Act of Union 1801
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| Citation | 40 Geo. 3 c.38 |
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| Introduced by | John Toler |
| Dates | |
| Commencement | 1 January 1801 |
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Status: Spent
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Treaty of Windsor | 1175 |
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| Treaty of York | 1237 |
| Treaty of Perth | 1266 |
| Treaty of Montgomery | 1267 |
| Treaty of Aberconwy | 1277 |
| Statute of Rhuddlan | 1284 |
| Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton | 1328 |
| Treaty of Berwick | 1357 |
| Poynings' Law | 1495 |
| Laws in Wales Acts | 1535–42 |
| Crown of Ireland Act | 1542 |
| Treaty of Edinburgh | 1560 |
| Union of the Crowns | 1603 |
| Union of England and Scotland Act | 1603 |
| Act of Settlement | 1701 |
| Act of Security | 1704 |
| Alien Act | 1705 |
| Treaty of Union | 1706 |
| Acts of Union | 1707 |
| Personal Union of 1714 | 1714 |
| Wales and Berwick Act | 1746 |
| Irish Constitution | 1782 |
| Acts of Union | 1800 |
| Government of Ireland Act | 1920 |
| Anglo-Irish Treaty | 1921 |
| Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act | 1927 |
| N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act | 1972 |
| Northern Ireland Assembly | 1973 |
| N. Ireland Constitution Act | 1973 |
| Northern Ireland Act | 1998 |
| Government of Wales Act | 1998 |
| Scotland Act | 1998 |
| Government of Wales Act | 2006 |
| Scotland Act | 2012 |
| Edinburgh Agreement | 2012 |
| Wales Act | 2014 |
| Scotland Act | 2016 |
| Wales Act | 2017 |
The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes erroneously referred to as a single Act of Union 1801) united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with effect from 1 January 1801. The "Irish" Act (the Act of the (Old) Irish Parliament) however has since been repealed in the Republic of Ireland some time after Independence.
Two acts with the same long title, 'An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland' were passed in 1800; the short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is 'Act of Union (Ireland) 1801', and that of the British Parliament is 'Union with Ireland Act 1801'.
Before these Acts, Ireland had been in personal union with England since 1541, when the Irish Parliament had passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542, proclaiming King Henry VIII of England to be King of Ireland. Since the 12th century, the King of England had been technical overlord of the Lordship of Ireland, a papal possession. Both the Kingdoms of Ireland and England later came into personal union with that of Scotland upon the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
In 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united into a single kingdom: the Kingdom of Great Britain. Upon that union, each House of the Parliament of Ireland passed a congratulatory address to Queen Anne, praying that, "May God put it in your royal heart to add greater strength and lustre to your crown, by a still more comprehensive Union". The Irish parliament at that time was subject to a number of restrictions that placed it subservient to the Parliament of England (and following the union of England and Scotland, the Parliament of Great Britain), however Ireland gained effective legislative independence from Great Britain through the Constitution of 1782.
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