Peelite

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The Peelites were a mid-19th-century British political faction of moderate Conservatives who followed Sir Robert Peel and later figures like William Ewart Gladstone, advocating free trade and administrative reform.

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Peelite canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1846–1859 ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 1846 Conservative Party split ⓘ
associatedWithPolicyArea administrative efficiency ⓘ
fiscal policy ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
characterisedBy civil service reform ⓘ
emphasis on sound finance ⓘ
support for commercial treaties ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
emergedAfter repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
followedLeader George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
Lord Aberdeen ⓘ
Robert Peel ⓘ
Sidney Herbert ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
foundedBy Robert Peel ⓘ
historicalContext Victorian era ⓘ
ideology administrative reform ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
moderate conservatism ⓘ
influenced Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergedInto Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Peel ⓘ
notableMember Cardwell, Edward ⓘ
George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
Lord Aberdeen ⓘ
Robert Peel ⓘ
Sidney Herbert ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
opposedGroup Protectionist Conservatives ⓘ
opposedPolicy protectionism ⓘ
parliamentaryActivity House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
participatedInGovernment Aberdeen ministry ⓘ
Palmerston ministry ⓘ
position centre-right ⓘ
precededBy Conservative Party (Peelite wing) ⓘ
region Great Britain ⓘ
splitFrom Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
status defunct political faction ⓘ
succeededBy Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
supportedPolicy repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
typeOfConservatism liberal conservatism ⓘ

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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen → politicalParty → Peelite ⓘ
subject linked to: Earls of Aberdeen