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25), passed by the Parliament of Great Britain after the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, led to the rapid expansion of the British Militia in order to defend from potential French invasions. In the Kingdom of Ireland , a client state of Great Britain, the equivalent force was the Irish Militia , which saw heavy service in the Irish Rebellion ...
George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor in a militia uniform. The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Militia units were repeatedly raised in Great Britain during the Victorian and Edwardian eras for internal security duties and to defend against external invasions.
The Militia of the British Dominions, Self-Governing Colonies, and Crown Colonies were the principal military forces of the Dominions, Self-governing colonies (those with elected local legislatures) and Crown Colonies (those without elected local legislatures, and ruled directly by the Imperial Government via its appointed Governors and Councils) of the British Empire.
By the early 1750s, many saw another major war as imminent, and Austria was preparing its forces for an attempt to retake Silesia from Prussia. The British Prime Minister, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, had acceded to the premiership in 1754 after the sudden death of his brother Henry Pelham and led a government made up largely of ...
During the 18th century, men who joined the army were recruited in a number of ways. The regular army used recruitment parties and occasionally press gangs to enlist men, while the militia regiments were raised by a ballot, a process that was established in the Militia Act 1757: "Thirty-two thousand men, all of them good Protestants, were to be ... subjected to martial law in time of active ...
Militia Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 107), an act of the Parliament of Great Britain; Militia Acts of 1792 (Uniform Militia Act), two acts passed by the United States Federal government; Militia Act (Ireland) 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 22 (I)) Militia Act 1797, to create a uniform Scottish militia; Militia Act of 1808, United States; Militia Act of 1855 ...
A new act, the Militia Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 50), was passed that revived the militia, with voluntary service (and a bounty of six guineas) but with the ballot remaining an option. [16] Commanded by the earl of Beverly and titled the 27th Northumberland Light Infantry Militia [b] the first training was attended by 850 men out of the ...
The British Army would not formally exist, however, for another 46 years, as Scotland and England remained two independent states, each with its own Army. 1 October 1661 – The Tangier Regiment is formed, later The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, the most senior English line infantry regiment in the British Army.