| Short Title: | British Nationality Act 1772 |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Type: | Act |
| Long Title: | An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain a Clause in an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for naturalizing Foreign Protestants, which relates to the Children of the natural-born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, to the Children of such Children. |
| Year: | 1773 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 13 Geo. 3. c. 21 |
| Royal Assent: | 16 March 1773 |
| Commencement: | 10 June 1773 |
| Repealing Legislation: | British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://archive.org/stream/statutesatlarge70britgoog#page/n60/mode/2up |
The British Nationality Act 1772[1] (13 Geo. 3. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain was a British nationality law which made general provision allowing natural-born allegiance (citizenship) to be assumed if the father alone was British.
This Act was one of the British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772.[2]
The Act was repealed by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914.