Society for the Suppression of Vice
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This article is about the London society founded in 1802. For the New York society founded in 1873, see New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
The Society for the Suppression of Vice, formerly the Proclamation Society Against Vice and Immorality, or simply Proclamation Society, was a 19th-century English society dedicated to promoting public morality. It was established in 1802, based on a proclamation by George III in 1787, and as a successor to the 18th-century Society for the Reformation of Manners, and continued to function until 1885.