As one of Britain's landmark constitutional reforms, the 1832 Reform Act has attracted considerable historical attention. However, only cursory notice has been paid to the extensive work completed by the 1831–2 boundary commission to reform the nation's parliamentary boundaries. Drawing on previously unused archival material, this article provides the first sustained analysis of the boundary reforms that took place in England's ancient boroughs in 1832, revealing the significance of Thomas Drummond, a previously obscure royal engineer and chair of the English and Welsh boundary commission, to the ‘Great Reform Act’. As well as revealing the wider importance of parliamentary boundaries to the passage of reform by 1832, Drummond and the boundary commission established significant precedents for the expansion of the reformed British state and future parliamentary reform.

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“我们见过的最优秀的商界人士之一”：托马斯·德拉蒙德、边界委员会和 1832 年改革法案

作为英国具有里程碑意义的宪法改革之一，1832年的改革法案引起了相当大的历史关注。然而，对于 1831-2 年边界委员会为改革国家议会边界而完成的大量工作，人们只是粗略地注意到了。本文利用以前未使用的档案材料，对 1832 年在英格兰古老自治市镇进行的边界改革进行了首次持续分析，揭示了托马斯·德拉蒙德（Thomas Drummond）的重要性，他曾是一位默默无闻的皇家工程师，同时也是英国和威尔士边界委员会的主席，到“大改革法案”。除了揭示议会边界对 1832 年改革通过的更广泛重要性之外，