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³⁹ Maltby voted for the second reading of the Reform Bill on 7 October 1831, while Bathurst gave his proxy to a reformer. Blomfield was absent in October but spoke in favor of reform on 11 April 1832. The following bishops voted for the second reading of the amended bill on 13 April 1832: George Law (Bath and Wells), John Sumner (Chester), Maltby (Chichester), Henry Ryder (Lichfield and Coventry), John Kaye (Lincoln), Edward Copleston (Llandaff), Blomfield (London), Robert Carr (Worcester), and Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (archbishop of York). Edmund Knox (Killaloe), Bathurst (Norwich), and John Jenkinson (St. David's) gave their proxies to reformers.

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