Bishop Fraser and Disestablishment in the Burial Question
The bishop outlines disestablishment and burial policy, arguing a public shift may rise against establishment. He cites Gladstone, notes church state tensions, and cautions against imposing church services on Nonconformists, urging a more practical reconciliation with religious freedom.
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Beaconsfield
Man- Derby
Chester
Ellicott
Tians
Servia
Seeeeeres Ees
Islington
Fraser
Miall
Ldst
Gladstone
Manchester
Dr. Fraser
Government and the Burials Question
The Home Secretary is conducting a systematic inquiry into burial grounds across the United Kingdom to assess overcrowding and inform possible sanitary and ecclesiastical legislation. The debate recalls Lord Selborne and Lord Granville on interment rights and nonconformist funeral observances, with anxiety over potential ministerial compromise.
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Home Secretary
United Kingdom
Osborne Morgan
Cross
Fraser
Manchester
Lord Selborne
House of Lords
Lord Granville
Episcopal
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