a british subject who acquired foreign citizenship by naturalisation before 1949 was deemed to have lost his or her british subject status at the time. no specific provisions were made in the 1948 legislation for such former british subjects to acquire or otherwise resume british nationality, and hence such a person would not be a british citizen today. however, women who lost british nationality on marriage to a foreign man before 1949 were deemed to have reacquired british subject status immediately before the coming into force of the 1948 act.