Catholic Emancipation Act 1829

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom British statute

The Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 was a landmark British law that removed most legal restrictions on Roman Catholics, allowing them to sit in Parliament and hold public office across the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 3
Catholic Emancipation 2
An Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
appliesTo England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1829-04-13 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enabled Daniel O’Connell taking his seat as MP for County Clare ⓘ
excludedRight right of Roman Catholics to hold certain high offices of state ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to hold the office of Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to hold the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to hold the office of Regent ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
grantedRight right of Roman Catholics to hold most public offices ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to sit in the House of Commons ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to sit in the House of Lords ⓘ
right of Roman Catholics to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
impact altered confessional basis of the British state ⓘ
expanded political rights of Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom ⓘ
marked major step toward religious equality in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
introducedRequirement declaration rejecting temporal authority of the Pope in the United Kingdom ⓘ
special oath for Roman Catholic members of Parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalStatus partly repealed ⓘ
locationOfEnactment London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
longTitle Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: An Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects
monarchDuringPassage George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George IV
parliamentarySession 10 Geo. IV ⓘ
politicalContext campaigns led by Daniel O’Connell ⓘ
pressure from Irish Catholic Association ⓘ
relatedTo Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
surface form: Act of Union 1800

Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 (Ireland) repeals and amendments ⓘ
Test Act 1673 ⓘ
surface form: Test Acts
removedRestriction many restrictions on Roman Catholics holding civil and military offices ⓘ
most civil disabilities on Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom ⓘ
prohibition on Roman Catholics sitting in Parliament ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1829-04-13 ⓘ
sponsoredBy Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
subject Catholic emancipation ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
yearEnacted 1829 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Robert Peel → introducedReform → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 → alsoKnownAs → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 → longTitle → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects
Earl Grey → knownFor → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic Emancipation
Test Act 1673 → partiallyRepealedBy → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
Protestant Ascendancy → significantEvent → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic Emancipation
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 → followedBy → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829