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Robert Peel : a biography

Title: Robert Peel : a biography / Douglas Hurd.
Author: Hurd, Douglas, 1930-
Publication: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.

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viii, 436 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

Robert Peel's legacy still influences the British way of life. As Home Secretary he created the modern police force, which became known colloquially as the Peelers or the Bobbies. His Tamworth manifesto is seen as the basis of enlightened Conservatism. He also introduced income tax (seven odd pence in the pound) and is remembered, too, for the repeal of the Corn Laws, an issue as divisive as Europe was to be a century and a half later. As a former Cabinet Minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, Douglas Hurd is ideally placed to write about Peel, having a unique understanding among his biographers from his own time as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary.

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Genre/Form

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-410) and index.

ISBN

9780297848448
0297848445

LCCN

2007702201

OCLC

ocm84995959
84995959
SCSB-14105635

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library