Robert Peel
Robert Peel, the British Prime Minister during the Irish Great Famine, was in the news for his government's controversial relief measures, which included the importation of American maize to alleviate the crisis despite the ongoing export of food from Ireland.
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In 1845, Robert Peel’s government bought 44 million pounds of American maize, to be sold at cost.
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