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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.
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.
In 1753, Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act [7] was passed, which required, under pain of annulment, that banns should be published or a licence obtained; that, in either case, the marriage should be solemnized in church by a recognised cleric; and that in the case of minors, marriage by licence must be by the consent of parent or guardian; and that ...
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Legal common-law marriage was, for practical purposes, abolished under the Marriage Act 1753, also known as Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act. This was aimed at suppressing clandestine marriages by introducing more stringent conditions for validity, and thereafter only marriages conducted by the Church of England, Quakers , or under Jewish law ...
Lord Hardwicke was succeeded by his nephew, the third Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Yorke, second son of the first Earl. He was a prominent politician and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1801 and 1805. Lord Hardwicke died without surviving male issues and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Earl.
An 1844 depiction of a "Gretna wedding", complete with a blacksmith and some of his implements. 1930s photo of the village blacksmiths, "famous for its runaway marriages" Scottish law allowed for " irregular marriages ", meaning that if a declaration was made before two witnesses, almost anybody had the authority to conduct the marriage ceremony.
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