2-716-594 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The House of Commons in 1846: Sir Robert Peel announcing his Conversion to Free Trade Principles during the Corn Law Debate, January 22', (1901). British Conservative prime minister Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) speaks in parliament in London. His decision to join with Whigs and Radicals to repeal the Corn Laws led to his resignation. Also present are Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Sir James Graham (1792-1861) and Henry Goulburn (1784-1856). From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]