An analysis of the Committee for the Security of the Kingdom of the Scottish Parliament, 1693-1702
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description: In 1689, King James VII and II, monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland, was replaced by William III and II. The Revolution, traditionally known as the 'Glorious' Revolution, resulted in constitutional reform in all three kingdoms. William landed in England on 5 November, 1688, and James fled just over a month later. A group of one hundred and ten leading Scottish peers and gentry gathered in Whitehall to discuss the future of their country, inviting William to call a Convention of Estates to meet at Edinburgh, March 14, to settle the government.2 This convention became a parliament which met over ten sessions between 1689 and 1702. As well as creating the Claim of Right and the Articles of Grievance, constitutional reforms which defined the boundaries in which the monarch of Scotland could rule the country, in 1690 the Parliament also passed the 'Act concerning the election of committees of parliament' which abolished the Lords of the Articles, a controversial steering committee considered to be a tool of crown management by contemporaries, particularly those who were members of the parliamentary grouping 'the Club' who drew on the constitutional reforms of the Covenanters.3 This act allowed the Parliament to create committees on an ad-hoc basis to relieve the Parliament of its legislative burden.Committees had long been a feature of the Scottish Parliament. The Lords of the Articles, created in the 1450s, was the longest standing committee although crown interference in its membership in the seventeenth century led to the Covenanters rendering the legislative committee optional. Choosing not to use it, they instead established a series of session committees, to assist Parliament when it was sitting, and interval committees, which managed the country when Parliament was not in session. After the invasion of Scotland, Oliver Cromwell ruled Scotland from London however, when the Stewart monarchy was restored in 1660, Scotland regained its parliament. The Parliament …
abstract: In 1689, King James VII and II, monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland, was replaced by William III and II. The Revolution, traditionally known as the 'Glorious' Revolution, resulted in constitutional reform in all three kingdoms. William landed in England on 5 November, 1688, and James fled just over a month later. A group of one hundred and ten leading Scottish peers and gentry gathered in Whitehall to discuss the future of their country, inviting William to call a Convention of Estates to meet at Edinburgh, March 14, to settle the government.2 This convention became a parliament which met over ten sessions between 1689 and 1702. As well as creating the Claim of Right and the Articles of Grievance, constitutional reforms which defined the boundaries in which the monarch of Scotland could rule the country, in 1690 the Parliament also passed the 'Act concerning the election of committees of parliament' which abolished the Lords of the Articles, a controversial steering committee considered to be a tool of crown management by contemporaries, particularly those who were members of the parliamentary grouping 'the Club' who drew on the constitutional reforms of the Covenanters.3 This act allowed the Parliament to create committees on an ad-hoc basis to relieve the Parliament of its legislative burden.Committees had long been a feature of the Scottish Parliament. The Lords of the Articles, created in the 1450s, was the longest standing committee although crown interference in its membership in the seventeenth century led to the Covenanters rendering the legislative committee optional. Choosing not to use it, they instead established a series of session committees, to assist Parliament when it was sitting, and interval committees, which managed the country when Parliament was not in session. After the invasion of Scotland, Oliver Cromwell ruled Scotland from London however, when the Stewart monarchy was restored in 1660, Scotland regained its parliament. The Parliament …
author: Hutton, Rowena
date published: 2016
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:44:18Z
provider: University of Strathclyde
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Strathclyde

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value: 10.48730/9a2f-3854