List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1844

An Act for enabling the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr. Jonathan Passingham to grant Leases of the devised Estates, with Licences to dig Brick Earth; and to raise Monies upon Parts of the said Estates; and for the Purchase of an adjoining Property; and for other Purposes.

An Act for enabling the Trustees under the Marriage Settlement of William Henry Bowen Jordan Wilson Esquire to sell the Estates comprised in the same Settlement, and for laying out the Monies arising from such Sales in the Purchase of other Lands, to be settled to the same Uses.

An Act for enabling Trustees to sell the Estates devised by and settled to the Uses of the Will of William Harris Esquire, deceased, and for authorizing the laying out of the Monies arising therefrom in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses.

An Act for carrying into effect a Compromise of a Suit for raising Portions for the younger Children of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Le Despencer deceased, out of the settled Estates of the said Thomas Lord Le Despencer deceased at Mereworth in the County of Kent and elsewhere in the said County; and also for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Parts of the said settled Estates.

An Act to enable Thomas Alexander Baron Lovat to borrow a certain Sum of Money upon the Security of his entailed Estates, for Repayment to him of a Portion of the Monies laid out by him in the Improvement of these Estates.

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of Sir George William Tapps Gervis Baronet, deceased, to convey a Church at Bournemouth in the County of Southampton to Her Majesty's Commissioners for building new Churches, and to endow the same.

An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of William Atkins Bowyer Esquire, deceased, to grant building, improving, and other Leases of certain Estates at Clapham in the County of Surrey, devised by the said Will and the Second Codicil thereto to the Trustees therein named.

An Act for effecting an Exchange of the entailed Estate of Rosehall, belonging to the Right Honourable James Edward Lord Cranstoun, situated in the County of Sutherland, for certain Lands in the County of Kincardine belonging to James Matheson Esquire, of Achany.

An Act for confirming and carrying into execution certain Articles of Agreement made and entered into between Charles James Lord Bishop of London, Thomas Thistlethwayte Esquire, Thomas Somers Cocks Esquire, Christopher Hodgson Esquire, the Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal, and the Grand Junction Waterworks Company; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

An Act for vesting Farts of the Estates of William Devalues Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, upon trust to be sold; and for paying off a Mortgage Debt of Eight thousand two hundred Pounds due to James Parkinson Esquire, out of the first Purchase Monies, and for laying out the Residue of the Purchase Monies, under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses.

An Act for annexing to the united Bishopricks of Down, Connor, and Dramore the House known as Down and Connor House, with the Appurtenances; and for other Purposes.

An Act to confirm certain Contracts for Leases made and entered into by James Weller Ladbroke Esquire of Lands and Premises at or near Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex; and to alter and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act to enable James Weller Ladbroke Esquire and others to grant Building Leases of Lands in Kensington, Paddington, Notting Barns, and Westborne, in the County of Middlesex";^[d] and for other Purposes relating thereto.

An Act to explain an Act passed in the First Year of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of the Real Estate devised by the Will of the Right Honourable William Henry Earl of Rochford deceased, and for the Application of the Produce thereof; and for authorizing the granting of Leases of the same Estate; and for other Purposes";^[e] and for extending the Operation of such Act to certain Parties whose Consent thereto was required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Hough, a Major in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company, with Sophia, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes.

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Foreman Gape with Fanny Louisa, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.