Speech of John Campbell, Esq. M.P. in the House of Commons, on...
Campbell, John. Speech of John Campbell, Esq. M.P. in the House of Commons, on Thursday, December 16th, 1830, on Moving for Leave to Bring in a Bill to Establish a General Register for All Deeds and Instruments Affecting Real Property in England and Wales. London: John Hatchard & Son, 1831. 53 pp. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate edgewear and toning. Ink library stamp to title page, otherwise internally clean. A good copy. $250. * An entry in the spirited and lengthy public debate in Great Britain over the establishment of a general register for titles and deeds, similar to that created in Ireland in 1822. Though the idea was first proposed under Henry VIII, no such register would be created in England until the passage of the Land Registry Act in 1862, which established a registry of titles (but not deeds). The system created by the act was voluntary and largely ineffective; successive attempts at reform failed until the Land Registration Act of 1925. Stewart was a politician and barrister of Lincoln's Inn who served as MP for Honiton in 1837.
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