Squadrone Volante (Scotland)
Squadrone Volante (from the Italian, meaning Flying Squadron) was the name of a political grouping in Scotland around 1700, under the leadership of the deposed Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale,[1] which was influential in passing the Act of Union with England in 1707.
Although the actual grouping pre-dated 1705, it received the nickname squadrone volante in that year, as it was independent of the main Court and Country parties in the Scottish Parliament.