- The
Peelites were a
breakaway political faction of the
British Conservative Party from 1846 to 1859.
Initially led by
Robert Peel, the
former Prime Minister...
-
split between Protectionist Tories, led by the Earl of Derby, and the
Peelites who
supported Lord
Aberdeen made the
formation of a
majority government...
- made up of
Peelites,
despite the fact that the
Whigs contributed hundreds of MPs to the Government's
support in the Commons, and the
Peelites only around...
- in a
confidence vote by an
alliance of Palmerston's
Whigs together with
Peelites, Radicals, and the
Irish Brigade.
Palmerston subsequently formed a new...
- Whig
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Peelite Liberal...
- of Lord Derby's
minority government, the
Whigs and
Peelites formed a
coalition under the
Peelite leader Lord Aberdeen. The
government resigned in early...
-
prime minister in 1846. Peel
remained an
influential MP and
leader of the
Peelite faction until his
death in 1850. Peel
often started from a traditional...
- Minister.
Those Conservatives who were
loyal to Peel
became known as the
Peelites, they
included Graham, the Earl of
Aberdeen and
William Ewart Gladstone...
- but Peel, some
Tories (the free-trade
oriented liberal conservative "
Peelites"), most
Whigs and
Victoria supported it. Peel
resigned in 1846,
after the...
-
Second Opium War.
There is no
separate tally of
votes or
seats for the
Peelites. They did not
contest elections as an
organised party but more as independent...
