The English statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) served as prime minister during 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. He played an important role in modernizing the British government's social and economic polic...
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Sir Robert Peel was born February 5, 1788 in England, and went to school at Harrow School and the University of Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1809, and in 1811, he became a cabinet member...
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The BillThe police force as we know it today came into being when the
politician
Robert
Peel
introduced the Metropolitan Police Bill in 1829. This legislation set up a formal, uniformed police fo...
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Question 1 of 10:The first monarch of the Georgian era,
George I, couldn't speak English.
True
FalseQuestion 2 of 10:
Britain
's first prime minister begin his tenure in 1721. But what was his na...
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