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Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative Party - Background
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- 1The nature of conservatism in 1841Society as it is, preserve the old system
Protectionism, Protestantism, No Popery
Not hostile to all change
Building on foundations of past
Distrust ideology and dogma
adaption key to British conservatism
Pragmatic & empirical in their search for practical solutions to problems - 2Who was Robert Peel's father?Sir Robert Peel, a Lancashire Cotton manufacturer
- 3Peel as chief secretary to Ireland1812-1818
Attained the nickname 'Orange Peel' - 4Peel as Home Secretary under Liverpool1822-1827
Reform of the criminal code
Prison reform
Abolition of the Spy System
When Liverpool resigned Peel left - Canning too radical for him - 5Peel as Home Secretary under WellingtonHome secretary and Leader of the House of Commons
Metropolitan Police Force 1829 - 6Peel's personalityGifted speaker, skillful debater
Shy and Withdrawn
Methodical
Fiery Temper
Convinced of his own rightness
Proud and sensitive
Practical Mind
Cold and aloof
awkward manner - 7What did Canning say about Peel?'His smile was like the silver plat on a coffin'
- 8Catholic Emancipation effectsUltras - difficult to forgive
neither forgiven nor forgotten
argued against the constitution
Catholicism equated with tyrannical king & threat of foreign rule
Brought peace to Ireland, prevented civil war - 9The Tamworth ManifestoNow accepted 1832 reform act
Redress of real grievances
Moderate reform
Party's new programme
Widened Tory support
Ultras - dangerously liberal
Keep the Corn Laws - 10Who did Peel target to gain support?Middle class manufactures and businessmen who had been neglected by the Whigs
- 11What did Peel set up all over the country?Local Conservative associations and clubs so the party was far more highly developed than the Whigs at constituency level
- 12How many seats did the Conservatives win in 1841?367
- 13The Bedchamber Crisis 1841Whigs had collapsed
Queen Victoria asked Peel to form government
Peel agreed only if the Queen would removed ladies in her court who were married to prominent Whig men
Queen Victoria refused - 14Disadvantages of the Bedchamber CrisisLonger to get into office
Queen disliked him
Seen as arrogant, too bold - 15Advantages of the Bedchamber CrisisAllowed the Whigs to crumble even more
Conservatives - a party in waiting, stronger alternative
Party for the nation - 16Why did the Whigs fall from power in 1841?Revival of the Conservatives under Robert Peel
Loss of reforming Zeal
Rise of working class unrest
Public relations failure with the public
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