Corn Laws
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The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846. The word corn in British English denotes all cereal grains, incl
The 1815 Corn Law, officially "An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Importation of Corn"
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Exeter Hall in London in 1846
Robert Peel became Conservative Prime Minister in 1841, and his government succeeded in repealing the tariffs.
Sir Thomas Lawrence Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool RCIN 404930 Royal Collection
Great Famine (Ireland)
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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. It constituted a major historical so
Corn Laws
…British public. The laws became the focus of opposition from urban groups who had far less political power than rural areas. The first two years of the Great Famine in Ireland of 1845–1852 forced a resolution because of the urgent need for new food supplies. The prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, a Conservative, achieved repeal…
Scene at Skibbereen during the Great Famine, The Illustrated London News, 1847
A potato infected with late blight, showing typical rot symptoms
An 1845 painting depicting the forced eviction of Irish tenants during the Famine era
An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald, c. 1847