Prime Minister of the United Kingdom constitutional tradition. First, the Act removed the Sovereign from the election process and the choice of Prime Minister. Slowly evolving for 100 years, this convention was confirmed two years after the passage of the Act. In 1834, King William IV dismissed Melbourne as Premier, but was forced to recall him when Robert Peel, the King's choice, could not form a working majority. Since then, no Sovereign has tried to impose a Prime Minister on Parliament. Second, the Bill reduced the Lords' power by eliminating many of their pocket boroughs and creating new boroughs in which they had no influence. Weakened,
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