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Brussels Conference Act – a collection of anti-slavery measures to put an end to the slave trade on land and sea, especially in the Congo Basin, the Ottoman Empire, and the East African coast. 1894: Korea: Slavery abolished, but it survives in practice until 1930. [157] Iceland: Vistarband effectively abolished (but not de jure). 1895: Taiwan
The Privy Council of the United Kingdom, created on 1 January 1801, was preceded by the Privy Council of Scotland, the Privy Council of England, and the Privy Council of Great Britain (1708–1800). Its continued existence has been described as "more or less a constitutional and historical accident". [ 2 ]
These are lists of Privy Counsellors of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the reorganisation in 1679 of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council to the present day. Members of the Privy Council of Ireland between 1660 and 1922 and of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland are also listed.
This is a list of the members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, along with the roles they fulfil and the date when they were sworn of the council. As of February 2025 [update] , there are 745 members on the council. [ 1 ]
The Privy Council of England was a powerful institution, advising the sovereign on the exercise of the royal prerogative and on the granting of royal charters. It issued executive orders known as Orders in Council and also had judicial functions. In 1708, the Privy Council of England was abolished and replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain.
An Act to carry into further Execution the Provisions of an Act for completing the full Payment of Compensation to Owners of Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery. Citation: 1 & 2 Vict. c. 3: Dates; Royal assent: 23 December 1837: Commencement: 23 December 1837: Repealed: 7 August 1874: Other legislation; Repealed by: Statute Law Revision Act ...
Queen Victoria presiding at her first Privy Council meeting in 1837, by David Wilkie. This is a list of royal members of the privy councils of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, who have been appointed counsellors by each monarch from 1679 to the present. It is followed by a list of royal members of the dormant Privy Council of Ireland.
Grenville did part-time military service at home as Major in the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry cavalry in 1794 and as lieutenant-colonel in the South Buckinghamshire volunteer regiment in 1806. [ 11 ] In his years out of office, Grenville became close to the opposition Whig leader Charles James Fox , and when Pitt returned to office in 1804 ...