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The only Scottish monarchs to preside in person at the Parliament of Scotland between 1603 and 1707 were James VI in May 1617;
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Mann, Alastair (2018). "Officers of state and representation in the pre-modern Scottish Parliament". In Mann, Alastair (ed.).
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to represent the Scottish monarch in parliament when he or she was absent, as was usually the case up to 1707. The
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Political Representation: Communities, Ideas and Institutions in Europe (c. 1200 - c. 1690)
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Monarch's personal representative to the pre-union Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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to all acts of parliament by touching the final copy of each act with the
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Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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The Lord High Commissioner represented Crown authority and sat on the
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within the parliamentary chamber. The Commissioner gave
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Lords High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
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Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
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Lord High Commissioner
monarch of Scotland's
personal representative
Parliament of Scotland
James VI of Scotland
throne of England
1603
nobility
Act of Union 1707
Scotland
Parliament of England
Parliament of Great Britain
throne
royal assent
sceptre
heads of government
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose

Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox

George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

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