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00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page i Richard A. Gaunt is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of NottinghamandaFellowoftheRoyalHistoricalSociety.Hehaseditedthediariesof amajorUltra-Torypoliticianoftheperiod,UnhappyReactionary:TheDiariesofthe FourthDukeofNewcastleunderLyne,andabookofcontemporarytextsconcerning BenjaminDisraeli.HehascontributedtotheOxfordDictionaryofNationalBiography andiscurrentlywritingConservativePoliticsintheAgeofReform:FromPitttheYounger toSirRobertPeel,1780–1850(I.B.Tauris). 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page ii Library Series List 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page iii SIR ROBERT PEEL The Life and Legacy RICHARD A. GAUNT 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page iv Publishedin2010byI.B.Tauris&CoLtd 6SalemRoad,LondonW24BU 175FifthAvenue,NewYorkNY10010 www.ibtauris.com DistributedintheUnitedStatesandCanadaExclusivelybyPalgraveMacmillan 175FifthAvenue,NewYorkNY10010 Copyright©2010RichardA.Gaunt TherightofRichardA.Gaunttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedbyhimin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Exceptforbriefquotationsinareview,thisbook,oranypartthereof,maynotbe reproduced,storedinorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionof thepublisher. LibraryofVictorianStudies:2 ISBN:9781848850354 AfullCIPrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary AfullCIPrecordisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:available PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyCPIAntonyRowe,Chippenham fromcamera-readycopy,editedandsuppliedby4wordLtd,Bristol 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page v For Kevin 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page vi 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page vii CONTENTS ListofIllustrations ix Acknowledgements xi 1.SirRobertPeelinHistoricalPerspective 1 2.‘OrangePeel’?CatholicEmancipationandPolicyTowardsIreland 17 3.‘Peel’sAct’:RobertPeelandCurrencyReform 41 4.MrHomeSecretaryPeel:AnIlliberal‘LiberalTory’? 59 5.‘TheFounderofModernConservatism’?PeelandtheConservativeParty 81 6.‘Re-Peel’:ReformoftheTariffandRepealoftheCornLaws 103 7.TheRise(andFall)ofSirRobertPeel 131 8.Peel,DeathandPosterity 143 Notes 161 Bibliography 203 Index 219 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page viii 00_Peel_i-xii 11/2/10 11:37 Page ix ILLUSTRATIONS 1. ‘BlackMonday;Or,TheOpeningOfSt.Stephen’sAcademy’. 6 2. ‘ThePremierNavigator’. 9 3. ‘ADisturberOfThePublicPeace’. 25 4. ‘TheManWotPlaysSeveralInstrumentsAtOnce’. 33 5. ‘TheNewSt.Patrick;Or,SirRobertTurningTheReptilesOutOf Ireland’. 39 6. ‘ThePolitical“Robin”DrivenByTheSeverityOfTheTimesToSeek ForGrain’. 55 7. ‘YoungGulliver,AndTheBrobdignagMinister’. 84 8. ‘TheLetterOfIntroduction’. 96 9. ‘Peel’sBaneAndAntidote’. 109 10. ‘TheAgriculturalQuestionSettled’. 115 11. ‘PapaCobdenTakingMasterRobertAFreeTradeWalk’. 120 12. ‘Peel’sDirtyLittleBoy’. 136 AllillustrationsarereproducedfromoriginalsinthepossessionofMrNigelMorris.

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