Royal Titles Act 1876

Royal Titles Act 1876^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	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.
Citation	39 & 40 Vict. c. 10
Introduced by	Benjamin Disraeli (Commons)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	27 April 1876
Commencement	27 April 1876
Repealed	23 July 1958
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1958
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Disraeli dressed as a fakir offers Victoria an exchange — "New crowns for old ones!" An 1876 *Punch* cartoon of Disraeli, depicted as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin, offering Victoria the Crown of India in exchange for another.

The Royal Titles Act 1876^[a] (39 & 40 Vict. c. 10), also known as the Imperial Titles Act 1876, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which officially recognised Queen Victoria (and subsequent monarchs) as "Empress of India".^[1]

This title had been assumed by her in 1876, under the encouragement of the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.^[2] The long title of the act is "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."

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46), which came into force on 23 July 1958.^[3]

Notes

1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

↑ "Victoria (r. 1837–1901)". The Royal Household. Retrieved 23 March 2015. Victoria's popularity grew with the increasing imperial sentiment from the 1870s onwards. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown with the position of Governor General upgraded to Viceroy, and in 1877 Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act passed by Disraeli's government.
↑ "History of the Monarchy, Victoria". Archived from the original on 2 February 2002.
↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1958", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/6-7 c. 46

External links

Text of the Royal Titles Act 1876 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

[st-1] 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

[2] The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

[3] "Victoria (r. 1837–1901)". The Royal Household. Retrieved 23 March 2015. Victoria's popularity grew with the increasing imperial sentiment from the 1870s onwards. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown with the position of Governor General upgraded to Viceroy, and in 1877 Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act passed by Disraeli's government.

[4] "History of the Monarchy, Victoria". Archived from the original on 2 February 2002.

[5] "Statute Law Revision Act 1958", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/6-7 c. 46

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