Temporary Relief Act 1847
United Kingdom legislation
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the temporary Relief of destitute Persons in Ireland. |
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| Citation | 10 & 11 Vict. c. 7 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 February 1847 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Temporary Relief Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 7) also known as the Soup Kitchen Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in February 1847.
The Act allowed the establishment of soup kitchens in Ireland to relieve pressure from the overstretched Poor Law system, which could not adequately feed people suffering from the Great famine.[1][2]
See also
- Irish Poor Law Extension Acts
- Irish Poor Laws
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Great Hunger in Ireland, 1845–1852
- Irish Famine (1740–1741)
- History of Ireland (1801–1923)
- Penal Laws
- Absentee landlord
- Corn Laws
- Chronology of the Great Famine
- British Relief Association
- Souperism
- Coffin ship
- Irish diaspora
- Young Ireland rebellion
- Encumbered Estates' Court
- Legacy of the Great Famine
- National Famine Commemoration Day
- List of memorials to the Great Famine
- 1879 Irish Famine
- Queen Victoria
- Earl Russell
- Viscount Halifax
- Earl of Lucan
- Marquess of Londonderry
- Marquess Conyngham
- Lord Farnham
- Robert Gore-Booth
- Nassau William Senior
- Viscount Palmerston
- Marquess of Lansdowne
- Marquess of Clanricarde
- Charles Trevelyan
- Christopher St George
- Robert Peel
- Lionel de Rothschild
- Stephen Spring Rice
- John Abel Smith
- Paweł Strzelecki
- Matthew James Higgins
- William Henry Gregory
- Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838
- Temporary Relief Act 1847
- Irish Poor Law Extension Acts
- Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Act 1848
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