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Há 3 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), and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827, 1828–1830).
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1 de abr. de 2024 · Robert Peel, British prime minister (1834–35, 1841–46) and founder of the Conservative Party (Tories). He was responsible for the repeal (1846) of the Corn Laws that had restricted imports to Britain. Learn more about Peel’s life and career in this article.
Há 4 dias · 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).
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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’.
10 de abr. 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 ...
26 de mar. de 2024 · But Sir Robert Peel’s Conservatives failed to win a parliamentary majority, and Melbourne took office as prime minister once more. After Victoria’s accession he also became her private secretary for a time.
6 de abr. de 2024 · Why did the government of Robert Peel fall in 1846? How successful were Robert Peel’s attempts to reform the Tories? Recap: The Big Questions * The successes and failures of William Pitt the Younger’s tenure as Prime Minister. * Britain’s response to the French Revolution and radicalism.
