HL Deb 03 December 1830 vol 1 cc763-4

On the Report of this Bill being brought up,

Lord Lyndhurst

moved to add a clause to the Bill to the following effect:—That in the case of the Duchess of Kent's becoming Regent, and the Princess Victoria desiring to marry before she attained the age' of eighteen, she should not be permitted to marry a foreigner without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament; and that in case the Duchess of Kent should marry a foreigner in the life-time of his Majesty, but without his consent, she should by that Act forfeit all pretensions to the Regency under this Bill.—Clause agreed to.