Robert Peel Prime Minister England PM

1. Tory
2. Chief secretary for Ireland – established a police force1812-1818
3. Chairman of parliamentary currency committee – return Britain to gold standard 1819
4. Home secretary – reformed criminal laws and established London police force – called Peelers or Bobbies 1822-1830
5. Sponsored a bill enabling Roman Catholics to site in the House of Commons 1829
6. Prime Minister 1824-35
7. Supported by Gladstone and Disraeli
8. Returned to power in 1841
9. Introduced income tax
10. Revised system of banking control
11. Gave aid to the Irish Catholic Church
12. Attempted Irish land reform
13. Responsible for abandonment of custom duties and Repeal of Corn Laws 1846
14. Liberalize trade – creating conditions for a strong recovery out of economic strife
15. Groundbreaking legislation
    1. Mines act of 1842 forbade employment of women and children in mines underground
    2. Factory act of 1844 limited working hours
    3. Railway Act of 1844 required cheap and regular rail services
    4. Bank Charter act of1844 limited the notes the Bank of England could print
    5. Removed about 100 offences from the list of those punishable by death