The shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle...

political domination. In Domesday (1086) the city of York was divided into shires. The first shires of Scotland were created in English-settled areas such as...

creation by Edward I of England of the first Lord Warden of the Marches to the early 17th century and the creation of the Middle Shires, promulgated after...

Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which also abolished the shires of Scotland, the country has been...

May 2024[update]. The City of London Police Committee, chaired by James Thomson, oversees the City of London Police. In Scotland, the Scottish Police Authority...

the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century...

the Prime Minister. Holders of Scottish and Irish peerages were not always permitted to sit in the Lords. When Scotland united with England to form Great...

are situated there. These metonyms are used especially by members of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to differentiate...

associated with the landed gentry, the Church of England and the Church of Scotland. By the mid 19th century, the Tories had evolved into the Conservative...

The Great Offices of State are senior offices in the UK government. They are the prime minister, chancellor of the Exchequer, foreign secretary and home...