Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, (1788-1850). British statesman; home secretary (1822-27; 1828-30) and prime minister (1834-35; 1841-46). As home secretary he founded the London Metropolitan Police (1829), the members of which were nicknamed ‘Peelers’ or `Bobbies’ after him. His Tamworth Manifesto (1834) is regarded as having established the modern Conservative party. In 1846 he was responsible for the repeal of the Corn Laws, in opposition to the majority of his party, and he consequently fell from power. He died after being thrown from a horse.
