steward
The Lord High Steward is a senior Great Officer of State in England historically responsible for presiding over the House of Lords during trials of peers and for ceremonial duties at coronations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Target entity description: The Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland was a senior Great Officer of State responsible for the custody and use of the monarch’s privy seal in Scottish governance and administration.

A. Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
The Prince and Great Steward of Scotland is a historic Scottish royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish, and later British, throne, reflecting both princely rank and stewardship over the kingdom.
B. Lord Steward of the Household
The Lord Steward of the Household is a senior official of the British Royal Household historically responsible for overseeing the domestic affairs and management of the royal court.
C. Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal is a senior ministerial office in the British government, historically responsible for the monarch’s privy seal but now largely a sinecure often combined with other cabinet duties.
D. Clerk of the Privy Council
The Clerk of the Privy Council is Canada’s top non-partisan public servant, serving as the head of the federal public service and principal advisor to the Prime Minister on public service matters.
E. Lord High Steward
The Lord High Steward is a senior Great Officer of State in England historically responsible for presiding over the House of Lords during trials of peers and for ceremonial duties at coronations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Great Officer of State of Scotland ⓘ government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Scottish Privy Council ⓘ linked to: Privy Council of Scotland Scottish royal court ⓘ
category	Ceremonial officers in Scotland ⓘ Scottish constitutional law ⓘ Scottish legal history ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
governsProcess	issuing of writs under the privy seal ⓘ sealing of commissions and grants under the privy seal ⓘ sealing of royal charters under the privy seal ⓘ
hasDuty	authentication of royal documents under the privy seal ⓘ custody of the monarch’s privy seal in Scotland ⓘ use of the monarch’s privy seal in Scottish governance ⓘ
hasRank	senior officer of state ⓘ
hasSealType	privy seal ⓘ
hasSymbol	Privy Seal of Scotland ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern Scotland ⓘ medieval Scotland ⓘ
isPartOfSeries	Great Officers of State of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom
languageOfOfficialName	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Scottish Crown ⓘ linked to: Scottish crown
partOf	Scottish government ⓘ linked to: Scottish Government Scottish royal administration ⓘ linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
positionType	honorific office ⓘ office of the Crown ⓘ
relatedTo	Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ Secretary of State for Scotland (historical office) ⓘ linked to: Secretary of State of Scotland
scopeOfAuthority	royal documents not requiring the Great Seal ⓘ
subordinateTo	Crown of Scotland ⓘ linked to: crown of Scotland monarch of Scotland ⓘ
uses	Privy Seal of Scotland ⓘ

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