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The Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 (26 Geo. 2. c. 33), also called the Marriage Act 1753, long title "An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage", popularly known as Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. It came into force on 25 March 1754.
Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 or the Marriage Act 1753 or Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act (repealed) 26 Geo. 2. c. 33. 7 June 1753.
The Marriage Duty Act 1694 and the Marriage Duty Act 1695 required that banns or marriage licences must be obtained. The Marriage Act 1753 also laid down rules for where marriages were allowed to take place, whom you were and were not allowed to marry, the requirement for at least two witnesses to be present at the marriage ceremony and set a ...
Marriage and domestic relationships existed before the state, and should be returned to the people, not regulated by the government. Marriages and civil partnerships are regulated by the ...
6 June – Parliament passes Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act "for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage" in England and Wales, requiring marriages to be performed by licensed ministers and the reading of banns of marriage; it comes into effect in 1754. [2] Jews and Quakers are exempted.
A Fleet marriage was a common example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage [1] taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 came into force on March 25, 1754. Specifically, it was one which took place in London 's Fleet Prison or its environs during the 17th and, especially, the early 18th century.
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, PC (1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle , Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and 1757 until 1762.
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