On June 25, 1846, with the help of Whig and Irish votes, the Corn Laws were repealed. … Disraeli immediately had his revenge. … Turmoil in Ireland destroyed Peel’s Government, and by a vote on the same night the great Ministry, one of the strongest of the century, came to an end. … Peel had been the dominating force and personality in English politics since the passing of the great Reform Bill.

Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Sp…, loc. 1717