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
Peel baronets 1897 for Theophilus Peel. The title became extinct on his death in 1911. The Peel Baronetcy, of Eyeworth in the County of Bedford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 July 1936 for Sidney Peel, Member of Parliament for Uxbridge from 1918 to 1922. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, fifth son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (see the Earl Peel). The title became extinct on his death in 1938. Peel baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Peel, one in the