Catholic emancipation
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Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the United Kingdom in the late 18th century and early 19th century, that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Cath
Burking Poor Old Mrs Constitution by William Heath, 1829. Satirical cartoon showing Wellington and Peel, as the murderers Burke and Hare, extinguishing the constitution for Catholic emancipation.
Daniel O'Connell
William Pitt the Younger
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William Pitt was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official prime minister of the United Kingdom from Jan
Catholic emancipation
…act because this would have led to greater Irish Protestant opposition to the Union. Non-conformists also suffered from discrimination at this time. William Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister, had promised emancipation to accompany the act. No further steps were taken at that stage, in part because of the belief of King…
Portrait by John Hoppner, c. 1806–10
William Pitt the Younger
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William Pitt in 1783, by George Romney