Robert Peel: Conservatism, Liberalism and Reform in 19th Century Britain

March 26, 2014

Robert Peel’s record of achievements in politics would stand up against that of many British prime ministers.  As Home Secretary in the 1820s he reformed England’s criminal code, established the Metropolitan Police (on which all later police forces were based), and gave civil rights to Catholics and nonconformist Protestants by repealing the Test and Corporation …