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Há 1 dia · 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). He is regarded as the father ...
- The Viscount Melbourne
- Harrow School
- 1820
Há 5 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’.
Context: Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan who became Lord Protector of England and brutally put down the Irish Catholic Confederation, shocking even his contemporaries in some cases. His actions effectively dictated the British policy toward Ireland for the next few centuries. There is no Englishman more hated than by the Irish than him.
Há 1 dia · With its overlapping commitments to free trade, peace and anti-imperialism, Cobdenism heralded a century and more of free-trade globalism being led — intellectually — by left-of-centre thinkers. Socialists, communists and liberals were united by a conviction that free trade could, and would, promote democracy and justice.
Há 18 horas · 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.
Há 4 dias · O Peel Trident foi o segundo carro pequeno projetado pela empresa após o P50. No ano passado, o motorista e YouTuber Robert Dunn deu uma olhada no Peel P50, que muitos reconheceriam como um carro icônico do Top Gear e que ele descreve como uma “maravilhosa, pequena armadilha mortal”.
Há 2 dias · In 1846, Prime Minister Robert Peel split the party over his proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, which involved ending the tariff on imported grain. Disraeli clashed with Peel in the House of Commons, becoming a major figure in the party.
