Robert peel douglas hurd
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Robert Peel: A Biography
Sir Robert Peel is one of the greatest statesmen in British history, yet today he is widely forgotten about. A principled family man who split the Tory party in half over the repealing of the hated Corn Laws and opening the UK to a free market. Working in alliance with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington he also introduced the first police force whose policing principles are still used today and are seen as a bench mark for the concept of policing by consent around the world. Peel worked tremendously hard throughout his life and didn’t seem to make great friends beyond his family, who he loved. Douglas Hurd brings to life an essential character in British history and I recommend you to read this book.
Hurd, himself a former British Foreign Secretary, brings a politician’s insight to the task, providing a nuanced examination of Peel's life, career, and the profound impact he had on the evolution of British politics. W
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Robert Peel: A Biography
Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice struktur. He put Britain back on the gold standard; he invented the Conservative Party which we know today. He sent his constituents at Tamworth the first modern election manifesto. He settled Canada's border with the United States.
Above all he tackled poverty by repealing the Corn Laws. Thanks to Peel the most powerful trading nation chose free trade and opened the door for our globalised world of today.
Peel was not all politics. He built two great houses, filled them with famous pictures and was devoted to a beautiful wife. Yet he was a stiff, not easy to know. 'Such a cold odd man' wrote Queen Victoria - who later became a keen admirer - and Disraeli attacked him for
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Robert Peel: A Biography
Life of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scen from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.
Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice system. Above all he tackled poverty by repealing the Corn Laws. Thanks to Peel the most powerful trading nation chose free trade and opened the door for our globalised world of today.
Peel was not all politics. He built two great houses, filled them with famous pictures and was devoted to a beautiful wife.
Many followers never forgave him for splitting his Party. But when in he was carried home after a fall from his horse crowds gathered outside, mainly of working people, to read the medical bulletins. W