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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 served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835), and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827, 1828–1830). He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Peel has received more than 3,634,418 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Robert Peel is the 2,717th most popular politician (up from 3,717th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 850th in 2019) and the 113th 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 2,717 out of 15,577. Before him are Offa of Mercia, Serzh Sargsyan, Richard Walther Darré, Intef I, Habibullah Khan, and Vicente Fox. After him are Philip William, Elector Palatine, Louis Desaix, Inessa Armand, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Marcel Cerdan, and Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Robert Peel ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Baartman, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, and Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Johan Christian Dahl, and Étienne Cabet. Among people deceased in 1850, Robert Peel ranks 13. Before him are Báb, José de San Martín, Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and Louise of Orléans. After him are Lin Zexu, Germain Henri Hess, Jean-Pierre Boyer, José Gervasio Artigas, Vincent Pallotti, and Nikolaus Lenau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Peel ranks 623 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), John Buchan (1875), Offa of Mercia (800), Philip Miller (1691), Eduard Suess (1831), and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897). After him are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Bill Nighy (1949), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Julian Huxley (1887), Emperor Norton (1818), and James Mill (1773).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Peel ranks 113. Before him are Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Henry the Young King (1155), William Wilberforce (1759), John Buchan (1875), and Offa of Mercia (800). After him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Philippa of England (1394), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Nigel Farage (1964), and William Pitt the Younger (1759).

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