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{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title=Royal Titles Act 1876<ref>The citation of this Act by this [[short title]] was authorised by the [[Short Titles Act 1896]], section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the [[Interpretation Act 1978]].</ref>
|parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom
|long_title=An Act to enable Her most Gracious majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies.
|year=1876
|statute_book_chapter=[[39 & 40 Vict.]], c. 10
|introduced_by=Benjamin Disraeli
|territorial_extent= Throughout the British Empire
|royal_assent=
|commencement= 1 May 1876
|repeal_date= 22 June 1948
|amendments=
|related_legislation=
|repealing_legislation=
|status=Repealed
|original_text=
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|revised_text=
|}}

[[File:Victoria Disraeli cartoon.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Disraeli dressed as a fakir offers Victoria an exchange|"New crowns for old ones!" An 1876 ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' cartoon of Disraeli, depicted as Abanazer from the [[pantomime]] version of [[Aladdin]], offering Victoria the Crown of India in exchange for another]]
The '''Royal Titles Act 1876''' ([[39 & 40 Vict.]], c. 10) was an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] which officially recognized [[Queen Victoria]] (and [[List of British monarchs|subsequent monarchs]]) as “[[Empress of India]]”. <ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheHanoverians/Victoria.aspx | title= Victoria (r. 1837-1901)| publisher= The Royal Household | accessdate= 2015-03-23|quote=Victoria's popularity grew with the increasing imperial sentiment from the 1870s onwards. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown with the position of Governor General upgraded to Viceroy, and in 1877 Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act passed by Disraeli's government.}}</ref>

This title had been assumed by her in 1876, under the encouragement of the [[Prime Minister]] [[Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield|Benjamin Disraeli]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page118.asp |title= History of the Monarchy, Victoria | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20020202023604/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page118.asp| archivedate=2002-02-02}}</ref> The [[long title]] of the Act is "An Act to enable Her most Gracious majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies." It was repealed by the [[Indian Independence Act 1947]].

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[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1876]]
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Royal Titles Act 1876 - Revision history

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