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Secretary of State for Scotland
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Secretary of State for Scotland
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Scotland
(, ) is the principal
minister
of
Her Majesty's Government
in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
representing
Scotland
. He heads the
Scotland Office
(formerly the Scottish Office), a
government department
based in
London
and
Edinburgh
. The post was created soon after the
Union of the Crowns
, but was abolished in 1746, following the
Jacobite rebellion
. Scottish affairs thereafter were managed by the
Lord Advocate
until 1827, when responsibility passed to the
Home Office
.
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