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RLacey · 01-22-2006, 02:22 AM

The GREAT Sir Robert Peel (to quote my school History teacher) was Prime Minister (this is Britain I'm talking about) during the middle of the 19th Century, and oversaw the repeal of the Corn Laws (something that ultimately destroyed his career), and the development of the "conservatives" (with a small "c") out of what had previously been the "Tories" (initially a word used in insult, but which had since come to represent those who sat opposite the Whigs). Peel eventually died by falling off a horse (in 1850, if memory serves).

I'm boring you, I'm sure, so I won't go on.

01-22-2006, 02:22 AM	#1428
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	The GREAT Sir Robert Peel (to quote my school History teacher) was Prime Minister (this is Britain I'm talking about) during the middle of the 19th Century, and oversaw the repeal of the Corn Laws (something that ultimately destroyed his career), and the development of the "conservatives" (with a small "c") out of what had previously been the "Tories" (initially a word used in insult, but which had since come to represent those who sat opposite the Whigs). Peel eventually died by falling off a horse (in 1850, if memory serves). I'm boring you, I'm sure, so I won't go on. __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.