Peelite Conservatives

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The Peelite Conservatives were a mid-19th-century British political faction that broke from the main Conservative Party under Sir Robert Peel, advocating free trade and administrative reform and eventually helping to form the modern Liberal Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political faction
political faction
activeIn 19th century
mid-19th century
associatedWith Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
surface form: Duke of Newcastle

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
surface form: Lord Aberdeen

Sir James Graham
Robert Peel
surface form: Sir Robert Peel

William Ewart Gladstone
contributedTo development of British Liberalism
country United Kingdom
helpedForm Liberal Party (UK)
historicalContext post-Corn Law repeal politics
historicalSignificance bridge between Conservatism and Liberalism in Britain
ideologicalOrigin Peelite liberal conservatism
ideology administrative reform
free trade
influencedFormationOf Liberal Party (UK)
language English
leader Robert Peel
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
namedAfter Robert Peel
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
notableFor split with protectionist Conservatives
support for free trade after Corn Law repeal
opposed protectionist Conservatives
opposedPolicy protectionism
originatedFrom Conservative Party (UK)
parliamentaryGroupType loose parliamentary faction
participatedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
partOf British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
politicalOrientation reformist conservative
position centre-right
centrist
precededBy Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (Peel wing)
region Great Britain
separatedFrom Conservative Party (UK)
succeededBy Liberal Party (UK)
supported administrative efficiency
civil service reform
fiscal responsibility
supportedLeader George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
surface form: Lord Aberdeen

William Ewart Gladstone
supportedPolicy free trade in grain
repeal of the Corn Laws
timePeriod 1840s
1850s

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Tory historicalSuccessor Peelite Conservatives