British Nationality Act 1772

English, Scottish, Irish and Great Britain legislation
Acts of Parliament by states preceding the United Kingdom
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament

The British Nationality Act 1772[1] (13 Geo. 3 c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain was a British nationality law which made general provision allowing natural-born allegiance (citizenship) to be assumed if the father alone were British.

The Act was repealed by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914.

  1. ^ The short title conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, s. 1