Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Great Britain

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

3Records
1931–1937Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1931

George V4 November 1931

London · Government / National Government

Hosts a visit by Gandi in Buckingham Palace during the Round Table Conference on India

James Ramsey MacDonald11 December 1931

London · Government / National Government

The Statute of Westminster provides for a course of independence for the Dominions

1937

Neville Chamberlain29 December 1937

Government / National Government

The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown. The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire

Names involved

George VJames Ramsey MacDonaldNeville Chamberlain

Provenance

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