Robert Peel
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronetwas a British statesman and member of the Conservative Party, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomand twice served as Home Secretary. He is regarded as the father of the modern British police and as one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1788
government people france
My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength.
government bills violence
The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood!
fishing pool empty
Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget?