Peelian principles

The 1819 [[Peterloo Massacre]] in [[St Peter's Square, Manchester|St Peter's Field]], [[Manchester]] occurred when at least eighteen died after 60,000 people who had gathered to stand up for [[universal suffrage]] (amongst other ideas) were overrun by multiple cavalry charges. This was followed by the 1820 [[Yorkshire West Riding Revolt]] and the 1821 [[Cinderloo Uprising]], the latter of which resulted in two deaths and one man hanged subsequently.{{cite web |title=Protest and democracy 1818 to 1820, part 2 How close was Britain to revolution? |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/ |website=The National Archives |publisher=UK Government |access-date=22 July 2019}} It was against this background that Peel said that "though [[Catholic emancipation|emancipation]] was a great danger, civil strife was a greater danger" and thus the principles known as Peel's were developed.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Peel, Robert (1788-1850)|last=Peel|first=Arthur George Villiers|volume=44}}

The 1819 [[Peterloo Massacre]] in [[St Peter's Square, Manchester|St Peter's Field]], [[Manchester]] occurred when at least eighteen died after 60,000 people who had gathered to stand up for [[universal suffrage]] (amongst other ideas) were overrun by multiple cavalry charges. This was followed by the 1820 [[Yorkshire West Riding Revolt]] and the 1821 [[Cinderloo Uprising]], the latter of which resulted in two deaths and one man hanged subsequently.{{cite web |title=Protest and democracy 1818 to 1820, part 2 How close was Britain to revolution? |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/ |website=The National Archives |publisher=UK Government |access-date=22 July 2019}} It was against this background that Peel said that "though [[Catholic emancipation|emancipation]] was a great danger, civil strife was a greater danger" and thus the principles known as Peel's were developed.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Peel, Robert (1788-1850)|last=Peel|first=Arthur George Villiers|volume=44}}

== Terminology ==

=== Ranks ===

{| class="wikitable"

! Police (UK)

! [[Gendarmerie]] (France)

! British Army

|-

| Chief Superintendent

| Commandant

| Commander / Major

|-

| Superintendent

| Capitaine

| Captain

|-

| Inspector

| Lieutenant

| Lieutenant

|-

| Sergeant

| Maréchal des logis

| Corporal

|-

| Constable

| Gendarme

| Private

|}

== Sir Robert Peel's principles ==

== Sir Robert Peel's principles ==