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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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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