Regency government, 1422–1437 of leadership in the French territories which seemed to be slipping slowly but surely out of English hands. Regency government, 1422–1437 The regency government of the Kingdom of England of 1422 to 1437 ruled while Henry VI was a minor. Decisions were made in the king's name by the Regency Council, which was made up of the most important and influential people in the government of England, and dominated by the king's uncle Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (brother of the king's father and predecessor, Henry V) and Bishop (Cardinal from 1426) Henry Beaufort (Gloucester's half-uncle). The individuals who constituted the
Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 the Act of Settlement are noted in "italics". James I and VI, King of England and Scotland (d. 1625) Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 The following is the Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones as of the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, on 1 August 1714. It reflects the laws current in England and Scotland immediately before the Act of Settlement 1701, which disqualified Catholics from the throne. Queen Anne of Great Britain was the last monarch of the House of Stuart which had succeeded the House