Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
(1788-1850), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 323 portraits
Statesman; leader of the Tory Party; Prime Minister, 1834-5, 1839, and 1841-6, his last administration one of the greatest of the period; resigned after splitting his party with his decision to repeal the Corn Laws; the dominant political figure of the 1840s.
Related People
- Julia Caroline (née Stonor), Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre (granddaughter)
- Julia Child-Villiers (née Peel), Countess of Jersey (daughter)
- Herbert Richard Peel (nephew)
- Julia (née Floyd), Lady Peel (wife)
- Laurence Peel (brother)
- Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (father)
- Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt (son)
- Eliza Stonor (née Peel) (daughter)
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