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Há 2 dias · e. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835). He previously served twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827, 1828–1830).
Há 6 dias · That concern with the judgement of posterity – and Peel’s anxiety to shape its deliberations – forms the keynote of Richard Gaunt’s new study: Sir Robert Peel: the Life and Legacy. As Gaunt makes clear at the outset, his book is not ‘a new cradle-to-grave biography’.
22 de mai. de 2024 · There are fascinating insights into O’Connor’s veneration for Sir Robert Peel, and his claim in 1846 that ‘for five years Peel has led an incipient Chartist Movement’ (pp. 272–3). O’Connor published a fulsome obituary of the former premier in 1850, and Peel was even added to the Chartist portraits issued by the Northern ...
Há 6 dias · Robert Peel in 1731 purchased an estate in Oswaldtwistle, known then as Oldham's Cross, and since as Peel Fold. His grandson Robert (1723–95), while farming in Blackburn, was led to join a calico-printing business, and invented a process of block-printing; he made other improvements and greatly extended his business.
Há 5 dias · Its upper course through Peel Plateau is characterized by canyons as deep as 1,000 ft (300 m); its lower valley, much of which consists of nature preserve and game sanctuary, is wide, with braided channels, gravel bars, and small wooded islands. The river was named for Sir Robert Peel, the 19th-century British prime minister.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 5 dias · Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister 1834-35 and 1841-46, is widely admired as a reformer and as one Britain's greatest peace time Prime Ministers. He had the ability to change his mind, say so and do what he thought necessary ...
Há 5 dias · Even out of office from 1841 to 1846, when he stood in opposition to Sir Robert Peel, Russell left his mark. In 1845, in advance of his party, he came out in favour of total free trade , a crucial step in forcing Peel to follow him.
