On February 5, 1788, Robert Peel was born. He would become one of the most important of the United Kingdom’s prime ministers, ushering in some reforms that led to the liberalization of England in the 19th century. He is regarded as the father of the modern British police — the popular term “bobbies” refers to “Bob” Peel — and as one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party. Robert Peel died in 1850.
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Prior to British policemen being called “Bobbies” they were called “Peelers”.
Movies get so few things right that I was delighted to see a line in the 1964 movie “Zulu” in which a soldier calls a Natal policeman a “Peeler”.