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Legislation

Great Britain · Government / Coalition Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1853–1922Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1853

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 7th1853

London · Government / Coalition Government

Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts

George Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4th1853

Sydney · Government / Coalition Government

The Penal Servitude Act increases prison sentences

1916

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st1916

Government / Coalition Government

The Conscription Bill is passed

1922

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st1922

London · Government / Coalition Government

The Act of Union passed in 1800 is revoked after the Irish Free State is constituted

Names involved

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 7thDavid Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1stGeorge Hamilton-Gordon Aberdeen, 4thHenry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st

Provenance

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