| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Books | Anna Centenary Library | 941.081092 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 322664 |
| 941.081092 HAW1 The forgotten prime minister : the 14th Earl of Derby | 941.081092 HUN A life of sir John Eldon Gorst : Disraeli's awkward disciple | 941.081092 ISB Gladstone and women | 941.081092 JEN Sir Robert Peel | 941.081092 KIM The journal of John Wodehouse, first Earl of Kimberley, for 1862-1902 | 941.081092 KIN Twilight of splendor : the court of Queen Victoria during her diamond jubilee year | 941.081092 KIR Benjamin Disraeli |
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) is always remembered for three things: his creation of the Metropolitan Police, his principal role in the repeal of the Corn Laws and his status as founder of the modern Conservative Party. This is quite sufficient to make him the key statesman of the early Victorian period, but there were many other aspects of his personality and politics which make the study of his career uniquely useful for students of the period. In many ways, he can be seen as the archetypal link figure between the pre-Reform and post-Reform political worlds - embodying a strange mixture of reactionary Toryism and vigorous progressivism.
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