[List of persons nominated by the king to be officers of state and council]
  • Councillors
  • [James Stewart, duke of] Lennox
  • [James Hamilton, marquis of] Hamilton
  • [George Gordon, marquis of] Huntly
  • [Archibald Campbell], earl of Argyll
  • [William Keith, earl] Marischal
  • [John Erskine, earl of] Mar
  • [William Graham, earl of] Airth
  • [James Stewart, earl of] Moray
  • [Alexander Montgomery, earl of] Eglinton
  • [John Kennedy, earl of] Cassilis
  • [William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
  • [Alexander Livingstone, earl of] Linlithgow
  • [James Home, earl of] Home
  • [John Drummond, earl of] Perth
  • [Charles Seton, earl of] Dunfermline
  • [John Fleming, earl of] Wigtown
  • [John Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn
  • [Patrick Murray, earl of] Tullibardine
  • [Alexander Stewart, earl of] Galloway
  • [George MacKenzie, earl of] Seaforth
  • [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
  • [George Hay, earl of] Kinnoull
  • [William Crichton, earl of] Dumfries
  • [David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk
  • [John Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
  • [James Ogilvie, earl of] Findlater
  • [Robert Dalzell, earl of] Carnwath
  • General [Alexander] Leslie
  • [Archibald Douglas, lord] Angus
  • [John Lindsay, earl of] Lindsay
  • [Alexander Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
  • [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
  • [James Livingstone, lord] Almond
  • Sir Robert Gordon
  • Sir William Douglas [of Cavers], sheriff of Teviotdale
  • Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton
  • [Sir George Dundas of] Dundas
  • [Sir David Graham of] Fintry
  • [Sir Thomas Myreton of] Cambo
  • [Sir Alexander Erskine of] Dun
  • [Sir Robert Innes of] Innes
  • [Sir Robert Graham of] Morphie
  • Provost of Edinburgh for the time
Officers of state
Chancellor
[William Douglas], earl of Morton
Treasurer
[John Campbell], lord Loudoun
Privy seal
[Robert Ker], earl of Roxburghe
Secretary
[William Hamilton], earl of Lanark
Clerk register
[Sir Alexander Gibson of] Durie
Advocate
Sir Thomas Hope [of Craighall]
Treasurer depute
Sir James Carmichael
Justice clerk
Sir John Hamilton [of Orbiston]
Master of requests
Sir James Galloway2
  • English councillors supernumerary
  • [Thomas Howard, earl of] Arundel
  • [Philip Herbert, earl of] Pembroke
  • [William Cecil, earl of] Salisbury
  • [Henry Rich, earl of] Holland
  • Sir Henry Vane
  • Sir John Coke
  1. NAS, PA6/5, 'November 17 1641'. Mistakenly filed under 17 November instead of 17 September.
  2. 'To 52' written in margin.