Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 - 2 July 1850) was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from December 10, 1834 to April 8, 1835, and again from August 30, 1841 to June 29, 1846. He helped create the modern concept of the police force while Home Secretary, oversaw the formation of the Conservative Party out of the shattered Tory Party, and repealed the Corn Laws. Wikipedia
Biography of Sir Robert Peel 1834-5; 1841-6 Tory b.5.2.1788; d. 2.7.1850 "There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics." Robert Peel was the son of a wealthy Lancashire cotton mill owner and Tory MP for www.numberten.gov.uk/output/Page151.asp
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Biography of Sir Robert Peel 1834-5; 1841-6 Tory b.5.2.1788; d. 2.7.1850 "There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics." Robert Peel was the son of a wealthy Lancashire cotton mill owner and Tory MP for www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page151.asp
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