THE WINDHAM COURT CASE Commission de lunatico inquirendo AN INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF MIND OF W. F. WINDAM, ESQ. of Fellbrigg Hall, Norfolk / before Samuel Warren, esq., Q.C., and a special jury, upon the petition of General Windham, c.b., etc., the uncle of the alleged lunatic, and other members of the family, at Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, Westminster, commencing December 16, 1861. ( a rare account of this landmark trial that significantly shaped the law concerning mental health by challenging the burgeoning authority of Victorian psychiatry which led directly to the Lunacy Regulation Act 1862.)

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Edité par W. Oliver, London, 1111

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Undated, but published circa 1862, this is a rare account of this landmark trial that significantly shaped the law concerning mental health by challenging the burgeoning authority of Victorian psychiatry which led directly to the Lunacy Regulation Act 1862. The case was against Wiliam Frederick Windham, the squire of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, whose relatives wanted him declared Mad and a lunatic for both his eccentric ways, and his infatuation and marriage to Anne Agnes Willoughby who was a notorious courtesan. He was a spendthrift and was frittering away the family fortune, his relatives sought to gain control of his estate, The case caused a public sensation and was described in the British Journal of Psychiatry as "a significant event in psychiatric history" in the transition from "legal management in psychiatric illness and towards medical management". The paperback book has been bound in cloth retaining the original paperback covers, just over 8.5 inches tall, running to 202 pages with illustrations. This example originally belonged to Sir John Hall 6th Baronet of Dunglass Castle, East Lothian, with his heraldic bookplate to the front pastedown. CONDITION The cloth covers have general edge wear rubbing, corner bumps and some marking. Internally the original paperback front and rear covers have noticeably darkened, with some tearing to inner edge and minor loss to front cover. Dustiness to a few page edges, a few browned spots else contents in good general condition.…

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THE WINDHAM COURT CASE Commission de lunatico inquirendo AN INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF MIND OF W. F. WINDAM, ESQ. of Fellbrigg Hall, Norfolk / before Samuel Warren, esq., Q.C., and a special jury, upon the petition of General Windham, c.b., etc., the uncle of the alleged lunatic, and other members of the family, at Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, Westminster, commencing December 16, 1861. ( a rare account of this landmark trial that significantly shaped the law concerning mental health by challenging the burgeoning authority of Victorian psychiatry which led directly to the Lunacy Regulation Act 1862.)
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Windham, Charles Ash Sir 1810-1870 [petitioner]
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W. Oliver, London
Année de publication
1111
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
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8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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