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Peelites

Great Britain · Politics / Liberal Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1850–1859Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1850

William Ewart Gladstone1850

Politics / Liberal Party

After Peels death in 1850 Gladstone emerges as the leader of the Peelites in the House of Commons

1859

William Ewart Gladstone1859

Politics / Liberal Party

Lord Palmerston forms a new mixed Government with Radicals included, and Gladstone again joins the Government as Chancellor of the Exchequer (with most of the other remaining Peelites) to become part of the new Liberal Party

Names involved

William Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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