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.
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.
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.
May 1856
Lord Chancellor Cranworth
presented a second divorce bill, to which there were several successful amendments affecting married women's property.
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The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act rescinded the ban on a man's marrying the sister of his previous wife, after her death.
