Global Information Lookup Global Information

Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland information


The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Ireland.

and 25 Related for: Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8855 seconds.)

Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland

Last Update:

The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums...

Word Count : 289

Commissioners in Lunacy

Last Update:

mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy. The predecessors of the Commissioners in Lunacy were the Metropolitan...

Word Count : 1524

Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

Last Update:

The Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland or Lunacy Commission for Scotland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 to oversee...

Word Count : 701

Lunacy Act 1845

Last Update:

commission from its founding in 1845 until his death in 1885. The Lunacy Commission was made up of eleven Metropolitan Commissioners. The commission was monumental...

Word Count : 880

Lunacy Act

Last Update:

Lunacy Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to mental illness. The Lunacy Act 1845 (8...

Word Count : 324

Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency

Last Update:

the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Home Office however it was independent in that it reported to the Lord Chancellor who had responsibility for investigating...

Word Count : 582

Courts of Northern Ireland

Last Update:

The courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland: they are constituted...

Word Count : 1005

Lunacy Act 1890

Last Update:

The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

Word Count : 68

Mental Health Act 1983

Last Update:

compelled to provide an asylum for "pauper lunatics", who were removed from workhouses into the aforementioned asylums. The Lunacy Commission was established...

Word Count : 5007

William Patrick Byrne

Last Update:

and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013. "Biographies of Legal Lunacy Commissioners and Secretaries...

Word Count : 346

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Last Update:

done, or decision made, under this Act for or on behalf of a person who lacks capacity must be done, or made, in his/ her best interests. 5. Before the...

Word Count : 1208

Madhouses Act 1774

Last Update:

Roberts, s. 2 Annual Register for the year 1774. London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1778. Second edition. Roberts, Andrew. The Lunacy Commission Section 2: The...

Word Count : 1072

Diminished responsibility in English law

Last Update:

Responsibility as a Defence in Irish Law". 5 Irish Criminal Law Journal 193. Boland, F. (1996). "Diminished Responsibility as a Defence in Irish Law: Past English...

Word Count : 1040

Involuntary commitment

Last Update:

the filthy conditions in which the inmates lived. However, it was not until 1828 that the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license...

Word Count : 5137

Victorian Turkish baths

Last Update:

considered unacceptable by the Commissioners in Lunacy and, 'It was not until 1883 that every patient was bathed in fresh water.' In 1868, the bath was used...

Word Count : 17268

Mental Health Act 2007

Last Update:

April 2015. In Scotland, these matters are covered by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and in Northern Ireland, by Mental Health...

Word Count : 684

Home Office

Last Update:

removed: Broadmoor hospital (to Lunacy Board of Control) 1949 added: Civil Defence Corps 1950 removed: structural precautions for civil defence (to Ministry...

Word Count : 3967

Psychiatric hospital

Last Update:

in 1812 in Nottinghamshire. In 1828, the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license and supervise private asylums. The Lunacy Act...

Word Count : 3559

Arthur Mitchell

Last Update:

choreographer Arthur Mitchell (physician) (1826–1909), antiquary, commissioner of Lunacy Arthur Mitchell (Yukon politician) (born 1950), leader of the Canadian...

Word Count : 134

Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817

Last Update:

The Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made Ireland the first nation in the world to require...

Word Count : 192

List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1867

Last Update:

of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts...

Word Count : 1433

Mental Deficiency Act 1913

Last Update:

Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland. Royal College of Surgeons of England (1913). Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5...

Word Count : 1278

Mental health in the United Kingdom

Last Update:

established the Board of Commissioners in Lunacy. Justices were required to build lunatic asylums financed by the local rates. In 1859, there were about...

Word Count : 3591

List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1865

Last Update:

& 17 Vict. c. 97) Lunacy Acts Amendment Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 111) Endowment and Augmentation of Small Benefices Act (Ireland) 1860 (23 & 24 Vict...

Word Count : 1542

Mental capacity in England and Wales

Last Update:

is likely to be beyond the life of this Parliament. Madhouses Act 1774 Lunacy Act 1845 Idiots Act 1886 Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Deficiency Act...

Word Count : 2457

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net