Royal Titles Act 1876

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional law

The Royal Titles Act 1876 was a British law that enabled Queen Victoria to assume the additional title "Empress of India," reflecting and formalizing British imperial rule over the Indian subcontinent.

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An Act to enable Her Most Gracious Majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
affectedOfficeHolder	Queen Victoria ⓘ
appliesTo	British India ⓘ Indian subcontinent under British rule ⓘ
associatedMonarchTitle	Queen Victoria ⓘ surface form: Queen Victoria, Empress of India
authorizedTitle	Emperor of India ⓘ surface form: Empress of India
category	1876 in British law ⓘ Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the monarchy ⓘ United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
chronology	passed during the 19th century ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
followedBy	use of the title Empress of India by British monarchs until 1947 ⓘ
governmentInPower	Second Disraeli ministry ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
inForceDuring	period of the British Raj ⓘ reign of Queen Victoria ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalEffect	permitted the monarch to use the title Empress of India in the royal style ⓘ symbolically elevated the status of the British monarch in relation to India ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
legislativeBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	Royal Titles Act 1876 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act to enable Her Most Gracious Majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies.
monarchAtEnactment	Queen Victoria ⓘ
politicalContext	British Empire ⓘ British imperialism in India ⓘ
precededBy	earlier royal style and titles without Empress of India ⓘ
purpose	to authorize an addition to the royal style and titles of Queen Victoria ⓘ to reflect and formalize British imperial rule over India ⓘ
region	Great Britain ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: India under British rule
relatedEvent	Delhi Durbar ⓘ surface form: Delhi Durbar of 1877 formal proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India ⓘ
relatedOffice	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
relatedTo	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj Delhi Durbar ⓘ imperial titles ⓘ title Empress of India ⓘ
royalAssent	27 April 1876 ⓘ
sponsorOrPromoter	Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
subjectMatter	British Empire ⓘ surface form: British Empire in India monarchy ⓘ royal titles ⓘ
territorialReference	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ dependencies of the Imperial Crown ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1876 ⓘ

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Emperor of India → createdBy → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: An Act to enable Her Most Gracious Majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies.