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In 1863 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had an estimated population of 29m. (1861 census: England and Wales 20m., Ireland 6m., Scotland 3m.). The electorate, still restricted by the property qualifications of the 1832 Reform Act, was 1·1m.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1963). The United Kingdom. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_5
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