First Home Rule Bill

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Government of Ireland Bill Home Rule bill legislative proposal

The First Home Rule Bill was an 1886 legislative proposal by British Prime Minister William Gladstone to grant Ireland limited self-government within the United Kingdom, sparking intense political controversy and reshaping British and Irish politics.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Government of Ireland Bill ⓘ Home Rule bill ⓘ legislative proposal ⓘ
affectedEntity	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimedAt	establishing a separate Irish legislature ⓘ granting Ireland limited self-government ⓘ restructuring governance of Ireland within the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithLeader	William Ewart Gladstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
caused	split in the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
consequence	1886 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ dissolution of Parliament in 1886 ⓘ
constitutionalChangeType	devolution of powers ⓘ
country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
defeatDate	8 June 1886 ⓘ
defeatedByMargin	30 votes ⓘ
followedBy	Government of Ireland Bill 1893 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Home Rule Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
introducedBy	William Ewart Gladstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInParliament	House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
introductionDate	8 April 1886 ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyProposedFor	Irish legislative assembly in Dublin ⓘ
longTermImpact	intensification of the Irish Home Rule question ⓘ realignment of British party politics ⓘ strengthening of unionism in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberal Unionists NERFINISHED ⓘ Unionists in Ireland ⓘ
politicalContext	British–Irish relations in the late 19th century ⓘ Irish Home Rule movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatusOfIreland	remained within the United Kingdom ⓘ
proposedBy	Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	Irish control over domestic affairs ⓘ creation of an Irish legislature in Dublin ⓘ
relatedConcept	British unionism ⓘ Home Rule for Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of the Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
retainedForWestminster	control over certain financial matters ⓘ control over defence ⓘ control over imperial and foreign policy ⓘ
supportedBy	Charles Stewart Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Parliamentary Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialScope	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
votedOnBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
voteOutcome	defeated in the House of Commons ⓘ
year	1886 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Home Rule movement → significantEvent → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ

Third Home Rule Bill → precededBy → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ

Irish Unionist Alliance → opposedTo → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893