Robert Peel

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Robert Peel was a 19th-century British statesman and two-time Prime Minister best known for founding the modern Metropolitan Police and shaping the Conservative Party.

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instanceOf British statesman
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
birthDate 1788-02-05
birthPlace Bury
surface form: Bury, Lancashire, England
burialPlace Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
causeOfDeath riding accident
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
created Metropolitan Police Act 1829
deathDate 1850-07-02
deathPlace Westminster, London, England
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Harrow School
father Robert Peel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Robert Peel, 1st Baronet
fieldOfWork law enforcement reform
politics
founded Metropolitan Police Service
fullName Robert Peel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
honorificTitle 2nd Baronet
ideology conservatism
free trade
introducedReform Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
repeal of the Corn Laws 1846
knownFor Peelian principles of policing
formation of the modern Conservative Party
founding the Metropolitan Police Service
repeal of the Corn Laws
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
William IV
mother Ellen Yates
notableWork Tamworth Manifesto
numberOfChildren 7
officeHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Home Secretary
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
parliamentaryGroup Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Tory Party
positionHeldEnd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1835-04-08
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1846-06-29
positionHeldStart Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1834-12-10
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1841-08-30
religion Anglicanism
representedInParliament Cashel
Chippenham
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

Tamworth
spouse Julia Floyd

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Peel’s Act namedAfter Robert Peel
this entity surface form: Sir Robert Peel
Peel’s Act relatedTo Robert Peel
this entity surface form: Sir Robert Peel
New Police Act introducedBy Robert Peel
New Police Act sponsor Robert Peel
New Police Act keyFigure Robert Peel
Peel Sound namedAfter Robert Peel
this entity surface form: Sir Robert Peel