Political parties disestablished in 1859

historic liberal political party in the United Kingdom (1678-1859)

thumb|Parodic phrenological analysis of Peel, 1850. The Peelites, also called the Peel faction, were a breakaway political faction of the British Conservative Party from 1846 to 1859. Initially led by Robert Peel, the former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846, the Peelites supported free trade whilst the bulk of the Conservative Party remained protectionist. The Peelites later merged with the Whigs and Radicals to form the Liberal Party in 1859.

Political grouping in the British Parliament from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century