25 March – Lord Harwicke's Marriage Act 1753 "for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage" comes into force in England and Wales, giving increased incentive for couples to contract Border marriages in Scotland.
↑ Emerson, Roger L. (1973). The Social Composition of Enlightened Scotland: The Select Society of Edinburgh, 1754–1764. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century.
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