Page "Flag of Scotland" Paragraph 32

" Scots union flagg as said to be used by the Scots.

". On 17 April 1707, just two weeks prior to the Acts of Union coming into effect, Sir Henry St George, Garter King of Arms, presented several designs to Queen Anne and her Privy Council for consideration as the flag of the soon to be unified Kingdom of Great Britain.

At the request of the Scots representatives, the designs for consideration included that version of Union Flag showing the Cross of Saint Andrew uppermost ; identified as being the " Scots union flagg as said to be used by the Scots ".

However, Queen Anne and her Privy Council approved Sir Henry's original effort, ( pattern " one "), showing the Cross of Saint George uppermost.