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Divorce in 1840s Sorted - Thanks Merry

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 31 Aug 2006 11:26

Can anyone tell me if there is anywhere online I could search for a divorce. It was between 1846 and 1852. National Archive only have after 1858 as far as I can see. Thanks. Thanks Merry - found it. 1846. Tried searching a different way.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 31 Aug 2006 11:33

Thanks Merry, I can't find it there. There was a court case in the Times about the couple. Wife committed adultery with the family doctor in 1845. Doctor had to pay 5000pounds. The husband, a solicitor remarried in 1852. I can't find a death for the wife, so presumed they divorced. Money wasn't a problem.

Merry

Merry Report 31 Aug 2006 11:39

Maybe they paid the paper to supress the divorce case details? After all, it was a great social stigma to be a divorcee! I wonder what his Condition says on the later marriage cert? Have you tried searching all the names involved on The Times site? Sometimes the OCR thingy doesn't pick up all occurrences of a word. Merry

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 31 Aug 2006 11:45

See update Merry Thanks.

Merry

Merry Report 31 Aug 2006 11:47

Oh well done! £5,000???? I hope he felt it was worth it?????!!! Merry

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 31 Aug 2006 11:52

Merry The doctor married four days after the court case. The wronged husband was the son of a Rev Clark and went on to marry the daughter of a Rev. Light after the divorce.

Merry

Merry Report 31 Aug 2006 12:03

Gosh! I wonder what the families made of it???? Merry

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 31 Aug 2006 12:56

Ozibird, The doctor married someone else. 'A delightful girl of good breeding' was the phrase. The wife with the loose morals was pregnant with her sixth child at the time of the adultery. I've got to go back and check if she took the baby. I'm not sure if it was the husbands or the doctor's. Maybe she wasn't either.