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From the 14th century until 1752, the legal year began on 25 March. It is only since 1752 that the legal year was re-set to coincide with the start of the historical calendar year (1 January) (see Calendar (New Style) Act 1750). [3] These date differences can also be confusing when sorting dates in old documents before 1753.
Family tree of English monarchs; Family tree of British monarchs; List of office holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states. List of British monarchs; Lists of monarchs in the British Isles; List of Irish monarchs; List of monarchs of the British Isles by cause of death; List of monarchs of Wessex, AD 519 to 927; List of rulers of Wales
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
1 January – the British Empire (except Scotland, which had changed New Year's Day to 1 January in 1600) adopts today as the first day of the year as part of adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which is completed in September: today is the first day of the New Year under the terms of last year's Calendar Act. [2]
Date of creation Arms Current holder Peerage Other earldoms Heir 1 The Earl of Shrewsbury: 1442 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury: England Earl Talbot (Great Britain 1784) Earl of Waterford (Ireland 1446) James Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre: 2 The Earl of Derby: 1485 Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby: England Edward Stanley ...
First comes Her Majesty, the Queen, who holds the highest level of the royal hierarchy. As the heir of the British Crown and constitutional monarch of Commonwealth realms, she has the utmost ...
Elizabeth II delivering a speech at the official opening of the Borders Railway, on the day she became the longest-reigning British monarch.. The following is a list, ordered by length of reign, of the monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927–present), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801 ...
Date of accession Time intervening Date of coronation Presiding cleric George I [j] 1 August 1714, O.S. 2 mo 19 d: Wednesday, 20 October 1714, O.S. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury George II - article: Caroline of Ansbach: 11 June 1727, O.S. 4 mo: Wednesday, 11 October 1727, O.S. William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury George III - article