Great Officers of State (United Kingdom)

Not to be confused with Great Offices of State.
The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley in uniform as Lord Great Chamberlain of England to Queen Elizabeth II, 1992

In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional ministers of the Crown who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely ceremonial functions or to operate as members of the government.[1] Separate Great Officers exist for England and Wales, Scotland, and formerly for Ireland, though some exist for Great Britain and the United Kingdom as a whole.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "State, Great Officers of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 801. This cites:
    * Stubbs, Constitutional History, ch. xi.
    * Freeman, Norman Conquest, ch. xxiv.
    * Gneist, Constitution of England, ch. xvi., xxv. and liv.