Robert Banks Jenkinson , 2nd Earl of Liverpool , ( 7 June 17704 December 1828 ) was a British statesman and Prime Minister ( 1812 – 1827 ) . As Prime Minister , Liverpool called for repressive measures at domestic level to maintain order after the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 . He dealt smoothly with the Prince Regent when King George III was incapacitated . He also steered the country through the period of radicalism and unrest that followed the Napoleonic Wars . He favoured commercial and manufacturing interests as well as the landed interest . He sought a compromise of the heated issue of Catholic emancipation . The revival of the economy strengthened his political position . By the 1820s he was the leader of a reform faction of " Liberal Tories " who lowered the tariff , abolished the death penalty for many offences , and reformed the criminal law . By the time of his death in office , however , the Tory Party was ripping itself apart . John Derry says he was : a capable and intelligent statesman , whose skill in building up his party , leading the country to victory in the war against Napoleon , and laying the foundations for prosperity outweighed his unpopularity in the immediate post-Waterloo years.Important events during his tenure as Prime Minister included the War of 1812 with the United States , the Sixth and Seventh Coalitions against the French Empire , the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars at the Congress of Vienna , the Corn Laws , the Peterloo Massacre , the Trinitarian Act 1812 and the emerging issue of Catholic emancipation
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool