A Conservative supporting Sir Robert Peel, especially with reference to his repeal of the Corn Laws (1846).
〈史〉皮尔派保守党员（尤指支持罗伯特·皮尔爵士废除《谷物法》[1846]的保守党员）
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No one was any longer sure who exactly were or were not Peelites, or ‘liberal Conservatives' as they were beginning to be called, but their numbers fell sharply.
Politically he was a Peelite and, after serving at the Board of Trade from 1843-5, was appointed governor-general of India in 1848.
He found most of his support within the ministry from the Peelites.
This was the same issue that split Gladstone and the Peelites from the Conservatives.
Majority governments relied on support from four main groups: the Whigs, the radicals, the Liberals, and the Peelites (the followers of Peel in 1846).