To Consider Revision of the Lunacy Laws: The King, on the recommendation of the Home Secretary, has appointed a Royal Commission to consider the existing methods of dealing with idiots and epileptics, and with imbecile, feeble-minded, or defective persons not certified under the Lunacy Laws … … The names of the commissioners are as follows: … (list includes) … Mrs. Pinsent … The appointment of the Commission is the result of a long-standing agitation for the amendment of the law of lunacy, which had been led by Dr. Savage, Sir William Gowers, Sir Willian Church, and other well-known brain specialists. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949