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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland. |
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| Citation | 33 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I) |
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| Amended by | Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 (ROI) |
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The Crown of Ireland Act 1542[1] (33 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)) is an Act that was passed by the Parliament of Ireland on 18 June 1542, which created the title of "King of Ireland" for monarchs of England and their successors; previous monarchs had ruled Ireland as Lords of Ireland. The first monarch to hold the title was King Henry VIII of England.
The long title of the Act was "An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland". Among the 18th-century Irish Patriot Party it was called the Act of Annexation.[2]
- ^ Short title as conferred in Northern Ireland by the Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951; the Act lacks a short title in the Republic of Ireland.
- ^ Grattan, Henry (1822). "Regency: Feb. 11, 1789". The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan in the Irish, and in the Imperial Parliament. Vol. II. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. p. 114. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
The act of Henry VIII., commonly called the act of annexation, proves and ascertains what the member's arguments would deny, the existence, properties, and prerogatives of the Irish crown.
; A Review of Mr. Grattan's Answer to the Earl of Clare's Speech (PDF). Vol. Part the first. Dublin: J. Milliken. 1800. p. 6.What by a bold flight of imperialism we now denominate the Act of Annexation, (33d Hen. VIII. c. 1.) was in truth no more than an alteration in the Royal style.