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Titles Deprivation Act 1917. The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom according to which enemies of the United Kingdom during the First World War could be deprived of their peerage and royal titles. Its long title was "An Act to deprive Enemy Peers and Princes of British Dignities and Titles." It received ...
Suspended on 28 March 1919 under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917. Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was held by junior members of the British royal family. It was named after the county of Cumberland in England, and after Teviotdale in Scotland. Held by the Hanoverian royals, it was suspended ...
‡ – By an Order in Council dated 28 March 1919, as authorised by the Titles Deprivation Act 1917, King George V suspended the British peerage titles, princely dignities and honours of those who sided with Germany in World War I.
DEPRIVATION ACT 1917 ABSTRACT. The Titles Deprivation Act represents the ‘other side of the coin’ of King George V’s decision in 1917 to divest the Royal Family of its appearance of German-ness and adopt an outward Englishness by renouncing the German titles of its members and adopting the surname of Windsor. The Act created a mechanism ...
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). 1. Forfeiture o£ title of peer or prince held by enemy. 2. Power of successor to petition for restoration of peerage. 3. Savings. 4. Short title and definition.
Titles Deprivation Act 1917 1917 CHAPTER 47 7 and 8 Geo 5. An Act to deprive Enemy Peers and Princes of British Dignities and Titles. [8th November 1917] ...
4 Short title and definition. This Act may be cited as the Titles Deprivation Act 1917. In this Act, the expression “enemy” shall be construed as referring to the enemies of His Majesty in the present war, and, for the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to have adhered to His Majesty’s enemies if since the commencement of the ...
