| Articles of Union |
Agreed on the twenty second day of July in the fifth year of the Reign
of her most Excellent Majesty Anne by the Grace of God Queen of England,
Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the faith etc., and in the
year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and six. By the Commissioner[s]
nominated on behalf of the Kingdom of England under her Majesties
Great Seal of England bearing date at Westminster the tenth day of
April last past In Pursuance of An Act of Parliament made in England
in the Third year of her Majestys Reign And the Commissioners nominated
on the behalf of the Kingdom of Scotland under her Majesties Great
Seal of Scotland bearing date the twenty seventh day of February last
past. In Pursuance of the fourth Act of the Third Session of her Majesties
Current Parliament of Scotland in the fourth year of her Majesties
Reign To Treat of and concerning an Union of the said Kingdoms.
Which Articles are in all humility to be presented to the Queens
most Excellent Majesty and offord to the Consideration of the respective
Parliaments of both Kingdoms pursuant to the said Acts and Commissions |
| I. That the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon
the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and for ever after
be United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain.
And that the Ensignes Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such
as her Majesty shall appoint. And the Crosses of St. George and St.
Andrew be Conjoined in such manner as her Majesty shall think fit,
and used in all Flaggs, Banners, Standards and Ensignes both at Sea
and Land. |
| II. That the Succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and of the Dominions thereunto belonging after her
most Sacred Majesty and in default of Issue of her Majesty Be Remain
and continue to the most Excellent Princesse Sophia Electoresse and
Dutchesse Dowager of Hannover and the Heirs of her body being Protestants
upon whom the Crown of England is Settled by An Act of Parliament
made in England in the Twelfth year of the Reign of his late Majesty
King William the Third, Intituled An Act for the further Limitation
of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject,
And that all Papists and Persons Marrying Papists shall be Excluded
from and for ever Incapable to Inherit, Possess or Injoy the Imperial
Crown of Great Britain and the Dominions thereunto belonging or any
part thereof. And in every such Case the Crown and Government |
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| shall from time to time Descend to and be Enjoy'd by such Person
being a Protestant as should have Inherited and Enjoy'd the same in
case such Papist or Person Marrying a Papist was naturally dead according
to the Provision for the Descent of the Crown of England made by one
other Act of Parliament in England in the first year of the Reign
of their late Majestys King William and Queen Mary, Intituled, An
Act Declaring the Rights & Libertys of the Subject and Settling
the Succession of the Crown. |
| III That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be Represented
by one and the same Parliament to be Styld the Parliament of Great
Britain. |
| IV That all the Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
shall from and after the Union have full Freedom and Intercourse of
Trade and Navigation to and from any Port or Place within the Said
United Kingdom and the Dominions and Plantations thereunto belonging;
And that there be a Communication of all other Rights, Privileges
and Advantages which do or may belong to the Subjects of either Kingdom,
Except where it is otherwise expressly agreed in these Articles |
| V That all Ships belonging to her Majestys Subjects of |
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