Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister: An Address Delivered at a Meeting of Scottish Churchmen

Download or read book Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister: An Address Delivered at a Meeting of Scottish Churchmen written by Horace Courtenay Gammell Forbes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This address was given in 1883 at a time when there was a movement to allow the sanctifying in the church of the marriage between a widowed man and his dead wife's sister. At the time it was illegal, and any such marriage was voided. Lord Forbes, who gave the address was a Scottish peer who represented Scotland in the House of Lords. He was vehemently opposed to any change to the ruling. Later that year a Bill was presented to Parliament which eventually, in 1902, reversed this rule.