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Robert Peel

1788 - 1850

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Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835). He previously was Home Secretary twice (1822–1827, 1828–1830). He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police while he was Home Secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Peel has received more than 3,831,283 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Robert Peel is the 3,792nd most popular politician (down from 2,709th in 2019), the 790th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular British Politician.

Robert Peel is most famous for being the founder of the Metropolitan Police in London.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Peel ranks 3,792 out of 19,576. Before him are Anastasia of Kiev, Ayşe Sultan, Álvaro Obregón, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Sin-Muballit, and Kantarō Suzuki. After him are John, Elector of Saxony, Juan Almeida Bosque, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Mithridates I of Pontus, Carolina Herrera, and Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Robert Peel ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Étienne Cabet, Rama III, and Antoine César Becquerel. After him are Ranavalona I, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Johan Christian Dahl, Mikhail Lazarev, Leopold Gmelin, and David d'Angers. Among people deceased in 1850, Robert Peel ranks 16. Before him are Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Lin Zexu, Germain Henri Hess, and José Gervasio Artigas. After him are Nikolaus Lenau, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Józef Bem, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Adam Oehlenschläger, and William Sturgeon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Peel ranks 790 out of 8,785. Before him are James Joseph Sylvester (1814), P. D. James (1920), Naomi Watts (1968), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After him are Thomas Malory (1405), Tom Hardy (1977), Leonora Carrington (1917), Tom Conti (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Peel ranks 132. Before him are Margaret of York (1446), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Clementine Churchill (1885), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), and Malcolm III of Scotland (1031). After him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), David Cameron (1966), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850).

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