Talk:Orders in Council (1807)

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I see this page is to be cleaned up... I'm not sure how to go about it, but the title of the page is wrong. What is being referred to as an 'Order of Council' is in fact a species of Order-in-Council. An Order of Council, by contrast, tends to be a byelaw of a body which is regulated by the Privy Council.

The author is referring to one use of the Royal Prerogative, exercised by way of Order-in-Council. This website is quite helpful, and provides links to the actual Orders: http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/british/decrees/c_britdecrees1.html. Hope this helps... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.46.184.244 (talk)

Order in Council or Orders in Council? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.28.72.179 (talk) 21:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing (wrong?) wording re timing of declaration[edit]

The Order in Council of 23 June 1812, in a belated attempt at reconciliation with the Americans, repealed those three decrees, but two days later as the news was still crossing the ocean, the United States declared war on the British.

What's the meaning of "two days later"? --Jeremyb (talk) 04:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up the lead section to make its structure make more sense. Mentioning "American history" before establishing the context as the War of 1812 just makes the article look US-centric. (It mostly wasn't, except for the comparison to US presidential executive orders, which is only enlightening if you assume a greater familiarity with American law than British law.) The "two days" was wrong, anyway: according to the article War of 1812, war was declared on 18 June, but Lord Liverpool repealed the orders on 23 June - five days later, not two days before - and didn't send a diplomatic envoy with the news for another five days, on 28 June. Hairy Dude (talk) 01:42, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]