Royal Titles Act 1876

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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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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, Empress of India ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria
authorizedTitle Empress of India ⓘ
linked to: Emperor 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 ⓘ
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 Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle 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 ⓘ
India under British rule ⓘ
linked to: British India
relatedEvent Delhi Durbar of 1877 ⓘ
linked to: Delhi Durbar

formal proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India ⓘ
relatedOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
relatedTo British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

Delhi Durbar ⓘ
imperial titles ⓘ
title Empress of India ⓘ
royalAssent 27 April 1876 ⓘ
sponsorOrPromoter Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
subjectMatter British Empire in India ⓘ
linked to: British Empire

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 ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1876 → longTitle → 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. ⓘ
linked to: Royal Titles Act 1876
Second Disraeli ministry → notableFor → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ
Empress of India → hasLegalBasis → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ
subject linked to: title Empress of India
Empress of India → inceptionEvent → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ
Empress of India → legalBasis → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1901 → relatedTo → Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ