Norman Gash (1912–2009), the leading authority on the ‘age of Peel’, died on 1 May 2009, having left instructions to his daughters that the bulk of his private correspondence and personal papers should be destroyed. A small exception was made in respect of material relating to Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), the subject of his most famous historical and biographical labours. A collection of papers and correspondence was bequeathed to the Peel Society at Tamworth, on strict condition that it should never be sold.¹¹ See R.A. Gaunt, ‘Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel’ in Historians and Parliament, ed. David Hayton and Linda Clark (Chichester, 2021), 149–50. A succeeding article, covering Gash's later work, will be published in Parliamentary History next year.
Among the ‘Gash Bequest’ was a hitherto unpublished essay on ‘The Economic Achievement of Sir Robert Peel 1841–1846’. Typed in characteristic style on Gash's Remington typewriter, with only occasional manuscript insertions, the essay aptly summarises the position which he had developed in the final volume of his biography of Peel, the second volume of which was published 50 years ago this autumn.²² Norman Gash, Mr Secretary Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel before 1830 (2nd edn, Harlow, 1985); Norman Gash, Sir Robert Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel after 1830 (2nd edn, Harlow, 1986). The condensed edition was published as Norman Gash, Peel (Harlow, 1976). For the Remington, see Brian Harrison, ‘Norman Gash 1912–2009’ in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, xi (Oxford, 2012), 218.
The essay is republished below as written, without any supporting notes or references. It acts not only as a commemoration of the half-century since Gash's life of Peel was completed, but of the 40 years which have elapsed since he published an equally ground-breaking article on the Conservative Party in the first volume of Parliamentary History.³³ Norman Gash, ‘The Organization of the Conservative Party, 1832–1846. Part I: The Parliamentary Organization,’ Parliamentary History Yearbook, i (1982), 137–60; Norman Gash, ‘The Organization of the Conservative Party, 1832–1846: Part II: The Electoral Organization’, Parliamentary History Yearbook, ii (1983), 131–52.


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罗伯特·皮尔爵士 1841–6 年的经济成就*

诺曼·加什（Norman Gash，1912-2009 年）是“皮尔时代”的权威，他于 2009 年 5 月 1 日去世，他给女儿们留下指示，要求销毁他的大部分私人信件和个人文件。与罗伯特·皮尔爵士（1788-1850 年）有关的材料有一个小例外，这是他最著名的历史和传记作品的主题。一系列文件和信件被遗赠给塔姆沃思的皮尔协会，条件是绝对不能出售。¹¹ 见 RA Gaunt，“Norman Gash 和皮尔秘书的成就”，历史学家和议会编着。大卫·海顿和琳达·克拉克（奇切斯特，2021 年），149-50。随后的一篇涵盖加什后期工作的文章将在明年的《议会历史》上发表。
在“Gash Bequest”中，有一篇迄今为止尚未发表的关于“罗伯特·皮尔爵士 1841-1846 年的经济成就”的文章。这篇文章用加什的雷明顿打字机以典型的风格打字，只是偶尔插入手稿，这篇文章恰当地总结了他在皮尔传记的最后一卷中所发展的立场，该传记的第二卷于 50 年前的今年秋天出版。²² 诺曼·加什，皮尔部长：罗伯特·皮尔爵士在 1830 年之前的生平（第 2 版，哈洛，1985 年）；诺曼·加什，罗伯特·皮尔爵士：1830 年后罗伯特·皮尔爵士的生活（第 2 版，哈洛，1986 年）。精简版以 Norman Gash, Peel (Harlow, 1976) 出版。对于 Remington，请参阅 Brian Harrison，“Norman Gash 1912–2009”，英国学院研究员传记回忆录，xi（牛津，2012 年），218。
这篇文章以书面形式在下面重新发布，没有任何支持说明或参考。它不仅是对加什在皮尔的一生完成半个世纪的纪念，也是对他在议会历史第一卷中发表关于保守党的同样开创性的文章以来的 40 年的纪念。³³ Norman Gash，“保守党组织，1832-1846 年。第一部分：议会组织，《议会历史年鉴》 ，i (1982)，137-60；Norman Gash，“保守党组织，1832-1846：第二部分：选举组织”，《议会历史年鉴》 ，ii（1983），131-52。