Attainder of Earl of Kellie and others Act 1746

The Attainder of Earl of Kellie and others Act 1746 (19 & 20 Geo.II c. 26)[1] was a parliamentary response to the failed Jacobite rising of 1745.

By this Act, the Earl of Kellie and others numbering upwards of three dozen who did not surrender themselves by 12 July 1746 were attainted of high treason. Justices of the realm were under this Act instructed to commit the persons who surrendered, and to give notice to a Secretary of State.[2]

References
  1. Great Britain. (1746). An Act to attaint Alexander Earl of Kellie, William Viscount of Strathallan, Alexander Lord Pitsligo, ... of high treason, if they shall not render themselves to one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, on or before the twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty six, and submit to justice. [London: printed by Thomas Baskett; and by the assigns of Robert Baskett.
  2. The Statutes at Large of England and of Great Britain from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. X. Edited by John Raithby
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