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    The Act for the Naturalization of the Most Excellent Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the Issue of her Body was an Act of...
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    000 legitimate descendants of Sophia, although not all are in the line of succession. The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 16) granted the...
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  • of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 provided that all the children and descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover...
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    Sophia of Hanover, ancestress of the United Kingdom's monarchs since 1714, had been entitled to British citizenship under the Sophia Naturalization Act...
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    Catholics were excluded. Because Sophia was a foreign citizen, Parliament passed the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 to make her and her descendants English...
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    a hitherto overlooked (and since repealed) provision of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. According to the decision taken by a court of the House of...
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    citizenship for himself and his children in November 1956 under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. Their family owned property and conducted business in the post-war...
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    Abroad Act 1350 Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 Jewish Naturalization Act 1753 British Nationality Act 1772 Aliens Act 1905 Aliens Restriction Act 1914 Aliens...
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    The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British...
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    some current claimants to British nationality through the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 could receive British Overseas citizenship. British Overseas...
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    citizenship since his father had successfully claimed it under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 (in the case of Attorney-General v. Prince Ernest Augustus of...
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  • Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815) Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme) Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 Strode's Act The Thellusson...
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    Deprivation Act 1917. In addition to being a German, he also held British nationality, after successfully claiming it under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 in...
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    unaware that he was already a British subject by virtue of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. On the wedding day of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones,...
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    This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1705. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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  • leaving the bar. He acted for Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover to be recognized as a British subject under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. He became a member...
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    which she had hitherto been entitled under the terms of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705. At the time of the marriage, the couple let it be known that...
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    Great Northern War. December – The Sophia Naturalization Act is passed by the English Parliament, which naturalizes Sophia of Hanover and the "issue of her...
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    Oath Act 1688, the Act of Settlement 1700, the Union with Scotland Act 1706, the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 and Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711...
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    1704 Administration of Justice Act 1705 Bankruptcy Act 1705 Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 Regency Act 1705 Alien Act 1705 List of acts of the 1st session...
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  • Theatre in Haymarket. December – the Sophia Naturalization Act is passed by Parliament, which naturalizes Sophia of Hanover (next in succession to the...
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    William assented to a bill naturalizing George as an English subject, the Prince George of Denmark (Naturalization and Precedence) Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar....
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    Anne in two of her three realms. He was naturalized as an English subject in 1705 by the Sophia Naturalization Act, and in 1706 he was made a Knight of the...
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    The Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes...
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    session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in...
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    Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 9) Whitehaven Harbour Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 9) New Churches in London and Westminster Act 1710 (9 Ann. c...
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    session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in...
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    Parliament (No. 2) Act 1780 (20 Geo. 3. c. 50) River Stower Navigation Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 2) This act was given royal assent as a public act. Wikisource...
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    3) Act 1804 (44 Geo. 3. c. 99) National Debt (No. 5) Act 1796 (37 Geo. 3. c. 10) National Debt Act 1801 (42 Geo. 3. c. 8) Drawbacks and Bounties Act 1802...
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    session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in...
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