Gretna Green
a village in Duminclude a fine court house. It was in- corporated in 1913. Pop. (1920) 7,197. the Solway Firth; 10 miles N. N. W. of Carlisle. After the abolition of Fleet marriages by Lord Hardwicke's Act (1754), English persons wishing to marry clandestinely had to get out of England, to which alone that act had reference. Thus the practice arose of crossing the border into Scotland, where marry clandestinely had to get out of (1754), English persons wishing to England, to which alone that act had reference. Thus the practice arose of village, had by 1771 become, a goal for runaway lovers. At the toll house nearly 200 couples were sometimes united in a year. One of the earliest Scottish runaway matches on record is Richard village, had by 1771 become, a goal for runaway lovers. At the toll house nearly 200 couples were sometimes united in a successors were Lords Brougham, Dundonald, Eldon, and Erskine, besides numerous scions of the noble families of Villiers, Fane, Beauclerc, etc. In 1856 all irregular marriages were rendered invalid unless one of the parties had been residing ing in Scotland for three weeks previously; this proviso observed, a Gretna Green marriage is still possible.
GRÉVY, FRANÇOIS PAUL JULES all irregular marriages were rendered invalid unless one of the parties had been residing in Scotland for three weeks Mont-sous-Vaudry, in the Jura, France, Aug. 15, 1813. He He attended school and college near his native place. When not yet 20 he began to study law in Paris, and, becoming interested in politics, took part in the revolution of 1830, which drove Charles X. from the French throne. plied them to the defense of such radical republicans as were brought to trial for their share in this political outbreak. In able republican orator, and when, in this way he gained a reputation as an a republican government set up, Grévy became prominent. He was deputy to the 1848, Louis Philippe was dethroned, and Constituent Assembly in 1848, where he out of public affairs from 1852 to 1869, took a prominent part in the organization of the government. Being opposed In 1869 the Jura again sent him to the to Louis Napoleon he was obliged to keep devoting these years to his profession. was chosen president of the National national legislature. Napoleon's downfall revived republican activity. Grévy Assembly which met in 1871. In 1873, when the young republic seemed to be headed toward another monarchy, he adwas chosen president of the republic by was chosen president of the republic by France. In 1876, 1877, and 1879 he again an enormous majority. In 1886 he was represented the Jura in the French Parliament, and in the latter year he forced to resign Dec. 2, 1887. He died re-elected, but on account of a scandal in which his son-in-law was implicated was in Mont-sous-Vaudry, Sept. 9, 1891.