Editing Robert Peel (section)

==Opposition: 1830–1834==
The middle and working classes in England at that time, however, were clamouring for reform, and Catholic Emancipation was only one of the ideas in the air.<ref>Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 123–40.</ref> The Tory ministry refused to bend on other issues and were swept out of office in 1830 in favour of the [[British Whig Party|Whigs]].<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 45–50; Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 136–41.</ref> The following few years were extremely turbulent, but eventually [[Reform Act 1832|enough reforms]] were passed that [[King William IV]] felt confident enough to invite the Tories to form a ministry again in succession to those of [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Lord Grey]] and [[Lord Melbourne]] in December 1834.<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 51–62, 64–90, 129–43, 146–77, 193–201; Ramsay, ''Sir Robert Peel'', 179; Read, ''Peel and the Victorians'', 66.</ref> Peel was selected as prime minister but was in Italy at the time, so Wellington acted as a caretaker for three weeks until Peel's return.<ref>Clark, ''Peel and the Conservatives: A Study in Party Politics 1832–1841'', 196–97, 199; Read, ''Peel and the Victorians'', 66–67.</ref>