The Crown

in Commonwealth realms, corporation sole of the head of state

6 dated entries naming The Crown, drawn from 6 separate years between 1188 CE and 1933 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as British Crown in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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12th century

  • 1188Spring – Henry II institutes legal reforms that give the Crown more control over the administration of justice. He orders Newgate Prison be built in London.source

17th century

  • 1605March 11 – A proclamation declares all people of Ireland to be the direct subjects of the British Crown and not of any local lord or chief.source

18th century

  • 1765June 21 – The Isle of Man is brought under British control, the Isle of Man Purchase Act (coming into force 10 May) confirming HM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl, as Lord of Mann over the island, and revesting them into the British Crown.source

19th century

  • 1858August 2 – The Government of India Act, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, transfers the territories of the British East India Company and their administration to the direct rule of the British Crown, through a Secretary of State for India.source
  • 1869November 19 – The Hudson's Bay Company surrenders its claim to Rupert's Land in Canada, under its letters patent, back to the British Crown.source

20th century

  • 1933May 3 – In the Irish Free State, Dáil Éireann abolishes the oath of allegiance to the British Crown.source

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