When Alfred Purnell was born on 17 September 1863, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Mathew Purnell, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Challenger, was 24. He lived in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1911 and Hampstead, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He was buried in Goetre Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English: variant of Parnell .
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