Organization
House of Lords
Upper house of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later of the United Kingdom; it tried impeachments.
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signed into law
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Tea Act of 1773
10 May 1773
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With the Commons and the Crown, as the enacting words say.
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Government of India Act, 1858
2 Aug 1858
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With the Commons and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
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East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act, 1873
15 May 1873
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With the Commons and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
involved in
- Impeachment of Warren Hastings tried the impeachment and acquitted him in 1795 Scholarship & press 4
Timeline 3 dates
- 10 May 1773 House of Lords signed into law Tea Act of 1773
- 2 Aug 1858 House of Lords signed into law Government of India Act, 1858
- 15 May 1873 House of Lords signed into law East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act, 1873
Proof 4 sources
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The Tea Act, 13 George III c. 44 (10 May 1773), Parliament of Great Britain (text via Digital History, University of Houston), 10 May 1773.
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be it enacted by the King's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled
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Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, 2 August 1858), Parliament of the United Kingdom (text via Lawsisto), 2 Aug 1858.
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Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled
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The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 17), Parliament of the United Kingdom (legislation.gov.uk), 15 May 1873.
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Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in the present Parliament assembled
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Warren Hastings (essay, Edinburgh Review, October 1841), Thomas Babington Macaulay (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1841.
Scholarship & press
Only twenty-nine Peers voted. Of these only six found Hastings guilty on the charges relating to Cheyte Sing and to the Begums. On other charges, the majority in his favour was still greater. On some he was unanimously absolved.
He was then called to the bar, was informed from the woolsack that the Lords had acquitted him, and was solemnly discharged.
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