“I am indeed convinced that the more the bill is considered, the less it will be found to prejudice the real interests of the aristocracy.”

—  Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Letter to Lord Somers (26 September 1831) on the Reform Bill, quoted in J. R. M. Butler, The Passing of the Great Reform Bill (London: Longmans Green & Co., 1914), p. 255.
1830s

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