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The 'Lord High Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland', sometimes referred to as the 'fifth estate' of the Estates of Scotland, were the Scottish Sovereign's personal representative to the Parliament of Scotland following James VI of Scotland's ascension to the throne of England and his becoming, in personal union, James I, the first Stuart king of England.
The Lord High Commissioners were appointed from 1603 until 1707; the Act of Union 1707, which merged the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England to create the Parliament of Great Britain, rendered the post redundant.

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List of Lord High Commissioners

See also

List of Lord High Commissioners

★ 1605: John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose

★ 1607: Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox

★ 1609: George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal

★ 1621: James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton

★ 1639: John, Earl of Traquair

★ 1641: James, Lord Balmerino

★ 1646: James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

★ 1661: John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton

★ 1663: John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes

★ 1669: John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

★ 1670: John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

★ 1672: John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

★ 1681: James, Duke of Albany and York, later James VII

★ 1685: William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry

★ 1686: Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray

★ 1689: William Douglas, 3rd Duke of Hamilton

★ 1690: George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville

★ 1693: William Douglas, 3rd Duke of Hamilton

★ 1695: John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale

★ 1696: John, Earl of Tullibardine

★ 1700: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

★ 1702: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

★ 1703: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

★ 1704: John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale

★ 1705: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

★ 1706: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

See also

★ Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland