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'''Sir Robert Peel''' (1788-1850) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Conservative]] politician who served as Prime Minister between 1841 and 1846. As [[Home Secretary]] he organized Britain's first modern police force, the [[Metropolitan Police]] in [[London]] in 1829 (to this day police officers are sometimes known as 'Bobbies' in his honor, and as 'Peelers' in Ireland). In 1846, as Prime Minister, he repealed the protectionist 'Corn Laws', enabling the importation of cheap foreign grain and a fall in the price of bread, but at the price of alienating his powerful landowning supporters.

'''Sir Robert Peel''' (1788-1850) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Conservative]] politician who served as Prime Minister between 1841 and 1846. As [[Home Secretary]] he organized Britain's first modern police force, the [[Metropolitan Police]] in [[London]] in 1829 (to this day police officers are sometimes known as 'Bobbies' in his honor, and as 'Peelers' in Ireland). In 1846, as Prime Minister, he repealed the protectionist 'Corn Laws', enabling the importation of cheap foreign grain and a fall in the price of bread, but at the price of alienating his powerful landowning supporters.

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