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1851 census
The 1851 census for England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday the 30th March 1851.
The total population was declared to be 17,922,768.
This is the first census to include detailed information about each person. This includes their age, year of birth, marital status,
occupation and where they were born.
In 1851 Lord Palmerston is sacked from his post as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for sending a congratulatory telegram to
Napoleon for his coup d'etat. Lord Palmerston went on to be the Prime Minister twice from 1855 to 1858 and then 1859 to 1865. Search
for Viscount Palmerston in the 1851 census and you'll see him living in Charing Cross, London with his wife.
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