Age of Peel - From 'Toryism' to 'Conservatism'.
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Age of Peel Focus Point One - From 'Toryism' to 'Conservatism' .Sir Robert Peel was largely responsible for the transformation of the crippled 'Tory' Party, with his astute leadership of the Party and his national statesmanship. .During the 1830's the two combined very efficiently to make Peel s a successful leader of a revived and reinvigorated opposition. .As Prime Minister between 1841 and 1846 Peel secured a large measure of economic reform, all very much in the national interest, but with dwindling enthusiasm of the party. .Most modern historians consider the decade between 1830 and 18 41 one of major achievement for Peel .E.J Evans considers that during the period the old Tory Party was 'subsumed within a broader Conservatism under the guidance of its leader, Sir Robert Peel'. . At the beginning of the decade Peel had a major task on his hands, according to a Whig supporter state, 'No smash given by...

