a name given to that section of the Conservative party which opposed the repeal of the corn-laws, and which separated from Sir Robert Peel in 1846. A "Society for the Protection of Agriculture," and to counteract the efforts of the Anti-Corn Law League, gave the name to the party. Lord George Bentinck was their leader from 1846 till his death in September 21, 1848. The administration under Lord Derby not proposing the restoration of the corn-laws, this society was dissolved February 7, 1853. (Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.)