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The first four individuals in the line of succession who are over 21 (or 18 in the case of the heir), and the sovereign's consort, may be appointed counsellors of state. Counsellors of state perform some of the sovereign's duties in the United Kingdom while the sovereign is out of the country or temporarily incapacitated. [40]
On the day of George I's death, 11 June 1727, the line of succession to the British throne was: George, Prince of Wales (born 1683), only son of George I; Prince Frederick, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1707), eldest son of the Prince of Wales; Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (born 1721), third son of the Prince of Wales
It may be noted that the succession was highly uncertain, and was not governed by a fixed convention, for much of the century after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Significant breaks in the succession, where the designated heir did not in fact succeed (due to usurpation, conquest, revolution, or lack of heirs) are shown as breaks in the table below.
This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the British monarch to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present), should the incumbent monarch die or abdicate.
Succession to the British throne, a historical overview and current rules Succession to the British throne § Current line of succession, a list of people; List of English royal consorts; Family tree of English monarchs; Family tree of British monarchs; List of office holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states. List of British monarchs
Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James's daughter Mary II and her husband/cousin, William III (William of Orange, who was ...
When Anne was beheaded, Henry declared Elizabeth illegitimate and she would, therefore, not be able to inherit the throne. Henry returned her to the line of succession in the Third Succession Act of 1543. After the death of her father, she was raised by his widow, Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
History of the English and British line of succession Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of heirs to the English and British thrones .