Sir Robert Peel

Eric J. Evans is Emeritus Professor of History at Lancaster University. His many books include The Great Reform Act of 1832 (2nd Edition, 1994), William Pitt the Younger (1999), Thatcher and Thatcherism (2nd Edition, 2004) and The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783--1870 (3rd Edition, 2001).

• Foreword Acknowledgements Chronology 1. Introduction 2. The Young Statesman, 1809-184 3. Peel, the Home Office and ‘Liberal Toryism’, 1819-30 4. The Collapse of the Old Tory party, 1827-32 5. A King’s Minister out of Office: Peel in the 1830s 6. Revival: Toryism into Conservatism, 1832-41 7. The General Election of 1841 8. Executive Government under Peel, 1841-6 9. Peel and Backbench Toryism, 1841-5 10. The Repeal of the Corn Laws and the Fall of Peel 11. Conclusion: Reputation and Evaluation, 1846-50 and Beyond Select Bibliography

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