1097:
1442:
73:
282:
1567:
1109:
1279:"I think it expedient that the Lords of parliament of England, and Commons of the present parliament of England, should be the members of the respective houses of the first parliament of Great Britain, for and on the behalf of England; and therefore I intend within the time limited, to publish a proclamation for the purpose, pursuant to the powers given me by the acts of parliament of both kingdoms, ratifying the treaty of Union" (Anne's speech of 24 April 1707, as published in Cobbett (1810)
247:
shall be settled ... And that if her
Majesty, on or before the first day of May next, on which day the Union is to take place shall Declare ... That it is expedient that the ... Commons of the present Parliament of England, shall be members ... of the first Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the part of England ... and the members of the House of Commons of the said Parliament of England and the forty five Members for Scotland ... shall be ... the first Parliament of Great Britain ...
949:
640:
834:
555:
392:
from arrest on the grounds that he was a member of a current parliament. Asgill's appeal was debated in the
British House of Commons shortly after opening. Although the House ended up agreeing, on 16 December, that Asgill had retained immunity in that period ("ought to have the privilege"), they did
246:
XXII. THAT ... A Writ do issue ... Directed to the Privy
Council of Scotland, Commanding them to Cause ... forty five Members to be elected to sit in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain ... in such manner as by a subsequent Act of the present session of the Parliament of Scotland
340:
renew the prorogation of the last
English parliament (set to expire on 30 April), then the last English parliament was legally defunct and the First British Parliament was new, and the triennial clock was reset. Although it seems that Marlborough's opinion prevailed, it was not tested as ultimately
308:
In her closing speech of 24 April 1707, Anne informed the
English parliament of her intention to exercise the treaty clause before 1 May and have current members of the English parliament sit in the first British parliament. After the speech, at Anne's command, parliament was prorogued until 30
265:
was "that the
Sixteen Peers and Forty five Commissioners for Shires and Burghs shall be chosen by the Peers, Barrons and Burghs respectively in this present session of Parliament and out of the members thereof in the same manner that Committees of Parliament are usually now chosen shall be the
426:
The first and only session the First
British Parliament was prorogued on 1 April 1708. During the recess, it was prorogued again on 13 April and, two days later, on 15 April, parliament was dissolved by proclamation and new writs issued for summons and elections to a new parliament.
439:
Ambitious noble and gentry families formed themselves into connections of relatives and hangers on. Connections grouped themselves into factions, usually supporting a prominent public figure seeking royal favour and office for himself and his associates. Factions were usually of a
1196:
in parliament, whom Anne could not brook). Anne tried to impose a new slate of ministers headed by Harley, but
Godolphin and Marlborough joined forces to resist it, and it was Harley who got ejected instead. Godolphin remained in office in a reconstructed coalition ministry.
419:
Parliament first met on 23 October 1707. If continuity is accepted, then the parliament was due to expire, if not sooner dissolved, at the end of the term of three years from the first meeting of the last
Parliament of England; which would have been on 14 June 1708.
358:
collections of both
Pickering and Ruffhead label the last English session as "5 Anne", and the first British session as "6 Anne" (albeit dating its beginning on 23 October, the date of meeting, and not 29 April, the date of Anne's proclamation). By contrast, the
1220:
for both England and Scotland. There were other acts to extend jurisdiction of English institutions (e.g. Courts of Exchequer) to Scotland and formalize the procedures for election of Scottish peers and MPs. It also approved the merger of the
304:
According to a clause of the Act of Union, Anne had until 1 May 1707 to convert the current sitting members of the English parliament into the English members of a British parliament, otherwise she would have to call for fresh elections.
332:) argued that it was a continuation, as it was not summoned by fresh writs, and thus expected its term would expire 14 June 1708, and it would have to be dissolved and new elections called before the deadline. But others (e.g.
1225:
and reinstated a single monopoly (which had been broken in 1698) in return for a lump sum fee (6 Anne c.17). It also passed an act (6 Anne c.32) regulating the positions and elections for governor, directors, etc. of the
393:
not explain why, nor declare precisely of which parliament he was a member at the time of his arrest. Nonetheless, two days after ordering his release, the House voted to expel Asgill on different grounds (authoring a
451:
Cross-cutting the Whig and Tory division was the Court and Country one. Court Party supporters were those who tended to support the Queen's ministers. Country Party men were inclined to oppose all Ministries.
1204:, which had begun in earnest in 1702, was still on-going for the duration of this parliament, and much of the parliamentary debate during the session relates to the war. Parliament was still in session when
408:
On 29 April 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain was proclaimed. The members of the last English House of Commons had been elected between 7 May 1705 and 6 June 1705. The last general election in pre-Union
435:
The concept of party was much looser than it later became. Neither contemporaries or subsequent historians could be absolutely certain of who belonged in which category, however some estimates can be made.
1255:
455:
The party divisions in Scotland were similar to those in England and Wales (although more inclined to Court and Whig than Country and Tory attitudes). Scottish politics also included the
328:, whether the First Parliament of Great Britain would count as a "new" parliament or as a continuation of the current English parliament that had already sat for two years. Some (e.g.
1192:
for more information). There was a severe political crisis in February 1708, when Anne tried to get to get rid of Godolphin (although a Tory, Godolphin was increasingly reliant on the
261:
duly passed an Act settling the manner of electing the sixteen peers and forty five commoners to represent Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain. A special provision for the
1244:
1741:
1736:
1731:
1726:
1721:
1716:
1711:
1706:
1701:
1696:
365:(an official collection) does not differentiate the statute labels, and lists both sessions on the same roll, merged into one, with the last English statute labelled
1921:
1916:
1911:
1906:
1901:
1896:
1891:
1886:
1881:
1876:
1871:
1866:
1861:
1856:
1851:
1846:
1841:
1836:
1831:
1826:
1821:
1816:
1811:
1806:
1801:
1796:
1791:
1786:
1781:
1776:
1771:
1766:
1761:
1756:
1751:
1746:
1691:
1686:
1681:
1676:
1671:
1666:
1661:
1656:
500:(with one borough and two county members) is included in Wales for the purposes of this article, although at this period it was often regarded as part of England.
301:. The first session met from 25 October 1705 to 19 March 1706, the second from 3 December 1706 to 8 April 1707 and the third from 14 April 1707 to 24 April 1707.
1239:
121:
1096:
329:
1430:
1164:
existed. Government in 1707 has been characterized as a "no party" coalition, a mixture of Tory and Whig ministers, led by a triumvirate consisting of
2289:
1150:
128:
1651:
388:
for debt. Although this was in the interval between the closure of the English parliament and the opening of the British one, Asgill appealed to
348:
considered the First British Parliament a new and distinct parliament, and separated it from the Anne's last English parliament. Collections of
1177:
1173:
2284:
2152:
2040:
459:. This was a group, named after a type of cavalry formation, which had first opposed the Union but developed into moderate supporters of it.
17:
240:
III. THAT the United Kingdom of Great Britain be Represented by one and the same Parliament to be stiled the Parliament of Great Britain.
1108:
1209:
2137:
1478:
1146:
133:
1408:
1181:
1165:
333:
1423:
341:
the First British Parliament would sit through only one session and be dissolved in April 1708, before the triennial deadline.
31:
225:
2279:
2035:
1646:
1260:
381:
254:
did declare it to be expedient that the existing House of Commons of England sit in the first Parliament of Great Britain.
285:
The composition of the final English House of Commons, as elected in 1705. Note that party loyalties are an approximation.
1212:
in Scotland in March 1708. Among the notable acts of the session was the passage of an act (6 Anne c.6) abolishing the
1249:
1189:
309:
April. On 29 April, as promised in her speech, Anne invoked the clause of the Act of Union reviving the parliament by
1566:
1639:
1416:
1154:
221:
111:
266:
members of the respective Houses of the said first Parliament of Great Britain for and on the part of Scotland ..."
2052:
1549:
1505:
344:
The matter of continuity remains ambiguous in the records. The authoritative 19th-century parliamentary historian
313:. In another proclamation on 5 June, Anne listed the Scottish members (16 peers and 45 commissioners) by name and,
2261:
2047:
1544:
1119:
462:
An estimate of the composition of the Parliament of England, after the 1705 election, was Tory 267 and Whig 246.
152:
57:
2294:
2142:
2030:
1185:
325:
290:
2229:
2116:
2013:
2008:
2003:
1998:
1993:
1988:
1983:
1978:
1973:
1968:
1963:
1958:
1953:
1948:
1943:
1938:
1933:
1522:
1201:
1123:
147:
1589:
294:
251:
224:. In Scotland, prior to the union coming into effect, the Scottish Parliament appointed sixteen peers (see
213:
52:
2251:
1629:
1205:
217:
197:
321:, the Queen scheduled the first parliament of Great Britain to "meet and be holden" on 23 October 1707.
1928:
1606:
1493:
216:
suitably renamed: no fresh elections were held in England or in Wales, and the existing members of the
2193:
1601:
1515:
1213:
482:
485:, Co.: Co-opted constituency (elected by Parliament), No.: number of constituencies, MPs: number of
2025:
2020:
1446:
497:
270:
201:
1438:
318:
2208:
2147:
492:
Scotland is being counted here as a single constituency, as all 45 MPs were elected by the last
413:
was in the Autumn of 1702. The Parliament of Scotland met between 6 May 1703 and 25 March 1707.
2157:
1539:
1510:
1483:
493:
474:
389:
258:
1315:
72:
2224:
2121:
1488:
1331:
478:
361:
1556:
486:
8:
2203:
1169:
298:
281:
209:
2173:
1468:
1463:
1222:
445:
441:
236:
Under the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland it was provided:
205:
2198:
456:
354:
1596:
1532:
228:) and 45 Members of Parliaments to join their English counterparts at Westminster.
2183:
1584:
1498:
1227:
1127:
345:
2178:
1634:
1161:
1139:
140:
2273:
2083:
2062:
1217:
1157:. Smith had been the Speaker of the House of Commons of England since 1705.
2067:
1135:
385:
310:
231:
377:
370:
2188:
2057:
1611:
1527:
1193:
1256:
List of acts of the 1st session of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
816:
789:
384:, elected in 1705, who was arrested on 12 June 1707 and imprisoned at
1149:(1655–1723), MP (Whig) for Andover since 1695, was elected the first
804:
394:
795:
2093:
1131:
954:
792:
645:
410:
822:
807:
2088:
839:
560:
349:
1126:
since October 1705, was elevated by Queen Anne on 4 May 1707 to
1245:
Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
750:
Table 2: Number of seats per constituency, by type and country
366:
2098:
1405:, by Chris Cook and John Stevenson (The Macmillan Press 1988)
1399:, edited by George S. Pryde (Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1950)
894:
600:
27:
Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1708
525:
324:
It was not immediately clear, for the purposes of the 1694
528:
336:) argued that because Anne's proclamation of 29 April did
519:
522:
465:
232:
Legal background to the convening of the 1st Parliament
1240:
List of members of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
531:
504:
Table 1: Constituencies and MPs, by type and country
297:) officially began on 14 June 1705 and sat for three
276:
1208:("Old Pretender"), with French support, attempted a
540:
376:
The ambiguity of continuity mattered to the case of
543:
1345:Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons
1114:William Cowper, Lord Chancellor, Speaker of Lords
534:
212:. It was in fact the 4th and last session of the
2271:
1397:The Treaty of Union of Scotland and England 1707
537:
204:was established in 1707 after the merger of the
546:
1424:
1328:Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes
1160:When this Parliament took place no office of
369:c. 34 and the first British statute labeled
1431:
1417:
1088:
471:Key to categories in the following tables:
400:
352:records treat it inconsistently, e.g. the
71:
280:
2290:1708 disestablishments in Great Britain
1166:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
14:
2272:
1281:Parliamentary History of Great Britain
32:First Parliament of the United Kingdom
1412:
1172:and dominant minister at the time),
782:
777:
772:
767:
762:
757:
754:
514:
511:
508:
417:First meeting and maximum legal term:
2285:1707 establishments in Great Britain
1261:List of parliaments of Great Britain
1182:John Churchill (Duke of Marlborough)
489:, Total costs: Total constituencies
466:Summary of the members of Parliament
430:
273:came into existence on 1 May 1707.
24:
1565:
1403:British Historical Facts 1688–1760
277:Continuity with English parliament
25:
2306:
1216:, and thus establishing a single
1155:House of Commons of Great Britain
222:House of Commons of Great Britain
2153:Scottish 18th-century literature
1440:
1107:
1102:Sidney Godolphin, Lord Treasurer
1095:
947:
832:
638:
553:
1377:
1301:Cobbett (1810, vol. 6, p. 589).
263:1st Parliament of Great Britain
129:Speaker of the House of Commons
99: – 14 April 1708
40:1st Parliament of Great Britain
2143:Romantic literature in English
1368:
1359:
1350:
1337:
1320:
1304:
1295:
1286:
1273:
1250:Godolphin–Marlborough ministry
1190:Godolphin–Marlborough ministry
1186:Master-General of the Ordnance
295:Queen Anne's second parliament
179: – 1 April 1708
13:
1:
1570:Floral Badge of Great Britain
1266:
1202:War of the Spanish Succession
380:, a member of parliament for
226:Scottish representative peers
148:Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
18:1707 British general election
1506:Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
214:2nd Parliament of Queen Anne
7:
2280:Parliament of Great Britain
2252:Parliament of Great Britain
1460:Constitutional development
1374:Cobbett, 1810: v. 6, p. 909
1233:
218:House of Commons of England
10:
2311:
1390:
1383:Cobbett, 1810, v.6, p. 589
1292:Cobbett (1810: pp. 588–89)
220:sat as members of the new
29:
2258:
2249:
2243:
2217:
2194:Proclamation of Rebellion
2166:
2130:
2109:
2076:
1622:
1577:
1563:
1453:
1214:Privy Council of Scotland
1005:
945:
890:
830:
825:
819:
813:
810:
801:
798:
681:
636:
596:
551:
483:University constituencies
171:23 October 1707
167:
163:
158:
146:
139:
127:
117:
110:
91:23 October 1707
87:
82:
70:
44:
39:
1447:Kingdom of Great Britain
271:Kingdom of Great Britain
202:Kingdom of Great Britain
30:Not to be confused with
2209:Welsh Methodist revival
2148:Romanticism in Scotland
1545:Agricultural Revolution
1511:Anglo-Dutch (1780–1784)
1210:failed Jacobite landing
1124:Lord Keeper of the Seal
1089:Speakers and Government
401:Dates of the Parliament
2158:Blue Stockings Society
1571:
1494:American Revolutionary
1365:Cobbett (1810: p. 732)
1283:, vol. 6: pp. 580–81).
494:Parliament of Scotland
475:Borough constituencies
390:parliamentary immunity
286:
259:Parliament of Scotland
249:
2295:1708 in Great Britain
1569:
1356:Cobbett (1810:p. 601)
487:Members of Parliament
479:County constituencies
362:Statutes of the Realm
284:
238:
1557:Financial Revolution
1516:French Revolutionary
1223:East India companies
1206:James Francis Stuart
1145:On 23 October 1707,
1130:and thus sat on the
2204:Speenhamland system
1652:Acts of Parliament:
1647:List of parliaments
1170:Lord High Treasurer
751:
505:
210:Kingdom of Scotland
77:John Smith, Speaker
2174:East India Company
1572:
1540:Panic of 1796–1797
1343:J. Hatsell (1818)
1178:Secretary of State
1142:of Great Britain.
749:
503:
291:English parliament
287:
206:Kingdom of England
2268:
2267:
2259:Succeeded by
2238:
2237:
2199:South Sea Company
1489:French and Indian
1312:Statutes at Large
1086:
1085:
747:
746:
457:Squadrone Volante
431:Party composition
355:Statutes at Large
194:
193:
190:
189:
66:
65:
16:(Redirected from
2302:
2256:1707–1708
2244:Preceded by
2241:
2240:
1640:House of Commons
1533:Jacobite risings
1445:
1444:
1443:
1433:
1426:
1419:
1410:
1409:
1384:
1381:
1375:
1372:
1366:
1363:
1357:
1354:
1348:
1341:
1335:
1324:
1318:
1308:
1302:
1299:
1293:
1290:
1284:
1277:
1111:
1099:
1068:
1065:
1056:
1053:
1041:
1035:
1023:
1020:
1011:
953:
951:
950:
893:
838:
836:
835:
763:Shire and county
752:
748:
737:
731:
728:
722:
708:
705:
699:
696:
690:
644:
642:
641:
599:
559:
557:
556:
506:
502:
319:writs of summons
186:
184:
178:
176:
165:
164:
112:House of Commons
106:
104:
98:
96:
75:
46:
45:
37:
36:
21:
2310:
2309:
2305:
2304:
2303:
2301:
2300:
2299:
2270:
2269:
2264:
2255:
2247:
2239:
2234:
2213:
2184:Longitude prize
2162:
2126:
2105:
2072:
1618:
1573:
1561:
1499:Boston Massacre
1449:
1441:
1439:
1437:
1393:
1388:
1387:
1382:
1378:
1373:
1369:
1364:
1360:
1355:
1351:
1347:, vol. 2, p. 41
1342:
1338:
1325:
1321:
1309:
1305:
1300:
1296:
1291:
1287:
1278:
1274:
1269:
1236:
1228:Bank of England
1128:Lord Chancellor
1122:(Lord Cowper),
1115:
1112:
1103:
1100:
1091:
1066:
1063:
1054:
1051:
1039:
1033:
1021:
1018:
1009:
948:
946:
891:
833:
831:
784:
779:
774:
769:
765:constituencies
764:
760:constituencies
759:
735:
729:
726:
720:
706:
703:
697:
694:
688:
639:
637:
597:
554:
552:
512:Constituencies
468:
433:
403:
346:William Cobbett
279:
234:
182:
180:
174:
172:
102:
100:
94:
92:
78:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
2308:
2298:
2297:
2292:
2287:
2282:
2266:
2265:
2262:2nd Parliament
2260:
2257:
2248:
2246:New Parliament
2245:
2236:
2235:
2233:
2232:
2227:
2221:
2219:
2215:
2214:
2212:
2211:
2206:
2201:
2196:
2191:
2186:
2181:
2179:British Empire
2176:
2170:
2168:
2164:
2163:
2161:
2160:
2155:
2150:
2145:
2140:
2134:
2132:
2128:
2127:
2125:
2124:
2119:
2113:
2111:
2107:
2106:
2104:
2103:
2102:
2101:
2096:
2091:
2080:
2078:
2074:
2073:
2071:
2070:
2065:
2060:
2055:
2050:
2045:
2044:
2043:
2036:Prime Minister
2033:
2028:
2023:
2018:
2017:
2016:
2011:
2006:
2001:
1996:
1991:
1986:
1981:
1976:
1971:
1966:
1961:
1956:
1951:
1946:
1941:
1936:
1926:
1925:
1924:
1919:
1914:
1909:
1904:
1899:
1894:
1889:
1884:
1879:
1874:
1869:
1864:
1859:
1854:
1849:
1844:
1839:
1834:
1829:
1824:
1819:
1814:
1809:
1804:
1799:
1794:
1789:
1784:
1779:
1774:
1769:
1764:
1759:
1754:
1749:
1744:
1739:
1734:
1729:
1724:
1719:
1714:
1709:
1704:
1699:
1694:
1689:
1684:
1679:
1674:
1669:
1664:
1659:
1649:
1644:
1643:
1642:
1637:
1635:House of Lords
1626:
1624:
1620:
1619:
1617:
1616:
1615:
1614:
1609:
1604:
1594:
1593:
1592:
1581:
1579:
1575:
1574:
1564:
1562:
1560:
1559:
1554:
1553:
1552:
1542:
1537:
1536:
1535:
1525:
1520:
1519:
1518:
1513:
1508:
1503:
1502:
1501:
1491:
1486:
1481:
1475:External wars
1473:
1472:
1471:
1466:
1457:
1455:
1451:
1450:
1436:
1435:
1428:
1421:
1413:
1407:
1406:
1400:
1392:
1389:
1386:
1385:
1376:
1367:
1358:
1349:
1336:
1319:
1303:
1294:
1285:
1271:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1264:
1263:
1258:
1253:
1247:
1242:
1235:
1232:
1162:Prime Minister
1140:House of Lords
1120:William Cowper
1117:
1116:
1113:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1094:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1083:
1078:
1073:
1070:
1061:
1058:
1049:
1046:
1043:
1037:
1031:
1028:
1025:
1016:
1013:
1007:
1003:
1002:
999:
996:
993:
990:
987:
984:
981:
978:
975:
972:
969:
966:
963:
960:
957:
943:
942:
939:
936:
933:
930:
927:
924:
921:
918:
915:
912:
909:
906:
903:
900:
897:
888:
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2189:Window tax
2131:Literature
2117:Queen Anne
2058:Whig Junto
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1528:Jacobitism
1523:Whig plots
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770:const'ies
768:University
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134:John Smith
103:1708-04-14
95:1707-10-23
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1702:1720–1724
1697:1715–1719
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1252:1702–1710
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