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Há 2 dias · t. 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 5 dias · Scotland Yard, since 1829, has been chiefly known as the head-quarters of the Metropolitan Police, a force first instituted in that year, under the auspices of Sir Robert Peel.
Há 4 dias · It is located on the River Thames at Victoria Embankment just north of Westminster Bridge in the City of Westminster. The London police force was created in 1829 by an act introduced in Parliament by the home secretary, Sir Robert Peel (hence the nicknames “bobbies” and “peelers” for policemen).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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’.
Há 19 horas · On 29 September 1829, the Metropolitan Police Bill became law. Its time had come. The modern state practically demanded it. Influenced by criminological theories of the time, Sir Robert Peel had wanted a police force for “the prevention of crime”.
10 de mai. de 2024 · Robert Peel was prime minister from December 1834 to April 1835 and later from August 1841 to June 1846. He is arguably one of the most significant figures in British political history. Prior...
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 ...
