Sir Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) was one of the most significant political figures in nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the most controversial. In this new three-volume edition, the Editor brings together a range of contemporary perspectives considering Peel's life and achievements.

Auteur

Dr Richard A. Gaunt, Department of History, University of Nottingham

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VOLUME 3: THE FALL OF PEEL, 1845-50

Part 1: The Maynooth Grant, 1845

1. Maurice Fitzgerald, A Letter to Sir Robert Peel on the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland (London, 1845), pp. 5-15.

2. An Answer to the Speeches Sir Robert Peel and W. E. Gladstone on the Bill for endowing the Jesuit College of Maynooth, in an address to my countrymen (London, 1845), pp. 3-16.

3. Reverend William Nicolson, A Warning to the Rulers of this Land, specially addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, with reference to the proposed endowment of Popery (London, 1845), pp. 5-23.

4. Sir Robert Peel The Greatest Radical of the Age, and the Best Friend of O'Connell (London, 1845), pp. 3-30.

Part 2: The Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846

5. John Francis Byrne, Four Letters on the Corn Laws, addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel (London, 1841), pp. 3-19.

6. Charles Cavendish Fulke, Sir Robert Peel and the Corn Law Crisis, 2nd Ed. (London, 1846), pp. 3-33.

7. Corn and Consistency. A few remarks in reply to a pamphlet entitled, 'Sir Robert Peel and the Corn Law Crisis' (London, 1846), pp. 3-54.

8. Letter to Sir Robert Peel on the mode of meeting the present crisis. From M.P., a supporter hitherto of the League (London, 1846), pp. 3-34.

Part 3: Peelite Politics, 1846-50

9. 'Reflections Suggested by the Career of the Late Premier', Blackwood's Magazine (January 1847), pp. 93-128.

10. J. C. Colquhoun, The Effects of Sir Robert Peel's Administration on the Political State and Prospects of England (London, 1847), pp. iii-vii, 1-35.

11. Physiology of the Peel Party; or an inquiry into the nature of the new neutral policy (Edinburgh, 1847), pp. 3-31.

12. The Man of the Day: to the tune of the Vicar of Bray (Edinburgh, 1847), pp. 3-8.

Part 4: Death and Legacy, 1850

13. Joseph Arnould, Memorial Lines on Sir Robert Peel (London, 1850), pp. 3-8.

14. The Death of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel. A Song (London, 1850) 1 page with image if possible

15. James S. M. Anderson, The Dead yet speaking. A sermon preached in St George's, Brighton...on...the Sunday after the death of Sir Robert Peel (London, 1850), pp. 3-23.

16. The Life, Political Career, and Death of Sir Robert Peel (London, 1850), pp. 3-16.

17. Captain Henry Martin, A Personal Sketch of the late lamented Sir Robert Peel, as a Parliamentary Speaker and Party Leader in the British House of Commons &c (Hamburg, 1850), pp. 3-24.