Catholic Emancipation Act 1829

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 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 ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalStatus partly repealed ⓘ
locationOfEnactment London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
longTitle An Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects ⓘ
monarchDuringPassage George IV ⓘ
parliamentarySession 10 Geo. IV ⓘ
politicalContext campaigns led by Daniel O’Connell ⓘ
pressure from Irish Catholic Association ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 (Ireland) repeals and amendments ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
linked to: Test Act 1673
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 Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Sir Robert Peel ⓘ
linked to: Robert Peel
subject Catholic emancipation ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
yearEnacted 1829 ⓘ

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Robert Peel → introducedReform → Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 → alsoKnownAs → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 → longTitle → An Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Earl Grey → knownFor → Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
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Test Act 1673 → partiallyRepealedBy → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Protestant Ascendancy → significantEvent → Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 → followedBy → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Penal Laws in Ireland → largelyDismantledBy → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
British Jewish Relief Act 1858 → relatedTo → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
English Catholics → gainedCivilRightsUnder → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Catholic emancipation movement → hasKeyEvent → Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Emancipation Act 1829