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of Denmark. Issue, two sons and three daugh- 

 ters ; eldest son, Albert Victor, born January 

 8, 1864. 3. Princess Alice, born April 25, 

 1843 ; married in 1862 to Louis IV, Grand 

 Duke of Hesse ; died December 14, 1878. 4. 

 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, born Au- 

 gust 6, 1844; married in 1874 to the Grand 

 Duchess Maria of Russia. He is heir-apparent 

 to the Duke of Saxe-Ooburg-Gotha. He has is- 

 sue one son and three daughters. 5. Princess 

 Helena, born May 25, 1846 ; married in 1866 

 to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Son- 

 derbtirg-Augustenburg. 6. Princess Louise, 

 born March 18, 1848 ; married in 1871 to the 

 Marquis of Lome. 7. Prince Arthur, Duke of 

 Connaught and Strathearne, born May 1, 1850 ; 

 married March 13, 1879, to Princess Louise 

 Margarethe, daughter of Prince Frederick 

 Charles of Prussia. 8. Prince Leopold, born 

 April 7, 1853. 9. Princess Beatrice, born April 

 14, 1857. 



The following princes and princesses are 

 cousins of the Queen: 1. Prince Ernest August, 

 Duke of Cumberland, born September 21, 1845, 

 the grandson of King Ernest August of Han- 

 over, fifth son of King George III ; married 

 December 21, 1878, to Princess Thyra of Den- 

 mark, born September 29, 1853. Offspring of 

 the union are a daughter, Maria Louisa, born 

 October 11, 1879, and a son, born October 28, 

 1880. 2. Prince George of Cambridge, born 

 March 26, 1819, the son of Duke Adolph of 

 Cambridge, sixth son of King George III, Field- 

 Marshal, commanding in chief the British 

 army. 3. Princess Augusta, sister of the pre- 

 ceding, born July 19, 1822; married June 28, 

 1843, to Grand Duke Frederick William of 

 Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 4. Princess Mary, sis- 

 ter of the preceding, born November 27, 1833 ; 

 married June 12, 1866, to Prince Franz von 

 Teck, born August 27, 1837, son of Prince 

 Alexander of Wiirtemberg. Offspring of the 

 union are one daughter and three sons. 



The Cabinet was composed as follows at the 

 close of 1880: First Lord of the Treasury and 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. W. 

 E. Gladstone, M. P. (see GLADSTONE) ; Lord 

 High Chancellor, Lord Selborne (see SEL- 

 BORNE) ; Lord President of the Council, Earl 

 Spencer (see SPENCER) ; Lord Privy Seal, Duke 

 of Argyll (see ARQYLL) ; Secretaries of State : 



1. Home Department, Right Hon. Sir Vernon- 

 Harcourt, Baronet, M. P. (see HARCOURT) ; 



2. Foreign Affairs, Earl Granville (see GRAN- 

 VILLE) ; 3. Colonies, Earl of Kimberley (see 

 KIMBERLEY) ; 4. War, Right Hon. Hugh 0. E. 

 Childers, M. P. (see CHILDERS) ; 5. India, Mar- 

 quis of Hartington, M. P. (see HAKTINGTON) ; 



First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl of North- 

 brook (see NORTHBROOK) ; Chancellor of the 

 Duchy of Lancaster, Right Hon. John Bright, 

 M. P. (see BRIGHT) ; Chief Secretary for Ire- 

 land, Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M. P. (see 

 FORSTER); President of the Board of Trade, 

 Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P. (see 

 CHAMBERLAIN). 



The Parliament which assembled in April, 

 1880, is the twenty-second Imperial Parlia- 

 ment of the United Kingdom, and the tenth Par- 

 liament of the United Kingdom. The House 

 of Lords consists of all peers of Great Britain 

 and of Scotch and Irish representative peers, 

 and of most of the archbishops and bishops of 

 England and Wales. The House of Lords, in 

 1880, was composed of 4 peers of the royal 

 blood, 2 archbishops, 22 dukes, 19 marquesses, 

 134 earls, 32 viscounts, 24 bishops, and 262 

 barons. The Speaker of the House of Lords 

 was Earl Selborne, the Lord High Chancel- 

 lor. The members of the House of Com- 

 mons are elected by the counties, boroughs, 

 and universities. Of the latter, Oxford elects 

 2, Cambridge 2, London 1, Edinburgh 1, Glas- 

 gow 1, and Dublin 2. England was repre- 

 sented in 1880 by 493, Scotland by 60, and 

 Ireland by 105 members. The Speaker of the 

 House of Commons was the Right Hon. Henry 

 Bouverie William Brand; second president and 

 chairman of committees, Right Hon. Dr. Lyon 

 Playfair. The number of registered electors 

 in 1880 was 2,501,676 in England, 231,536 in 

 Ireland, and 305,514 in Scotland. The total 

 number of votes recorded at the general elec- 

 tion of 1880 was 1,417,924 for the Conserva- 

 tive candidates, and 1,881,951 for Liberal can- 

 didates and Home Rulers. 



The area and population of the British Em- 

 pire in 1880 were as follows : 



The following table gives the area and popu- 

 lation of the United Kingdom according to the 

 census of 1871, as well as the estimates of the 

 Registrar-General (who does not include the isl- 

 ands in the British waters, nor the soldiers and 

 sailors abroad) for 1871, 1878, 1879, and 1880: 



