Great Officers of State (United Kingdom)

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 the Kingdom of Ireland, though some exist for Great Britain and the United Kingdom as a whole. The Lord Chancellor, the highest Great Officer of England and Scotland, is the minister of justice for England and Wales.

^ 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.

[Encyclopædia-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.

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