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The Tory Ministry was a minority government and depended on Whig goodwill for its continued existence. Parliament was dissolved in December 1834 and a general election was called. Voting took place in January and February 1835, and Peel's supporters gained around 100 seats, but this was not enough to give them a majority. As his statement of policy...

In May 1839 he was offered another chance to form a government, this time by the new monarch, Queen Victoria. However, this too would have been a minority government, and Peel felt he needed a further sign of confidence from his Queen. Lord Melbourne had been Victoria's confidant since her accession in 1837, and many of the higher posts in Victoria...

Economic and financial reforms

Peel finally had a chance to head a majority government following the election of July 1841. Peel came to office during an economic recession which had seen a slump in world trade and a budget deficit of £7.5 million run up by the Whigs. Confidence in banks and businesses was low, and a trade deficit existed. To raise revenue Peel's 1842 budget saw the re-introduction of the income tax, removed previously at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The rate was 7d in the pound, or just under 3 per cen...

Opium War and British interests in Far East

As Prime Minister continued the British interests in China linked to the opium commerce, guiding the war to a succesful end by the signing on 29 August 1842 the Treaty of Nanking which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynastyof China.

Factory Act

Peel's promise of modest reform was held to, and the second most famous bill of this ministry, while "reforming" in 21st-century eyes, was in fact aimed at the reformers themselves, with their constituency among the new industrial rich. The Factory Act 1844 acted more against these industrialists than it did against the traditional stronghold of the Conservatives, the landed gentry, by restricting the number of hours that children and women could work in a factory and setting rudimentary safe...

Peel did, however, retain a hard core of supporters, known as Peelites, and at one point in 1849 was actively courted by the Whig/Radical coalition. He continued to stand on his conservative principles, however, and refused. Nevertheless, he was influential on several important issues, including the furtherance of British free trade with the repeal...

Peel became engaged to Julia Floyd (1795–1859) (daughter of General Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Rebecca Darke) in March 1820 and was married on 8 June 1820.They had seven children: 1. Julia Peel (30 April 1821 – 14 August 1893). She married George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey, on 12 July 1841. They had five children. She m...

In his lifetime many critics called him a traitor to the Tory cause, or as "a Liberal wolf in sheep's clothing", because his final position reflected liberal ideas. The consensus view of scholars for much of the 20th century idealised Peel in heroic terms. Historian Boyd Hiltonwrote that he was portrayed as: Biographer Norman Gash wrote that Peel "...

Statues

Statues of Sir Robert Peel are found in the following British and Australian locations: 1. Statue by Edward Hodges Bailyin Bury 2. Statue in Parliament Square, London 3. Statue in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester 4. Statue in Woodhouse Moor, Leeds 5. Statue in George Square, Glasgow 6. Statue in Peel Park, Bradford 7. Statue near Gawsworth Old Hall 8. Statue in Edgbaston, Birmingham

Public houses and hotels

The following public houses, bars or hotels are named after Peel:

Other memorials

1. Peel Park, Bradford is named after Sir Robert Peel. It is one of the largest parks in the city, and indeed Yorkshire. 2. Peel Tower Monument, built on top of Holcombe Hill in Ramsbottom, Bury. 3. The Sir Robert Peel Hospital in Tamworth. 4. A small monument in the centre of the town of Dronfieldin Derbyshire. Nearby is the Peel Centre, a community centre in a former Methodist church. 5. Peel Streets in the CBD of Melbourne, and in Collingwood, both in Victoria, Australia. 6. Peel Street in...