What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: On this site was born Philip Yorke 1690-1764 later Lord Chancellor Baron Hardwicke who instituted Calling of Banns before weddings (Marriage Act 1753) Recorded plaque organisation: Dover Society.

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and is remembered for his legal reforms, including the Marriage Act 1753 which required the calling of banns and licensed venues for weddings, significantly impacting English marriage law.

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