County Asylums Act 1808

The County Asylums Act 1808 formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1808 to 1845. Notably, the Asylums Act established public mental asylums in Britain.^[1] It permitted, but did not compel, Justices of the Peace to provide establishments for the care of pauper lunatics, so that they could be removed from workhouses and prisons.^[2]

The Act is also known as Mr. Wynn's Act, after Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, a Welsh member of parliament for Montgomeryshire, who promoted the act.^[3]

References

^ Roberts, Andrew. "Mental Health History Timeline". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
^ Ayers, Gwendoline (1971). England’s First State Hospitals. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Thorne, R. G. (1986). "WILLIAMS WYNN, Charles Watkin (1775-1850), of Langedwyn, Denb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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[1] Roberts, Andrew. "Mental Health History Timeline". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

[2] Ayers, Gwendoline (1971). England’s First State Hospitals. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[HoP-Williams-Wynn-3] Thorne, R. G. (1986). "WILLIAMS WYNN, Charles Watkin (1775-1850), of Langedwyn, Denb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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v t e Mental health law in the United Kingdom
18th century	Madhouses Act 1774
19th century	Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 County Asylums Act 1808 Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 Madhouses (Scotland) Act 1815 Criminal Lunatics Amendment Act 1815 Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 Pauper Lunatics Act 1819 Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 County Asylums Act 1828 Madhouses Act 1828 Chancery Lunatics Property Act 1828 Madhouses Act 1832 County Asylums Act 1845 Lunacy Act 1845 Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 Idiots Act 1886 Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886
20th century	Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1913 Mental Treatment Act 1930 Mental Health Act 1959 Mental Health Act 1983
21st century	Mental Capacity Act 2005 Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013
Public bodies	Commissioners in Lunacy Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales)
Other	Diminished responsibility in English law Fixated Threat Assessment Centre

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