Robert Peel In 1830 the Whigs finally returned to power and Peel became a member of the Opposition for the first time. After successive election defeats, leadership of the Conservative Party gradually passed from Wellington to Peel, and when King William IV asked Wellington to become Prime Minister in November 1834, he declined and Peel was selected instead, with Wellington serving as caretaker until Peel took office. Peel then issued the Tamworth Manifesto (December 1834), laying down the principles upon which the modern British Conservative Party is based. His first ministry was a minority government, dependent on Whig support and with Peel
Robert Francis Peel Robert Francis Peel Robert Francis Peel (30 April 1874 – August 1924) was an English soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Saint Helena. Robert was the grandson of William Yates Peel and great grandson of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet. He attended Harrow School. Peel was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 2 February 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1899. He served with the 1st battalion of the regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and returned with most of his regiment in July 1902, following the end of the war. He