Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Sir Robert Peel
Standard Name: Peel, Sir Robert,, second Baronet
Used Form: Robert Peel
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|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Sarah Tytler | Henrietta Keddie
was born into a large Scottish family. Her mother came from yeoman stock, and her father from a working-class family of unskilled labourers, many of whom worked in coal mines. He eventually became... |
| Dedications | Frances Browne | This she dedicated to the munificent patron of British literature,Sir Robert Peel
, then the Prime Minister, who had been instrumental in having her awarded an annual pension of £20 from the Royal Bounty Fund |
| Fictionalization | Caroline Norton | CN
was depicted as Berengaria Montford by Disraeli
in Endymion (written in the 1830s but unpublished until 1880). George Meredith
said he based the heroine of Diana of the Crossways, 1885, partly on her... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Rigby | ER
appeared in public as Mrs Eastlake for the first time at the house of Lady Davy
, where she was introduced to Augusta Ada Byron
(Byron's daughter) and to Thackeray
. At London parties... |
| Occupation | Benjamin Disraeli | After several failed attempts, BD
was elected to Parliament
as Conservative
member for Maidstone in Kent in 1837. |
| politics | Harriet Martineau | HM
represents herself in her Autobiography as brokering the successful repeal of the Corn Laws which took place on 26 June 1846, by mediating between Robert Peel
and Richard Cobden
. Histories of the repeal... |
| Reception | Felicia Hemans | Mary Russell Mitford
believed by May 1837 that FH
had received a pension from the Crown of £100 a year. In fact, Robert Peel
, the prime minister, had in the year of her death... |
| Reception | Caroline Norton | Between the death of Southey
, the Poet Laureate, and the appointment of Wordsworth
as his successor, CN
wrote to the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel
, to request the position for herself. Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995. 220 |
| Reception | Frances Browne | Soon after her first poetry volume, The Star of Attéghéi, appeared, FB
was granted, by Prime Minister Robert Peel
, an annual pension of £20 from the Royal Bounty Fund
for literary achievement in... |
| Reception | Mary Somerville | Sir Robert Peel
, then prime minister, cited MS
's eminence in science and literature qtd. in Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff, 1983. 156 Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff, 1983. 151, 156 |
| Textual Features | Janet Hamilton | The vigour and originality of her voice on women's issues requires greater recognition, ranging as it does from the satiric Crinoline, to Contrasted Scenes from Real Life which juxtaposes the earthly lot of Lady Emily Hay |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | This book had a star-studded cast: sundry fashionable ladies, and notables like Byron
, Shelley
, Landor
, Disraeli
, the Duke of Wellington
, Lord John Russell
, Palmerston
, and Sir Robert Peel
. qtd. in Allibone, S. Austin, editor. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased. Gale Research, 1965. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Felicia Hemans | Just before this she had received a grant of £100 from Prime Minister Robert Peel
, who made reference to her embarrassing pecuniary circumstances. qtd. in Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Howitt | By the end of the 1840s, having launched their own magazine, the Howitts were again in financial difficulties, compelled to ask friends and relatives for help to tide them over. Particularly embarrassing losses were incurred... |
Timeline
1810: The first Factory Act (a response mainly...
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1810
The first Factory Act (a response mainly to conditions of employment of young children) established the principle of the government's right to intervene in working conditions set by employers.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2025, Numbered catalogues.
44, 30
1823: Working with the Society for the Improvement...
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1823
Working with the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline
, Robert Peel
aided the passage of the Gaol Act.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
270
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
168
26 May 1826: The Criminal Law Act was introduced by Sir...
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26 May 1826
The Criminal Law Act was introduced by Sir Robert Peel
. It was entitled An Act for Improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in England.
Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books, 1972.
224-5
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2025.
19 June 1829: Sir Robert Peel's Metropolis Police Improvement...
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19 June 1829
Sir Robert Peel
's Metropolis Police Improvement Bill received royal assent: it gave the new police force, under government control, jurisdiction for thirty miles around London (except in the financial centre of the City).
Briggs, John et al. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. St Martin’s, 1996.
144
16 July 1834: William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, a Whig, became...
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16 July 1834
William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
, a Whig, became Prime Minister after Lord Grey
's resignation.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 205
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
92
17 November 1834: The Duke of Wellington was appointed First...
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17 November 1834
The Duke of Wellington
was appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Secretary of State after the dismissal of the Whig Party
by King William IV
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
10 December 1834: Sir Robert Peel, a Conservative, became the...
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10 December 1834
Sir Robert Peel
, a Conservative, became the Prime Minister of Britain.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
18 February 1835: Following a general election, Irish O'Connellites,...
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18 February 1835
Following a general election, Irish O'Connell
ites, Whigs and Radicals formed an Opposition alliance at Lichfield House in London.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
407, 857
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
260
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
606
18 April 1835: After the defeat of the Peel Ministry in...
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18 April 1835
After the defeat of the Peel
Ministry in the House of Commons
, the second Ministry of Viscount Melbourne
(William Lamb
, a Whig) was formed.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 205
30 August 1841: The Whig government under Melbourne fell...
National or international item
30 August 1841
The Whig government under Melbourne
fell on the issue of Corn Laws (which they failed to get through parliament) and, following an election next month, the Tory Sir Robert Peel
became Prime Minister.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
199
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
6 September 1841: Following the general election, Sir Robert...
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6 September 1841
Following the general election, Sir Robert Peel
(Conservative) formed the government for a second time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
20 January 1843: Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded...
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20 January 1843
Daniel M'Naghten
shot and mortally wounded the private secretary of Sir Robert Peel
, the Prime Minister: his trial for murder changed British legislation on pleas of insanity.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
90-2
3 March 1843: The trial opened of Daniel M'Naghten for...
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3 March 1843
The trial opened of Daniel M'Naghten
for the murder of Sir Robert Peel
's private secretary; his counsel pleaded insanity and consequent lack of self-control.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
92, 94-5
1844-1847: This was the period of Railway Mania....
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1844-1847
This was the period of Railway Mania.
Hoole, Ken et al. Rail 150: The Stockton and Darlington Railway and What Followed. Eyre Methuen, 1975.
54
Late 1845: In response to the potato blight in Ireland,...
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Late 1845
In response to the potato blight in Ireland, Sir Robert Peel's
government imported £100,000 of American corn to control prices, and encouraged Irish landowners to provide wage labour to tenants.
Adelman, Paul. Great Britain and the Irish Question 1800-1922. Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.
59-60
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