Wyndham Land Purchase Act
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land transfer to tenants
- In Ireland: The Home Rule movement and the Land League
…most important achievement was the Land Purchase Act of 1903, which initiated the greatest social revolution in Ireland since the 17th century. By providing generous inducements to landlords to sell their estates, the act effected by government mediation the transfer of landownership to the occupying tenants.
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promotion by Wyndham
- In George Wyndham
…1903, also known as the Wyndham Land Purchase Act, which alleviated the problem of Irish farm ownership with justice to landlords as well as to peasants.
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role of O’Brien
- In William O’Brien
…representatives and resulted in the Wyndham Land Purchase Act of 1903, which was designed to turn Irish tenant farmers into occupying owners.
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sponsorship by Balfour
- In Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour
The Wyndham Land Purchase Act (1903) encouraged the sale of land to tenant farmers in Ireland. The Committee of Imperial Defence (created 1904) made possible a realistic worldwide British strategy. None of these measures was especially popular with voters. Balfour also decided to meet a shortage…
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