The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland was the monarch of Scotland's personal representative to the Parliament of Scotland. From the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603, a Lord High Commissioner was appointed from among the senior nobility to represent the Scottish monarch in parliament when he or she was absent, as was usually the case up to 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.
The Lord High Commissioner represented Crown authority and sat on the throne within the parliamentary chamber. The Commissioner gave royal assent to all acts of parliament by touching the final copy of each act with the sceptre. They were the custodian of the Crown's legislative agenda and were effectively the heads of government in Scotland during this period.
List of Lords High Commissioner
| Image | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose | 1605 | |
| Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox | 1607 | |
| George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal | 1609 | |
| Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline | 1612 | |
| James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton | 1621 | |
| John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair | 1639 | |
| John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino | 1641 | |
| James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton | 1646 | |
| John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton | 1661, 1662 | |
| John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes | 1663, 1665, 1667 | |
| John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale | 1669, 1670, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1678 | |
| James, Duke of Albany (later James VII) | 1681 | |
| William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry | 1685 | |
| Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray | 1686 | |
| William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton | 1689 | |
| George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville | 1690 | |
| William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton | 1693 | |
| John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale | 1695 | |
| John Murray, Earl of Tullibardine | 1696 | |
| Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont | 1698 | |
| James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry | 1700, 1702, 1703 | |
| John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale | 1704 | |
| John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll | 1705 | |
| James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry | 1706 - 1707 |
See also
- Commissioner (Scottish Parliament)
- Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- Lord Chancellor of Scotland
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