Sir Robert Peel

Standard Name: Peel, Sir Robert,, second Baronet
Used Form: Robert Peel

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4 December 1845: The position of Peel's Conservative government...

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4 December 1845

The position of Peel 's Conservative government was severely shaken by a report in the Times that it was about to repeal the Corn Laws.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
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26 June 1846: The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert...

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26 June 1846

The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert Peel 's Conservative government, after much agitation by groups such as the Anti-Corn Law League and in face of the growing urgency of the Great Famine in...

30 June 1846: Lord John Russell (a Whig or Liberal, later...

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30 June 1846

Lord John Russell (a Whig or Liberal, later created first Earl Russell) was invited to form the UK government following the resignation of Sir Robert Peel , a Conservative .
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

1 May 1851: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry...

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1 May 1851

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, the first world's fair, was opened by Queen Victoria in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.
Beaver, Patrick. The Crystal Palace 1851-1936: A Portrait of Victorian Enterprise. Hugh Evelyn, 1970.
5, 11, 13
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.

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