The General Register Office Act 1852
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England, His Majesty was empowered to provide proper Office in London or Westminster, to be called the "General Register Office," for keeping a Register of all Births, Deaths, and Marriages of His Majesty's Subjects in England: And whereas under the Authority of the said Act an Office, called the "General Register Office," was p...