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See also:SETTLEMENT, See also:ACT OF , the name given to the act of See also:parliament passed in See also:June 1701, which, since that date, has regulated the See also:succession to the See also:throne of See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:Ireland. Towards the end of 1700 the need for the act was obvious, if the See also:country was to be saved from See also:civil See also:war. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. was See also:ill and childless; his See also:sister-in-See also:law, the prospective See also:queen, See also:Anne, had just lost her only surviving See also:child, William, See also:duke of See also:Gloucester; and abroad the supporters of the exiled See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., were numerous and active. In these circumstances the Act of Settlement was passed, enacting that, in See also:default of issue to either William or Anne, the See also:crown of See also:England, See also:France' and Ireland was to pass to " the most excellent princess See also:Sophia, electress and duchess See also:dowager of See also:Hanover," a See also:grand-daughter of James I., and "the heirs of her See also:body being Protestants." The ,act is thus responsible for the See also:accession of the See also:house of Hanover to the See also:British throne. In addition to settling the crown the act contained some important constitutional provisions, of which the following are still in force. (r) That whosoever shall hereafter come to the See also:possession of this crown shall join in communion with the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of England as by law established. (2) That in See also:case the crown and imperial dignity of this See also:realm shall hereafter come to any See also:person not being a native of this See also:kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the See also:defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without the consent of parliament. (3) That after the said See also:limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, See also:judges' commissions be made quamdiu se bene gesserint and their salaries ascertained and established; but upon the address of both houses of parliament it may be lawful to remove them. This clause established the See also:independence of the judicial See also:bench. (4) That no See also:pardon under the great See also:seal of England be pleadable to an See also:impeachment by the See also:Commons in parliament. The act as originally passed contained four other clauses. One of these provided that all matters See also:relating to the See also:government shall be transacted in the Privy See also:Council, and that all resolutions " shall be signed by such of the Privy Council as shall advise and consent to the same "; and another declared that all See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office-holders and pensioners under the Crown shall be incapable of sitting in the House of Commons. The first of these clauses was repealed, and the second seriously modified in 1706. Another clause was framed to prevent the See also:sovereign from leaving England, See also:Scotland or Ireland without the consent of parliament; this was repealed just after the accession of See also:George I. Finally a clause said that " no person See also:born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a See also:denizen) except such as are born of See also:English parents, shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a member of either House of Parliament, or enjoy any office or See also:place of See also:trust, either civil or military, or to have any See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the Crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him." By the See also:Naturalization Act of 1870 this clause is virtually repealed with regard to all persons who obtain a certificate of naturalization. This and some of the other clauses amount practically to censures on the policy of William III.
The importance of the Act of Settlement appears from the fact that, in all the regency acts, it is mentioned as one of the
The See also:title of king of France was retained by the British sovereigns until 1801. Scotland accepted the Act of Settlement by See also:Art. H. of the Act of See also:Union.
acts to the See also:repeal of which the See also:regent may not assent. To maintain or affirm the right of any person to the crown, contrary to the provisions of the act, is high See also:treason by an act of 1707.
See T. P. Taswell-Langmead's English Const. Hist. (1905); H. See also:Hallam, Constitutional See also:History, vol. iii. (1855) ; and L. von See also:Ranke, Englische Geschichte (1859-1868).
End of Article: SETTLEMENT, ACT OF
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