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Catalogue description Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Warrants for Royal Marriages
| Reference: | C 188 |
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| Title: | Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Warrants for Royal Marriages |
| Description: |
This series consists of warrants sealed and signed by the sovereign, countersigned by the Home Secretary, which were sent into the Crown Office in Chancery for the issuing of letters patent under the great seal. They signified the crown's assent to royal marriages. |
| Date: | 1861-1941 |
| Related material: |
Other warrants for royal marriages (1791-1980) are in HO 124 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 2 bundle(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The legislation which made crown assent necessary, the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, had been passed at the behest of George III after the marriage of his brother, the Duke of Cumberland, to Mrs Ann Horton, daughter of the Earl of Irnham. The Royal Marriages Act prohibited any member of the royal family marrying without the sovereign's consent (unless the person concerned was over twenty-five, whereupon by giving twelve months notice, and providing Parliament did not object, marriage was still possible); declared any such future marriage made without the sovereign's consent invalid; and stipulated sanctions against those who assisted in such marriages. The act is still in force. |
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