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Honorary Freedom Of Boroughs Act 1885
The Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act 1885 ( 48 & 49 Vict. c.29) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave the councils of municipal boroughs in England and Wales the power to award the title of honorary freeman to "persons of distinction and any persons who have rendered emininent services to the borough". Background Prior to the reform of town and city government by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, the rank of "freeman" existed in all boroughs. Freemen enjoyed exemption from tolls and other special privileges, and in most cases were the only persons eligible to vote at parliamentary elections. Depending on the borough's charter of incorporation, freedom could be inherited by sons, daughters or widows, or by apprenticeship to an existing freeman. Corporations also had the right to designate persons otherwise unqualified as freemen, and the purchase of freedom was also widespread. The Radical authors of the original municipal reform bill had intended to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48 & 49 Vict
48 may refer to: * 48 (number) * one of the years 48 BC, AD 48, 1948, 2048 (year), 2048 * '48 (novel), ''48'' (novel) * '48 (magazine), ''48'' (magazine) * "48", a song by Tyler, the Creator from the album ''Wolf (Tyler, the Creator album), Wolf'' * 48, a phone network brand of Three Ireland * "Forty Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''V (Karma to Burn album), V'', 2011 * 48 Doris, a main-belt asteroid * Tucker 48, a sedan See also * A48 (other) {{number disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Freemen Of The City Of Liverpool ...
The title of Freedom of the City is an honorary title granted by a city or corporation. It is granted to individuals to recognise exceptional services, usually to the city, or occasionally to the nation. Since the enactment of the Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act 1885, councils of boroughs and cities in England and Wales have been permitted to resolve to admit "persons of distinction" to be honorary freemen. This list is based on that published by the Liverpool City Council. The Honour can also be awarded to Military Units or other Uniformed Services. when done this is referred to as the "Freedom of Entry". Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Freemen of Liverpool Free Liverpool-related lists Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorary Freedom Of The City Of Birmingham
Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham. List The City of Birmingham, England has granted Honorary Freedom to individuals and military organisations since 1888. Designation as a Freeman of the City is an honorary title and, subject to a two-thirds majority of the Council, is granted to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent services to the City. The following have received this honour (up to 1998): Notes References *''Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who, 1998'', Kinslea Press, 1998. . *''History of Birmingham – Volume II'', Asa Briggs, Oxford University Press, 1952. {{DEFAULTSORT:Honorary Freedom Of The City Of Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ... *Honorary Freedom Birmingham, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Democracy, Economic Development And Construction Act 2009
The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), or LDEDCA,Gatehouse ChambersIt’s LDEDCA, not HGCRA – obviously! published 10 February 2012, accessed 26 November 2023 is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of the authority among local people. It establishes the framework for the establishment and functioning of the local authority leaders' boards that have been set up in the eight English regions outside London. It allows the creation of appointed Combined authority, combined authorities covering multiple local authority areas. Part 8 of the Act amends Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in relation to "construction contracts" entered into after 1 October 2011. Provisions Part 3 of the Act provides for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Government of 1970–74. The act took the total number of councils in England from 1,245 to 412 (excluding parish councils), and in Wales to 45. Its pattern of two-tier metropolitan and non-metropolitan county and district councils remains in use today in large parts of England, although the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986, and both county and district councils have been replaced with unitary authorities in many areas since the 1990s. In Wales, too, the Act established a similar pattern of counties and districts, but these have since been entirely replaced with a system of unitary authorities. Elections were held to the new authorities in 1973, and they acted as "shadow authorities" until the handover date. Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step. Under a modern constitutional monarchy, royal assent is considered little more than a formality. Even in nations such as the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein and Monaco which still, in theory, permit their monarch to withhold assent to laws, the monarch almost never does so, except in a dire political emergency or on advice of government. While the power to veto by withholding royal assent was once exercised often by European monarchs, such an occurrence has been very rare since the eighteenth century. Royal assent is typically associated with elaborate ceremony. In the United Kingdom the Sovereign may appear personally in the House of Lords or may appoint Lords Commissioners, who anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two members of parliament to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, and the poet Andrew Marvell. History Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull. Until the Great Reform Act 1832, it consisted only of the parish of St Mary's, Hull and part of Holy Trinity, Hull, entirely to the west of the River Hull. This excluded parts of the urban area which had not been originally part of the town, but some of these – the rest of Holy Trinity parish, Sculcoates, Drypool, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull – were brought into the constituency by boundary changes in 1832. This increased the population of the borough from around 16,000 to almost 50,000. The borough sent its first two kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Morgan Norwood
Charles Morgan Norwood (1825 – 24 April 1891) was an English steam ship owner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. Morgan was the eldest son of Charles Norwood of Ashford Kent and his wife Catherine Morgan, daughter of Charles Morgan of Archangel Russia. He was a merchant and steam ship owner and was president of the Hull Chamber of Commerce in 1859 and 1860. He was also the first chairman of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the 1865 general election Norwood was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Kingston upon Hull. He held the seat until 1885, when it was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. He stood unsuccessfully for Bradford Central at the 1886 general election as a Liberal Unionist. Norwood lived at Higham Hall, Woodford, Essex, with a townhouse at 11 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge Knightsbri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England began to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1801 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Member's Bill
A private member's bill is a bill (proposed law) introduced into a legislature by a legislator who is not acting on behalf of the executive branch. The designation "private member's bill" is used in most Westminster system jurisdictions, in which a "private member" is any member of parliament (MP) who is not a member of the cabinet (executive). Other labels may be used for the concept in other parliamentary systems; for example, the label member's bill is used in the Scottish Parliament and the New Zealand Parliament, the term private senator's bill is used in the Australian Senate, and the term public bill is used in the Senate of Canada. In legislatures where the executive does not have the right of initiative, such as the United States Congress, the concept does not arise since bills are always introduced by legislators (or sometimes by popular initiative). In the Westminster system, most bills are " government bills" introduced by the executive, with private members' bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
