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2025 — 23rd October 80 Claims of Irish peerages in abeyance [2 April 1802]

In case any peerage of Ireland now is, or hereafter shall be, in abeyance, the persons claiming to be co-heirs thereto, or any of them, may, by petition to the House, state such claim, and pray that the same may be examined by the House.

No claim of any peerage of Ireland alleged to be in abeyance shall be proceeded upon until the same shall have been recommended by His Majesty to the consideration of the House, or until His Majesty shall have been informed of such claim by the House.

Every such claim shall be referred to a committee for peerage claims to examine the matter and report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House.

In case it shall appear to the House that any such peerage is in abeyance, the House shall inform His Majesty that in the opinion of the House such peerage, although in abeyance, is to be deemed and taken to be an existing peerage, according to the Fourth Article of Union.

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2025 — 23rd October 80 Claims of Irish peerages in abeyance [2 April 1802]

In case any peerage of Ireland now is, or hereafter shall be, in abeyance, the persons claiming to be co-heirs thereto, or any of them, may, by petition to the House, state such claim, and pray that the same may be examined by the House.

No claim of any peerage of Ireland alleged to be in abeyance shall be proceeded upon until the same shall have been recommended by His Majesty to the consideration of the House, or until His Majesty shall have been informed of such claim by the House.

Every such claim shall be referred to a committee for peerage claims to examine the matter and report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House.

In case it shall appear to the House that any such peerage is in abeyance, the House shall inform His Majesty that in the opinion of the House such peerage, although in abeyance, is to be deemed and taken to be an existing peerage, according to the Fourth Article of Union.