A Treasure Trove of Historical Information
Britain’s oldest
continuously-published newspaper has recorded significant political events, the
everyday working of government, and, to some extent, the lives of ordinary
everyday people since the plague of 1665 drove King Charles II from London.
In 1712 an “Act
to Relieve Insolvent Debtors” required publication of insolvency announcements.
The Gazette
continued to grow, the railway building boom of 1845, legislation on Patents
and Company Law in the 1850s and 1860s, and from 1870 notice of civil service
recruitment and examinations contributed to the publication. Civil service
notices continued through the first half of the twentieth century and included bodies
such as the post office.
Below I found a reference to our Cassingham relative:
(THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 26, 1895)
In 1899 a
Naturalization Act resulted in the publication of lists of those granted British
citizenship and in 1925 the Trustee Act picked up pre-existing practice by specifying certain legal privileges for
executors giving notice of deceased’s estates in the Gazette. Notices of this
type provide family historians with a rich trail of
information.
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