John Singleton Copley Baron Lyndhurst

Standard Name: Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley,,, Baron
Used Form: Lord Lyndhurst

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1 September 1835: As of this date, Lord Lyndhurst's Act made...

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1 September 1835

As of this date, Lord Lyndhurst 's Act made marriages between in-laws, such as a man and his deceased wife's sister, illegal in England.
Craik, Dinah Mulock. Hannah. Harper and Brothers, 1872.
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Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne, 1983.
73
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
286

1842: A bill to legalize marriage between a man...

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1842

A bill to legalize marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister was introduced in the House of Commons . It did not pass.
Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
68, 79
Behrman, Cynthia Fansler. “The Annual Blister: A Sidelight on Victorian Social History and Parliamentary History”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
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, June 1968, pp. 483-02.
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1847: A royal commission was appointed to inquire...

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1847

A royal commission was appointed to inquire into the issue of illegal marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister, prohibited in Lord Lyndhurst 's Act of 1835.
Chase, Karen, and Michael Levenson. The Spectacle of Intimacy: A Public Life for the Victorian Family. Princeton University Press, 2000.
106
Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
21
, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
68

May 1856: Lord Chancellor Cranworth presented a second...

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May 1856

Lord Chancellor Cranworth presented a second divorce bill, to which there were several successful amendments affecting married women's property.
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
38-40, 44-5
Atkinson, Diane. The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton. Preface Publishing, 2012.
390

28 August 1907: The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act...

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28 August 1907

The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act rescinded the ban on a man's marrying the sister of his previous wife, after her death.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2024.
(1907): 215-16
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
31

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