The Right Honourable
Sir Frederick Peel
KCMG
"a Railway Commissioner". Caricature by Leslie Ward ("Spy") published in Vanity Fair in 1903.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
2 November 1860 – 19 August 1865
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Palmerston
Preceded bySamuel Laing
Succeeded byHugh Childers
Personal details
Born(1823-10-26)26 October 1823
Died6 June 1906(1906-06-06) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Parents
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Sir Frederick Peel KCMG PC (26 October 1823 – 6 June 1906), was a British Liberal Party politician and railway commissioner.

Background and education

Peel was second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Julia Floyd, 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.[1] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister in 1849.[2] At Cambridge he was a member of the Pitt Club.[3]

Political career

Peel entered parliament in that year, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election in February 1849 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster.[4] At the next general election, in 1852, he was returned as the MP for Bury,[5] but was defeated in 1857.[5] He regained the Bury seat in 1859, and remained in the House of Commons until a further defeat in 1865.[5] 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 from 1855 to 1857, when he was sworn of the Privy Counsellor.[6] He again held office under Palmerston and then Russell as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1860 to 1865.[7]

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.[7] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1869.[8]

Death

Peel died in June 1906, aged 82.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Peel, Frederick (PL841F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835–1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ a b c Craig, page 72
  6. ^ "No. 21998". The London Gazette. 8 May 1857. p. 1616.
  7. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Peel, Sir Robert s.v. Sir Frederick Peel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 44.
  8. ^ "No. 23512". The London Gazette. 1 July 1869. p. 3750.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byHenry BarklyGeorge Arkwright Member of Parliament for Leominster 1849–1852 With: George Arkwright Succeeded byJohn George PhillimoreGeorge Arkwright Preceded byRichard Walker Member of Parliament for Bury 1852–1857 Succeeded byRobert Needham Philips Preceded byRobert Needham Philips Member of Parliament for Bury 1859–1865 Political offices Preceded byBenjamin Hawes Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1851–1852 Succeeded byThe Earl of Desart Preceded byThe Earl of Desart Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1852–1854 Office Abolished New office Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1854–1855 Succeeded byJohn Ball Preceded byHenry Roberts Under-Secretary of State for War 1855–1857 Succeeded bySir John Ramsden, Bt Preceded bySamuel Laing Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1860–1865 Succeeded byHugh Childers
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