Sir Frederick Peel (26 October 1823 – 6 June 1906) was a British
Liberal Party
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politician and railway commissioner.
Background and education
Peel was second son of
Sir Robert Peel,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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, and his wife
Julia, daughter of General
Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet. He was the brother of
Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet,
Sir William Peel and
Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel. He was educated at
Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, becoming a
barrister
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in 1849. At Cambridge he was a member of the
Pitt Club.
Political career
Peel entered
parliament
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in that year, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election in February 1849 as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Leominster
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. At the
next general election, in 1852, he was returned as the MP for
Bury,
[Craig, p. 72.] but was defeated in
1857
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He regained the Bury seat in
1859, and remained in the
House of Commons
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until a further defeat in
1865.
He served as
Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies under
Lord John Russell from 1851 to 1852 and under
Lord Aberdeen from 1852 to 1854, as
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under Aberdeen from 1854 to 1855 and as
Under-Secretary of State for War under
Lord Palmerston
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from 1855 to 1857, when he was sworn of the
Privy Counsellor
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. He again held office under Palmerston and then Russell as
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
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from 1860 to 1865.
Peel's chief service to the state was in connection with the
Railway and Canal Commission. He was appointed a commissioner on the inception of this body in 1873, and was its president until its reconstruction in 1888, remaining a member of the commission until his death in 1906.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the
Order of St Michael and St George
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in 1869.
Death
Peel died in June 1906, aged 82.
See also
*
Peel's Restaurant
References
External links
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1823 births
1906 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1859–1865
Children of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Younger sons of baronets
Frederick