Robert Peel

Tags: Prime Minister.

Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835 and also from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. While home secretary Peel helped create the modern concept of the police force leading to a new type of officer known as bobbies (in England) and peelers (in Ireland) his personal namesakes.

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active years end date

1827-04-10, 1830-11-22, 1835-04-08, 1841-08-30, 1846-06-29

active years start date

1822-01-17, 1828-01-26, 1834-12-02, 1834-12-10, 1835-04-18, 1841-08-30

alma mater

Christ Church Oxford

birth date

1788-02-05

birth place

Bury, Ramsbottom

death date

1850-07-02

death place

Westminster

monarch

George IV of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria, William IV of the United Kingdom

order in office

Leader of the Opposition, Home Secretary, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer

party

Tory, Conservative Party (UK)

prime minister

Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool

religion

Church of England

successor

Thomas Spring Rice 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne, John Russell 1st Earl Russell, William Sturges Bourne