Memoirs of Sir Robert Peel Volume 2: First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury (1842) is a historical account of the life and political career of Sir Robert Peel, a British statesman who served as Prime Minister twice during the 19th century. The book is written by William Hamilton Maxwell, an Irish novelist and historian who was a contemporary of Peel. The memoirs cover Peel's time as the head of the Treasury, a position he held from 1834 to 1835 and...