Anne
The Act of Union 1707, which united the thrones of Scotland and England, extended the Act of Settlement to Scotland. On the day of Anne's death, 1 August 1714, the full line of succession to the British throne was as follows, as provided by the Act of Settlement 1701 (see Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 for the succession list as it would have been before the Act of Settlement):
- Prince George Louis, Elector of Hanover (b. 1660), second cousin of the queen
- Prince George Augustus, Electoral Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1683), son of the Elector of Hanover
- Prince Frederick Louis of Hanover (b. 1707), son of the Electoral Prince
- Princess Anne of Hanover (b. 1709), first daughter of the Electoral Prince
- Princess Amelia of Hanover (b. 1711), second daughter of the Electoral Prince
- Princess Caroline of Hanover (b. 1713), third daughter of the Electoral Prince
- Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia (b. 1687), daughter of the Elector
- Prince Frederick, Crown Prince in Prussia (b. 1712), son of Queen Sophia Dorothea
- Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (b. 1709), daughter of Queen Sophia Dorothea
- Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1666), younger brother of the Elector
- Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, younger brother of the Elector;
- Frederick William I of Prussia, only child of the Elector's late sister Sophia Charlotte, Queen in Prussia.
The throne passed to the first person in line, who became King George.
Read more about this topic: History Of The British Line Of Succession
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