Editing Robert Peel (section)

=== Tamworth Manifesto ===
As his statement of policy at the general election of January 1835, Peel issued the [[Tamworth Manifesto]].<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 210–15; Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 184; Read, ''Peel and the Victorians'', 12; 69–72.</ref> This document was the basis on which the modern [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] was founded. In it, Peel pledged that the Conservatives would endorse {{em|modest}} reform such as reforms concerning economic and financial affairs, free trade and factory workers' rights.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lowe |first=Norman |title=Mastering Modern British History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzgoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |publisher=Macmillan Education UK |year=2017 |page=59 |isbn=9781137603883}}</ref>

The Whigs formed a compact with [[Daniel O'Connell]]'s Irish Radical members to repeatedly defeat the government on various bills.<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 227; 229–35; Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 185–87; Read, ''Peel and the Victorians'', 71–73.</ref> Eventually, after only about 100 days in government, Peel's ministry resigned out of frustration and the Whigs under Lord Melbourne returned to power.<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 250–54, 257–61; Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 188–92; Read, ''Peel and the Victorians'', 74–76.</ref> The only real achievement of Peel's first administration was a commission to review the governance of the [[Church of England]]. This ecclesiastical commission was the forerunner of the [[Church Commissioners]].<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 224–26.</ref>