Peel

• Peel


  An effective leader in the 1830s-1840s
• Peel felt the Catholic Emancipation


  Would attract and potentially change the constitution
• Peel was seen as betraying the Party


  Due to Catholic Emancipation
• Catholic Emancipation led to splits and divisions


  Within the party which led the collapse of the party in 1850 election
• Peel


  • Gave the party a new direction in the 1830s with the Tamworth Manifesto
  • Helped broaden the Conservative Party's appeal by appealing to the newly enfranchised
  • Increased the Conservative Party's seats in parliament in each election in the 1830s
  • Used the Bedchamber Crisis to keep the unpopular Whigs in Govt in the hope of increasing the Conservative Party's chances of winning a majority in the 1841 Election-which they did
  • Adapted the Party to the new industrial age and larger franchise
• Peel's leadership of the Party came due to his appointment as PM by William rather than the party making him leader
• Some within the party (the Ultras) viewed Peel's Tamworth Manifesto as dangerously liberal
• Many remained suspicious of Peel's leadership due to his betrayal of Catholic Emancipation
• Peel's handling of the bedchamber Crisis can be seen as simply a clash at personalities with Queen Victoria
• It has been suggested that the Party's position in 1832 was not as bad as it appeared, therefore the electoral gains of the 1830s can be seen as not as impressive as they may initially appear
• Peel was elected on traditional Tory values in the 1841 election eg retaining the Corn Laws; rather than being elected on the new 'Conservative' Principles of Tamworth
• The Conservatives in the 1841 election remained a largely rural and English Party and made little headway into the industrial areas of the North
• Corn Laws


  Laws that regulated the import of corn (grain) into Britain
• Tamworth Manifesto


  A document that outlined Peel's new direction for the Conservative Party
• Bedchamber Crisis


  A clash between Peel and Queen Victoria over the appointment of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting
• Ultras


  A faction within the Conservative Party that opposed Peel's more liberal policies
• The 1843 Election can be seen as a vindication of the changes that Peel had made to the party
• Peel helped to revive the party from an almost deleterious (almost wiped out) position in 1832
• Reform Act 1832


  An act that expanded the franchise and reformed the electoral system
• Catholic Emancipation


  The granting of civil and political rights to Catholics in Britain
• Tory


  A member of the Conservative Party
• Whigs


  A political party in Britain that supported parliamentary reform and opposed absolute monarchy
• Conservative Party


  A political party in Britain that generally supports traditional values and limited government intervention