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:I think the restrictions to churches and chapels only applies to marriages performed after the publication of banns. The language of the act is a bit complicated, but it seems to allow marriages elsewhere if married by license, and it certainly allows such a marriage by Special Licence ("nothing herein [...] shall be construed [...] to deprive the Archbishop of Canterbury and his Successors, and his and their proper Officers, of the Right [...] of granting Special Licences to marry at any convenient Time or Place") [http://statutes.org.uk/site/the-statutes/eighteenth-century/1753-26-geo-2-c-33-prevention-of-clandestine-marriages/]. --[[User:Stephan Schulz|Stephan Schulz]] ([[User talk:Stephan Schulz|talk]]) 15:27, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

::Ah, good call, and well read. I find in [[Basil Williams (historian)|Williams, Basil]]. ''[[The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham]]'' (2 vols, 1915) [https://archive.org/details/lifeofwilliampi01will vol 1 online] that "On Saturday November 16, 1754, two days after the opening of the session, William Pitt and Lady Hester Grenville were married in her lodgings in Argyle Street. Dr. Ayscough, brother- in-law of George Lyttelton, and an old friend of both families, married them under special licence. A few friends only were present at the ceremony..." I shall use that to clarify our articles. [[User:DuncanHill|DuncanHill]] ([[User talk:DuncanHill|talk]]) 15:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC)