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Supporter of the PM between 1846-59
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peelite
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The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party , existing from 1846 to 1859, who joined with the Whigs and Radicals to form the Liberal Party ('Liberal' referring to their position on economic matters). They were called "Peelites" ...
Usage examples of peelite.
Sir George Hillyar, just looking over his shoulder at the unhappy Peelite, and then passing quietly on into the crowd.
It then appeared that Lord Aberdeen had been summoned by her majesty to form a ministry, but his lordship, Sir James Graham, and the Peel party generally, refused to co-operate with Lord John in the ecclesiastical titles bill, the Peelite section of both houses, especially its leader, Lord Aberdeen, being committed to the new ecclesiastical party called Puseyites, who sympathised with the efforts of the Roman Catholics to restore the grandeur of their hierarchy.
It was obvious enough that the house and the country were resolved upon the passing of the bill, but the Peelite and Puseyite orators resisted it at every stage, with a zeal and activity which surpassed that of the Roman Catholic members.
The Earl of Aberdeen and the whole Peelite section of the cabinet were believed to be too friendly to the czar, and adopting a policy unworthy of English greatness and of English honour.
The duke persisted in selecting that office, and Lord Aberdeen and the Peelite section of the cabinet insisted on conferring it upon him, in spite of the desire of Lord John Russell, the whig section of the cabinet, and the general voice of the country, that Lord Palmerston should, at such a juncture, assume that most important official position.
It was against the Peelite section of the ministry, and more especially its chief, that the universal indignation arose.
An arrangement between Lord Derby and the Peelite financier was much talked of, and scandalized the country.
You may rely upon it the Peelites are very sanguine that they will be in power again almost directly.
The energy of the country party was, however, mainly directed against the Peelites, and their strength was sufficient to bar, for a time at all events, the approaches to power against Sir Robert.
The Peelites, especially in the commons, were hostile to the ecclesiastical titles bill.
He was an object of jealousy, both to the Russell Whigs and the Aberdeen Peelites, and possessed more of the confidence of his opponents than of either.
The Peelites were in favour of an attempt to defeat the appointment of a committee.
The versatile gentleman, whom the Peelites delighted to honour, and who was also much in favour with the Manchester party, was supposed to be favourable to a coalition between his followers and the Tories.
Lord John Russell appeared to advantage in these discussions, as he seconded the just and reasonable views of government, although it was well known that he was desirous of a coalition with the Peelites and the Manchester school to turn them out.
The Peelites and the Manchester school coalesced, Lord John Russell, Mr.