Succession to the Crown Act 1707

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The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which is still in force in the United Kingdom with amendments.^[1] The long title is "An Act for the Security of Her Majesties Person and Government and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant Line."

The Act was passed at time when Parliament was anxious to ensure Protestant succession on the death of Queen Anne to the House of Hanover. If Parliament was sitting at the time of the monarch's death, then it would be able to sit for a further six months unless dissolved by a new legitimate monarch.^[2] If the monarch were to die and Parliament was not at that time sitting, then it would immediately convene.^[3]

Anne died on 1 August 1714 and was succeeded as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701 by the Elector of Hanover George Louis as George I of Great Britain, who arrived in Great Britain on 18 September 1714. ^[2]