Parlament Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii
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Rodzaj | bikameralny |
Rok założenia | 1707 |
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Lord kanclerz | Alexander Wedderburn (ostatni) |
Spiker Izby Gmin | Henry Addington (ostatni) |
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Pałac Westminsterski |
Parlament Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii – utworzony w 1707 roku po połączeniu parlamentu angielskiego i szkockiego w myśl aktu unii. Działał przez niecały wiek do uchwalenia aktu unii z 1800 roku.
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according to parliament.uk: A reconstructed perspective drawing by Brewer giving a detailed description of the Old Palace in the time of Henry VIII. Seen from the east, from the south entrance on the left to the clock tower in New Palace Yard on the right. Westminster Abbey, St Margaret's and the Holbein Gateway in the background. Published by The Builder magazine in 1884.
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Coat of Arms of Great Britain from 1714 to 1801 used by King George I, George II and George III
“ | Quarterly, First quarter, Per pale, dexter, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), sinister, Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Azure three fleurs de lys Or (For France), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), Fourth quarter, Tierced per pale and per chevron, First Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), Second Or semée of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (For Luneburg), Third Gules a horse courant Argent (For Hanover), an inescutcheon over all three, Gules the Crown of Charlemagne Proper (As Archtreasurer of the Holy Roman Empire), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or; Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem. | ” |
- PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.