Greetings! A child born in Calcutta in 1893, Father British mother Indian or other. Is the child a British Citizen. Any difference if the child is male or female. What if the Mother is British. Regards E.P.Dowling

In response to Eardley Downling: "What if the Mother is British?" While I am not sure what the citizenship rules were for Britons in 1893 in terms of receiving British citizenship through the mother, in this century, it became possible only after January 1, 1983. Before that, children of British mothers and non-British fathers were not eligible for British citizenship, even if the parents were married. Children of British fathers, on the other hand, were automatically British, even if the parents were not married! My understanding is that the EU does not allow member countries to discriminate based on gender and therefore insisted that Britain bring its citizenship laws in line with the rest of the Union, which Britain did with the 1983 citizenship law. Before 1983, my two American-born children could not get British citizenship through me (and not through their Iranian father either, of course). For me, the 1983 reform of the law was bittersweet: as soon as my American son graduated from university here in the U.S., he grabbed his British passport and took off for London. 23 years later, he still lives there:-( I hope this accurately answers one of Eardley Downling's questions. Anthea Tillyer New York City > On Aug 15, 2015, at 17:45, Eardley Downling via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Greetings! A child born in Calcutta in 1893, Father British mother Indian > or other. Is the child a British Citizen. Any difference if the child is > male or female. What if the Mother is British. > > > > > > Regards > > > > E.P.Dowling > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello List Eardley, my understanding is that as Calcutta in 1893 was part of the British Empire, the child would have British citizenship who ever the father or mother was. If the birth had been in a Princely State, not part of the British Empire, the child's nationality would have been the same as the father's. There is a Wikipedia page “History of British nationality law”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_British_nationality_law Cheers Maureen On 16/08/2015, at 7:45 AM, Eardley Downling via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Greetings! A child born in Calcutta in 1893, Father British mother Indian > or other. Is the child a British Citizen. Any difference if the child is > male or female. What if the Mother is British. > > Regards > > E.P.Dowling > >