Earl Peel - Other Notable Members of The Peel Family

Other Notable Members of The Peel Family

Several other members of the Peel family have also gained distinction:

  • Sir Lawrence Peel, son of Joseph Peel, younger brother of the first Baronet, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta from 1842 to 1855 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1856.
  • William Yates Peel, second son of the first Baronet, was a politician and served as Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs from 1828 to 1830.
  • Jonathan Peel, fifth son of the first Baronet, was a General in the Army and Conservative politician. He was Secretary of State for War from 1858 to 1859 and 1866 to 1867.
  • Edmund Yates Peel, (son of Jonathan above), a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, who was the father of Frederick Peel, a Colonel in the Army.
  • Archibald Peel, (son of Jonathan above), who was the father of Edward John Russell Peel (1869–1939), a Brigadier-General in the Army,
  • John Peel (1829–1892),(son of Jonathan above), a Lieutenant-General in the Army.
  • Sir Charles Lennox Peel (1823–1899), Clerk of the Council, was the son of Laurence Peel, sixth son of the first Baronet.
  • Sir Frederick Peel, second son of the second Baronet, was a politician and Chief Railway Commissioner.
  • Sir William Peel (1824–1858), third son of the second Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy.
  • Sidney Cornwallis Peel, second son of the first Viscount, sat as Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and was created a Baronet in 1936 (see Peel Baronets).

Read more about this topic:  Earl Peel

Famous quotes containing the words notable, members and/or family:

    “a notable prince that was called King John;
    And he ruled England with main and with might,
    For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)

    “For let our finger ache, and it endues
    Our other healthful members even to a sense
    Of pain.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Freud is all nonsense; the secret of neurosis is to be found in the family battle of wills to see who can refuse longest to help with the dishes. The sink is the great symbol of the bloodiness of family life.”
    —Julian Mitchell (20th century)