British Nationality Act 1772

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.

This Act was one of the British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772.^[2]

The Act was repealed by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914.

↑ The short title conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, s. 1
↑ The Short Titles Act 1896, s. 2(1) & Sch. 2

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1801–1819 1820–1839 1840–1859 1860–1879 1880–1899 1900–1919 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000 to date Halsbury's Statutes UK Statute Law Database

Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Orders in Council for Northern Ireland

Orders-in-Council	Orders-in-Council

Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Act of Sederunt, Act of Adjournal

British nationality law

Nationality

Principal	British citizen British Overseas Territories citizen British Overseas citizen British National (Overseas)

Other	British subject Commonwealth citizen British protected person Belonger status EU citizen

Legislation

Current	British Nationality Act 1981 British Overseas Territories Act 2002 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

Previous	Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 British Nationality Act 1948 Ireland Act 1949 British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983

General	British Nationality Act

History

Immigration