"Sport and General" Photo. How Queen Victorias age ivas entered in a census return of 1841 as two years less than it really wax can be seen among the documents which have jusl been displayed in the museum of the Public Record Office in London. The general statement of age first, became compulsory in 1841, and the exact age had to be filled in for children under 15, but for persons above this age they were instructed' to write "the lowest of the term of five years within, the age; thus, for persons aged 15 years and over write 15. for those 20 years old and under 25 write 20, and so on." Queen. Victoria ivas born on May 24. 1819, ami the census record shown above shoivs her age as 20. when.-; she was actually 22.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 9

"Sport and General" Photo. How Queen Victorias age ivas entered in a census return of 1841 as two years less than it really wax can be seen among the documents which have jusl been displayed in the museum of the Public Record Office in London. The general statement of age first, became compulsory in 1841, and the exact age had to be filled in for children under 15, but for persons above this age they were instructed' to write "the lowest of the term of five years within, the age; thus, for persons aged 15 years and over write 15. for those 20 years old and under 25 write 20, and so on." Queen. Victoria ivas born on May 24. 1819, ami the census record shown above shoivs her age as 20. when.-; she was actually 22.