| History - 1830 - 928 pages
...succession of the Crown, which ' succession, by an act, intituled ' An Act for the further Limita' tion of the Crown, and better ' securing the Rights and Liberties ' of the Subject, is and stands ' limited to the princess Sophia, ' electress of Hanover, and the ' heirs of her body,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1830 - 986 pages
...succession of the Crown, which 'succession, by an act, intituled ' An Act for the further Limita' tion of the Crown, and better ' securing the Rights and Liberties 'of the Subject, is and stands ' limited to the princess Sophia, ' electress of Hanover, and the ' heirs of her body,... | |
| Great Britain - 1830 - 568 pages
...see by looking at the Act passed in the 12th and 13th years of William the Third, cap. II., entitled "An Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better securing of the rights and liberties of the subject ;'' whrch Act transferred the Crown from the House of STUART... | |
| George White - Georgia - 2011 - 852 pages
...Descendants of the said James, and all other persons whatsoever, which succession, by an act entitled an act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Dutchess Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs... | |
| Nineteenth century - 1899 - 1064 pages
...defend, to the utmost of my power, the succession of the Crown, which succession, by an Act intituled 'An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Eights and Liberties of the Subject,' is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover,... | |
| Christopher Hill - History - 1982 - 308 pages
...whilst the Whigs elevated the prerogative. The Tories introduced the Act of Settlement, described as 'An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject'. They even used methods of popular agitation and demonstration, as in the Sacheverell affair. The London... | |
| Sidney Z. Ehler, John B. Morrall - Church - 1967 - 646 pages
...defend, to the utmost of my Power, the Succession of ' the Crown, which Succession, by an Act, intituled An Act ' for the further Limitation of the Crown,...securing the ' Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the ' Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the Heirs of her ' Body,... | |
| Jonathan Irvine Israel - History - 2003 - 524 pages
...this. We must never forget that what we now call the Act of Settlement of 1701 was officially entitled 'An act for the further limitation of the Crown and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject' - the better securing of them, that is, against the practices of William III. Only the securing of... | |
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