First Home Rule Bill

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Government of Ireland Bill ⓘ
Home Rule bill ⓘ
legislative proposal ⓘ
affectedEntity Ireland ⓘ
aimedAt establishing a separate Irish legislature ⓘ
granting Ireland limited self-government ⓘ
restructuring governance of Ireland within the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithLeader William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
caused split in the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
consequence 1886 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
dissolution of Parliament in 1886 ⓘ
constitutionalChangeType devolution of powers ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
defeatDate 8 June 1886 ⓘ
defeatedByMargin 30 votes ⓘ
followedBy Government of Ireland Bill 1893 ⓘ
Second Home Rule Bill ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
introducedBy William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
introducedInParliament House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
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) ⓘ
Liberal Unionists ⓘ
Unionists in Ireland ⓘ
politicalContext British–Irish relations in the late 19th century ⓘ
Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
politicalStatusOfIreland remained within the United Kingdom ⓘ
proposedBy Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
providedFor Irish control over domestic affairs ⓘ
creation of an Irish legislature in Dublin ⓘ
relatedConcept British unionism ⓘ
Home Rule for Ireland ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
territorialScope Ireland ⓘ
votedOnBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
voteOutcome defeated in the House of Commons ⓘ
year 1886 ⓘ

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Irish Home Rule movement → significantEvent → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ
Third Home Rule Bill → precededBy → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ
Irish Unionist Alliance → opposedTo → Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893 ⓘ
linked to: First Home Rule Bill
Second Home Rule Bill → predecessor → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party → supportedLegislation → First Home Rule Bill ⓘ
Liberal Unionist Party → opposed → Home Rule Bill 1886 ⓘ
linked to: First Home Rule Bill