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====High Officers of State, et al.==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Holder !! Ref |- | [[Lord-lieutenant|Lord-Lieutenant]]s | ''see [[#Local precedence|list below]]'' | <ref>during term of office and within bounds of counties and cities</ref><ref name="1905Warrant"/><ref name="Burke"/> |- | [[Sheriff principal|Sheriffs Principal]] | ''see [[Sheriff principal#Current sheriffs principal|list here]]'' | <ref name="1905Warrant"/><ref name="Burke"/> |- | [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] | ''office held by a woman'' | <ref name="1905Warrant"/> |- | [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]] | Shaw Patterson | <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about_us/how_we_are_organised/moderator/current_moderator | title=The current Moderator | date=2022-05-24}}</ref> |- | [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] | Sir [[Keir Starmer]] | |- | [[Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland]] ([[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]]) | [[John Swinney]] | <ref>Scotland Act 1998, [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/45 Section 45(7)]</ref><ref name="Burke"/><ref>[[Ex officio member|Ex officio]] held by the [[First Minister of Scotland]] since 1999</ref> |- | [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament|Presiding Officer]] | ''office held by a woman'' | <ref name="Burke"/> |- | [[Secretary of State for Scotland|Secretary of State]] | [[Ian Murray (Scottish politician)|Ian Murray]] | |- | [[Lord High Constable of Scotland|Lord High Constable]] | [[Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll]] | <ref name="1905Warrant"/> |- | [[Master of the Household of Scotland|Master of the Household]] | [[Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll]] | <ref name="1905Warrant"/> |- |}
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