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The three pension lists of England, Scotland and Ireland were consolidated in 1830, and the civil pension list reduced to finance the remainder of the pensions being charged on the Consolidated Fund. In 1887 Charles Bradlaugh MP protested strongly against the payment of perpetual pensions, and as a result a committee of the House of Commons ...
Timeline of changes to the age at which eligible persons receive the United Kingdom State Pension. Timeline (1908–2030) 1] † [2] Notes This page ...
An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Pensions, Offices and Personal Estates, in England, Wales and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed; and certain Duties on Sugar, Malt, Tobacco and Snuff, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and two. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 63))
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1840. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).
An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Directors and Guardians of the Poor within the several Hundreds, Towns, and Districts, in that Part of Great Britain called England, incorporated by divers Acts of Parliament, for the Purpose of the better Maintenance and Employment of the Poor, as to the Assessments to be made upon the several Parishes ...
A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce. [1] This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom (along with OAP, initialism of old-age pensioner), Ireland and Australia where someone of pensionable age may also be referred to as an 'old age pensioner'.
Tunney, Western Australia, named after James Tunney, son of Sergeant John Tunney who was an enrolled pensioner guard and had settled in the area. Patrick Stone, a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, was enrolled pensioner guard. Owen Hackett was an enrolled pensioner guard, and his pensioner cottage is now heritage listed.
A Greenwich Pensioner. A Greenwich Pensioner was the Naval equivalent of a Chelsea Pensioner. [1]Although the initial concept of a Greenwich pensioner was that of someone living in the Royal Hospital Greenwich, the institution became responsible for the payment of pensions in 1804 (taking over the responsibility from the Chatham Chest). [2]