Peel's Administration 1841-1846 - Statistics

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Peel returns for his second time PM, as the conservative gain a majority	1841	0%
Peel's chosen cabinet consists of three future PMs: Lord Aberdeen, the Earl of Derby, and William Gladstone	1841	0%
The Whigs leave a budget deficit behind for Peel to deal with	1841	0%
Lord John Russell attempts to introduce a free trade budget	1841	0%
Almost 50% of Ireland's population is living in poverty, either in 1-2 room hovels in the countryside, or renting small amounts of land from absentee landlords	1841	0%
Peel strengthens the Conservative party by recruiting moderate Whigs to his cabinet such as Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham	1841	0%
Trade unions and the Anti-Corn Law League gain ground at the expense of the Chartists	1842	0%
The Royal Agricultural Society is founded	1842	0%
The Railway Clearing House is established	1842	0%
By this year, Feargus O'Connor is established as popular leader of Chartism	1842	0%
Peel passes the Mines Act, preventing women and children working underground	1842	0%
Peel introduces peacetime income tax, a tariffs cut and adjusts the sliding scale for the Corn Laws in this budget. He calculates that income tax would raise £4 million	1842	0%
Peel's reduction of the Corn Law sliding scale leads to steadier bread prices	1842	0%
A Royal Commission of inquiry into Children's Employment is released, interviewing working children	1842	0%
Edwin Chadwick publishes 'The Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population'. This becomes the cause of great debate	1842	0%
Peel's government reject Chadwick's recommendations, believing that they would be too expensive to initiate	1842	0%
An economic slump caused by high unemployment, wage reductions and general distress provokes a rise in Chartism	1842	0%
Peel's government appoints a paid registrar to administrate on behalf of all registered societies, benefiting Friendly Societies	1842	0%
Peel promises to pursue impartial policies in an attempt to win over the Catholics and to diffuse O'Connell's repeal campaign	1842	0%
Peel extends the Poor Law Amendment Act	1842	0%
Peel appoints William Gladstone as President of the board of Trade	1843	0%
Daniel O'Connell is arrested at one of his 'monster meetings'	1843	0%
The Factory Education Bill attempts to make schooling under Anglican direction compulsory for child labourers. It is rejected over arguments on which religious denomination would provide it	1843	0%
Peel introduced the Bank Charter Act, aimed at supplying expanding industry with larger loans and increasing confidence in British currency	1844	0%
Young Ireland is formed, a more radical form of O'Connell's aims	1844	0%
The Rochdale Pioneers' cooperative is established	1844	0%
James Nasmyth creates the Steam Hammer, a tool for shaping large pieces of wrought iron	1844	0%
Gladstone's Regulation Railway Act is passed, providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel	1844	0%
The Joint Stock Companies Act introduces a salaried Registrar of Companies.	1844	0%
In this budget, Peel renews income tax for a further 3 years, as well as abolishing duties on raw materials and reducing duties on imported sugar	1845	0%
This Enclosure Act stipulates that any open land in immediate vicinity of a village or town is to be preserved in perpetuity	1845	0%
Disraeli publishes Sybil, inspired by Chadwick's Report. In this novel, he suggests the concept of Britain being 'two nations' influencing the later ideology of one nation conservatism	1845	0%
Peel increases the Maynooth Grant, soughting to improve the relationship between Catholic Ireland and Protestant Britain	1845	0%
The Irish Potato Famine begins	1845	0%
The public works legislation allocates funds for employment on roads and drainage works in Ireland. Half of the cost is granted in aid	1846	0%
The Agricultural Drainage Act sets up loans for farmers to improve field drainage	1846	0%
Kay-Shuttleworth's committee attempts to establish a national scheme of teacher training. It fails due to criticism of additional costs	1846	0%
The Plug Plot riots take place in Staffordshire. While demands varied by location and industry, the strikes were prompted by proposed wage cuts	April 1842	0%
Peel resigns as PM, after facing fierce opposition to his plan to repeal the Corn Laws. Included in this opposition is Benjamin Disraeli, who viciously attacks peel, accusing him of betraying Conservative principles	December 1845	0%
Peel returns as PM despite resigning, in light of Lord John Russell's failure to form a government	December 1845	0%
Peel is forced to resign as PM again, the result of defeat	June 1846	0%
Lord John Russell replaces Peel as PM	June 1846	0%
Peel officially repeals the Corn Laws	May 1846	0%
The Devon Commission is released, a commission appointed by Peel to research problems with land leases	November 1843	0%

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