- Peel was born at Chamber Hall, Bury, Lancashire, to the industrialist and parliamentarian Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his wife Ellen Yates.
- He was one of the ten known British millionaires in 1799. He was the father of Sir Robert Peel, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Robert Peel was born on Feb. 5, 1788, at Chamber Hall, Bury, Lancashire, close to the cotton mills that had made his father's immense fortune.
- Sir Robert Peel, considered the father of modern British policing, founded the Metropolitan Police Service in 1829.
- Robert Peel, known as the father of modern community policing, graduated first in his class at Oxford in 1808 with degrees in mathematics, physics...
- He was the eldest son of a wealthy cotton manufacturer, Robert Peel (1750–1830), who was made a baronet by William Pitt the Younger .
- Memo to Jacob Rees Mogg: Sir Robert Peel was in the first rank of 19th century statesmen.
- In Britain today all policemen are commonly referred to as ‘Bobbies’! Originally though, they were known as ‘Peelers’ in reference to one Sir Robert Peel (1788...
- Sir Robert Peel was an influential 19th century politician who twice served as Prime Minister and is viewed as the founder of the modern day Conservative Party.
- Sir Robert Peel brought a new vision for the Tories. ... Robert Peel wished to aid the Irish but was prevented by the so-called Corn Laws that forbade cheap imports.
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