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Peerage Bill

Great Britain [1719]
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The Peerage Bill of 1719 was a proposed law in Great Britain that aimed to reform the composition of the House of Lords. The bill sought to limit the number of hereditary peerages that the monarch could create. This was largely a response to the government's use of creating new peers to ensure the passage of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712, which had demonstrated the potential for the monarch to influence the Lords' decisions. The bill ultimately failed to pass, but it highlighted the evolving relationship between the Crown, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons in the early 18th century.12

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