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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 In 1846, as Prime Minister, he repealed the protectionist 'Corn Laws', enabling the importation of cheap foreign grain and a fall in the price of bread, but at the price of alienating his powerful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 In 1846, as Prime Minister, he repealed the protectionist 'Corn Laws', enabling the importation of cheap foreign grain and a fall in the price of bread, but at the price of alienating his powerful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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Revision as of 21:56, January 4, 2009
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) was a 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 In 1846, as Prime Minister, he repealed the protectionist 'Corn Laws', enabling the importation of cheap foreign grain and a fall in the price of bread, but at the price of alienating his powerful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.