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Succession To Peerages Bill (2015–16)
The Succession to Peerages Bill was a bill intended to allow daughters of peers to inherit a peerage if the peerage would otherwise become extinct due to the absence of a male heir. It would have applied retrospectively to peerages that had become extinct since the start of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. The bill failed to reach the committee stage in the House of Lords and therefore died at the end of the parliamentary session. See also * Equality (Titles) Bill * Succession to Peerages Bill (2016–17) The Succession to Peerages Bill was a bill that planned to amend the law regarding succession to peerages and for connected purposes. The 2016-2017 session of Parliament was prorogued and this bill will make no further progress. Purpose The Bil ... * Honours (Equality of Titles for Partners) Bill 2012-13 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Succession to Peerages Bill (2015-2016) 2015 in British politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne
David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, (born 31 March 1941), is a British Conservative politician. Biography The son of George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1962. In contrast to his father, who was a Liberal and later Labour politician, he chose to sit on the Conservative benches. Trefgarne was an opposition Whip from 1977 to 1979 and then served in the Conservative administration of Margaret Thatcher as a Government Whip from 1979 to 1981 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Trade in 1981, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1981 to 1982, at the Department of Health and Social Security from 1982 to 1983 and at the Ministry of Defence from 1983 to 1985. The latter year he was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Support, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Lords scrutinises bills that have been approved by the House of Commons. It regularly reviews and amends bills from the Commons. While it is unable to prevent bills passing into law, except in certain limited circumstances, it can delay bills and force the Commons to reconsider their decisions. In this capacity, the House of Lords acts as a check on the more powerful House of Commons that is independent of the electoral process. While members of the Lords may also take on roles as government ministers, high-ranking officials such as cabinet ministers are usually drawn from the Commons. The House of Lords does not control the term of the prime minister or of the government. Only the lower house may force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equality (Titles) Bill
The Equality (Titles) Bill, known colloquially as the "Downton Law" and "Downton Abbey Law", was a Bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced in 2013 that would have ended a measure of gender discrimination and allowed for equal succession of female heirs to hereditary titles and peerages. The primogeniture legislation, in conjunction with the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, would align hereditary titles in accordance with the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act. Overview The bill was dubbed the "Downton law" in reference to the British television drama ''Downton Abbey'' where the Earl's eldest daughter is unable to inherit the family seat because it can only be passed to a male heir. The Equality (Titles) Bill was precipitated by the passage of the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, which altered the laws of succession to the British throne so that male heirs no longer precede their elder sisters. The bill was sponsored by the Lord Lucas and Dingwall in the House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succession To Peerages Bill (2016–17)
The Succession to Peerages Bill was a bill that planned to amend the law regarding succession to peerages and for connected purposes. The 2016-2017 session of Parliament was prorogued and this bill will make no further progress. Purpose The Bill, the second attempt to introduce such a bill by Lord Trefgarne, was to apply the principle of absolute primogeniture to any and all hereditary peerages in Britain, and retroactively apply said absolute primogeniture to any peerages that went extinct on or after 6 February 1952 due to the absence of a male heir. The Bill did not apply to any peerages or honors held by the Queen or to succession of anything beyond the peerage, including associated land or other properties. See also * Equality (Titles) Bill The Equality (Titles) Bill, known colloquially as the "Downton Law" and "Downton Abbey Law", was a Bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced in 2013 that would have ended a measure of gender discrimination and allowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honours (Equality Of Titles For Partners) Bill 2012-13
The Honours (Equality of Titles for Partners) Bill 2012-13 was a private member's bill which would allow men who are married or civilly-partnered to peers, baronets, baronetesses, knights or dames of either sex to receive honours and the title "The Honourable" by way of their relationship statuses. The bill failed to pass beyond first reading. UK Parliament See also * * |
