Tontines

[saxy_jag]

When were tontines banned in the United Kingdom?

[Ethel]

Too much of a temptation to kill off your partners!

Nice bit of information here:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-to n1.htm

[Ethel]

It was around 1850 when tontines were made illegal in the UK, but I can't find a link to back this up.

[saxy_jag]

Thanks Ethel. I thought it was round about then. I only need an approximate date, so that's fine.

Cheers.

[saxy_jag]

I've seen "The Wrong Box" - hilarious.

It was actually that film that gave me the idea of using one as a plot device.

[Peter Pedant]

early type of life insurance apparently

as for tontines surviving in hotels,
yup there is one near middlesbrough,
Tontine Hotel just half a mile from Mount Grace Priory - ruins of

[yapisle]

see this site -

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-to n1.htm