Peel and the Prestige of Peel in a Turbulent Era
A Victorian-era anonymous letter critiques Sir Robert Peel, tracing how his prestige rests on his policy success and the absence of strong opposition. The piece surveys cabinet tensions, calls for accountability, and questions who bears responsibility for famine-threatened consequences, ending with a sharp reflection on Peel’s influence and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Robert Peel
Baronet
Robert Peel
Hansard
the Times
Warning Chronicle
Times
Rachel
Frost
Peel
Horse Guards
10Th Hussars
Doga Endell
Sydney Herberts
Minerva
Lord Stasley
Colonial Office
New Zealand
Lord Aberdeen
Wiltshire
Robert
I Peel
Temains
Ths Peel
Christopher Sly
William Conqueror
Tecariot
England
Wellington
Mi ‘Ajesty
Hyder
Duke of Wellington
Morning Post
Cobden
Evening’ Press
Lord Stanley
Tamboff
Sydney Herbert
Capel-court
Wilshire
Grace
Notice of Ordance cancellations and land entry penalties
A 1645 Gazette notice lists many named persons previously employed by the Office of Ordnance now canceled from government survey appointments. Entering lands with these former appointments after the notice risks a 50 pound penalty and detention by officials. A separate Leeds Mercury item reports a Friday night gun shot at Joseph Wright’s Clough-Hey home. a reward offered for the attacker.
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Office of Ordnance
Joan Bates
Patrick Beime
Patrick Brennan
Owen Barrett
Daniel Cannon
Michael Cagey
Cormick Connell
Samuel Carnon
Robert Campbell
Francis Clancey
Michael Duggan
John Drysdale
Martin Doyle
James Dennan
James Earls
James Eylward
Daniel Fragean
Martin Frain
Patrick Gallagher
R. Bytham
Board of Ordnance
Pall-mall
Tondon
R. Bram
Damwo
Murpra
Wright
Leeds Mercury
Mutiny and Murder Aboard the Tory in a Royal Court Session
The Thames police court heard in open session details of a pirate plot aboard the Tory on a voyage from Hong Kong to London. Mutiny led by the mates Rambert and Mars ended in killings, including a crew member named Mars, with several men later charged with piracy and murder. The vessel, 608 tons, commanded by Captain Johnstone, carried a crew of about thirty and faced urgent police action upon the ship’s river arrival.
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Tamwoutu
Birmingham
Cobden
Villiers
R. Peel
Corporation of
Tamworth
Tootal
Board of
Sir R. Peel
Sir Robert
Ledy
Mias Peel
A’court
M.P
Colonel Anson
Ivery
Robert
England
Isdy
Bourdoir
Robert Peel
Elkington
Drayton Manorarty
Edward Peel
London
Manchester
Dublin
Trent Valley Railway
Valley of the
Trent
Pearnies
Drayton Manor
Clarkson
Thames Poilos
Braderip
Gistseen
Hongkong
Broderip
Mr. Clarkson
Deal
Johnstone
Ascension
Max
Mars
Reasons
Abe
Duncan Gibb
Liverpool
H. A. Lindsay
East India Chambers
Leadenham-street
Tory
Hong Kong
Downs
Coast Guard
Cours
Ares
Johna
Hus
Post
Rir
Goowis, Cutie, and Co
Liverpool Association of Underwriters
Liverpool Association of Underwriters.” —Mr. Broderip
Franklin Tucker
Julian Cordoviallo
William Burton
David Johnson
William Berraford
William Dunne
Thomas Gair
Jobn Adlison
Thomas Lee
Andrew Nelson
Barry Yelverton
Lord
Avonmore
Stephen Cone
Richard French
Peter Curtis
James Blaeden
Robert Thompson
Thames
High Seas
Admiralty of England
Hawley
Crowder
Maynard
Gair
Blais
George Johnstone
Mantineers
Ascension Island
William Rambert
William Mars
Rambert
Yeberton
French
Mara
Lee
Reason
Cone
Theae
Johnson
Thompson
Witness
Fayal
Pras
Slack
America
Dea
Cordoviallo
Barton
Yelverton
Plymouth
Hoe
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Hunday
Cotton Twist
Baistol Academy of Arts
Prince Albert
Academy of Arta
Duchess d'Aumale
Tuscany
Florence
Ccononry
Focese
Duke of Sutherland
Shropshire
Lord Hill
Earl of Lonsdale
Downing A Street
Globe
Lonp Francis Egeston
MancHester Athen
Francie Egerton
Manchester Athenium
Egerton
Elizabeth I
James L
Camden Society
Manchester Guardian
Carlisle
Rose Castle
Bisaor
Bath and Weells
Bath and Wells
Oxford
Bow Church
Chespeide
Burnaby
Phillimore
Twist
Couneil
Canterbury
Carraty Leicester
Leicester
Infantry Barracks
St George’s Chapel
Windsor
Oxronp
Roca
Court of Common Council
D.B. Lewis
Robert Clements
Medway
Thomas John Hille
Windsor Castle
Lewis
Royal House
Rochester
G. Bows
Adela Villiers
Jersey
Frederick Villers
Earl of Jeraey
Marutal
Countess of Jersey
Arandel Castle
Brighton
Miliary Dearing
Adela
Earl of Jersey
East Lodge
Upper Rock Gardens
Ibbateen
Lower Rock Gardena
Brxat Lodge
Steine
East Cliff
Charles Parke Ibbotson
4Th
Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Cornet
1Th
Hussers
Prince Albert's Own
Henry Tbbetson
Abbetson
Sep
Knight Rider
Street
Cheaterterrace
Regent's Park
Ibbetson
Newcastle
Button Square
bin Fair Companion
Tbbetson
Villiera
Hymen
Greton
Old City
Gretna
Carlisle Boys
Gretna Hall
Southrena
Boniface
Dinger
Lord Brougham
St. George’s
Adals
Adele
Prince de Capua
Mine Hoat
Carlisle Postilions
Mine Bast
Priset
Pave Daly
Ana Tle Peoce
Kingdom of Scotland
Dumfries
Greme
Charles Parke Ibbetson
St. Pancras
Middlesex
Adela Corlaanda Villiers
St. George
Church of England
Scotland
C.P
Apgta Vilners
Rosexz Car
Greins
Edinburgh
Duchess of Sutherland
Grace of Sutherland
Gretna Inn
Langholme
Crown Inn
Mons Paul
Duke of
Gretna Green
Graitney
Adela Coriander Marie Villiers
Thureday
Inqairy
Wolverton
York
Tur Laxo
Lisgaty
Beaumaris
Griffith Hughes
Perke
Byer
Home Secretary
Justice Parke
James Graham
Sir James Graham
Secretary of State
Zimes
Merguxa
Warrington
Wakley
One Tun
Great Saffron Hill
John Martin Doherty
Elizabeth
Gibson
Holbor-hill
Bartlett
Deceaed
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