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The ''Enlistment Act 1794'' (also known as the Emigrant Corps Bill or Act) allowed the British government to create regiments of [[French emigration (1789–1815)|émigrés]] from France. As the French officers of these units would mostly be Catholic and were acting without the consent of their government this legislation provided the terms that would allow George III to commissions them as officers. The Act was a major break from the military conventions about enlisting soldiers from other states in the Eighteenth Century.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan| isbn = 9780230319684| pages = 59-60| editor-last1 = Arielli| editor1-first = Nir| editor-last2 = Collins| editor2-first = Bruce| last = Linch| first = Kevin| title = Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era| chapter = The Politics of Foreign Recruitment in Britain during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars| location = Basingstoke| date = 2012 |doi= 10.1057/9781137296634_4 }}</ref> |
The ''Enlistment Act 1794'' (also known as the Emigrant Corps Bill or Act) allowed the British government to create regiments of [[French emigration (1789–1815)|émigrés]] from France. As the French officers of these units would mostly be Catholic and were acting without the consent of their government this legislation provided the terms that would allow George III to commissions them as officers. The Act was a major break from the military conventions about [[Mercenary#17th_and_18th_centuries|enlisting soldiers from other states]] in the Eighteenth Century.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan| isbn = 9780230319684| pages = 59-60| editor-last1 = Arielli| editor1-first = Nir| editor-last2 = Collins| editor2-first = Bruce| last = Linch| first = Kevin| title = Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era| chapter = The Politics of Foreign Recruitment in Britain during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars| location = Basingstoke| date = 2012 |doi= 10.1057/9781137296634_4 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:08, 11 April 2020
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| Long title | An act to enable subjects of France to enlist as soldiers in regiments to serve on the continent of Europe, and in certain other places; and to enable his Majesty to grant commissions to subjects of France, to serve and receive pay as officers in such regiments, or as engineers under certain conditions |
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| Citation | 34 Geo. 3 c. 43 |
| Introduced by | William Pitt the Younger |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 9 May 1794 |
Status: Repealed | |
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The Enlistment Act 1794 (also known as the Emigrant Corps Bill or Act) allowed the British government to create regiments of émigrés from France. As the French officers of these units would mostly be Catholic and were acting without the consent of their government this legislation provided the terms that would allow George III to commissions them as officers. The Act was a major break from the military conventions about enlisting soldiers from other states in the Eighteenth Century.[1]
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- ^ Linch, Kevin (2012). "The Politics of Foreign Recruitment in Britain during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars". In Arielli, Nir; Collins, Bruce (eds.). Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 59–60. doi:10.1057/9781137296634_4. ISBN 9780230319684.