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Sir Robert Peel

1788–1850

prime minister – died after a riding accident

Facts

Born:
5 February 1788
Died:
2 July 1850 (aged 62)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 31
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 49
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 52

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 5 February 1788 Birth of Sir Robert Peel, prime minister – died after a riding accident
  2. 29 September 1829 Peel's new police, the "bobbies", begin patrolling London aged 41
  3. 10 December 1834 Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister aged 46
  4. 8 April 1835 Sir Robert Peel leaves office: resigns after a vote of no confidence aged 47
  5. 9 May 1839 Sir Robert Peel declines to form a government over the Bedchamber Crisis aged 51
  6. 10 May 1839 The "Bedchamber Crisis": Victoria refuses to dismiss her ladies, Peel declines to form a government, Melbourne stays aged 51
  7. 30 August 1841 Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister (second time) aged 53
  8. 29 June 1846 Sir Robert Peel leaves office: resigns after the repeal of the Corn Laws aged 58
  9. 2 July 1850 Death of Sir Robert Peel, prime minister – died after a riding accident aged 62

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