What is Robert Peel?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = The Rt Hon Sir Robert Peel, Bt | image = Robert Peel Portrait.jpg | order = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] | term_start = 10 December 1834 | term_end = 8 April 1835<br />30 August 1841–29 June 1846 | predecessor = [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|The Viscount Melbourne]] | successor = [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|The Viscount Melbourne]]<br />[[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|The Lord John Russell]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1788|2|5}} | birth_place = [[Bury]], [[Lancashire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1850|7|2|1788|2|5}} | death_place = [[Westminster]] | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | order2 = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] | term_start2 = 2 December 1834 | term_end2 = 8 April 1835 | predecessor2 = [[Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman|Thomas Denman]] | successor2 = [[Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle|Thomas Spring Rice]] |}} '''Sir Robert Peel''' (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a [[British]] politician. He made many well-known laws in Britain. He created the modern British police force.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lentz|first1= Susan A.|first2=Robert H.|last2=Smith|first3=R.A.|last3= Chaires|title=The invention of Peel's principles: A study of policing 'textbook' history|journal=Journal of Criminal Justice|volume= 35|pages= 69–79|date=2007|ref= 35#1. pp.&nbsp;69–79|doi=10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.11.016}}</ref> He was also [[Prime Minister]]. In 1834, he founded the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] out of the old Tory party which was founded in 1678. Peel went against his party in 1846 by getting rid of the [[Corn Laws]]. After this the party split and the Conservatives were not in power for the next 28 years. In 1835 he published the Tamworth Manifesto, which told people how he wanted the government to be run. He came to power in 1841, defeating the Whig government of [[Lord Melbourne]], and ruled the country until 1846