Great Officers of State

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.

In the Kingdom of Hungary the Great Officers of State were non-hereditary court officials originally appointed by the king, later some of them were elected by the Diet.

They were also called the barons of the kingdom (Hungarian: országbárók, országnagyok) and lords banneret because they were obliged to lead their own Banderium (military unit) under their own banner in times of war.

The following dignitaries were permanent members of the council in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland: As of 2023, the Scottish Great Officers of State are as follows: — James Ogilvy1st Earl of Seafield(Lord High Chancellor) David Boyle1st Earl of Glasgow(Treasurer-depute) The HonourableFrancis Montgomerie(Treasurer in Parliament) John Erskine23rd and 6th Earl of Mar In the Kingdom of Sicily, which existed from 1130 to 1816, the Great Officers were officials of the Crown who inherited an office or were appointed to perform some mainly ceremonial functions or to act as members of the government.

For this reason, in 1140, King Roger convened a Parliament in Palermo where the seven most important offices of the Kingdom of Sicily were established, to which the title of archons was given.

[23] The Great Officers of State of the former Kingdom of Sicily, consisting of Sicily and Malta, were: - Fabrizio Pignatelli d’Aragona, duke of Monteleone - Diego Pignatelli, prince of Castelvetrano - marquess Antonio Ardizzone - Giovanni Battista Asmundo e Paternò - knight Michele Perremuto - Alfonso Ruiz (?)