Family and Education
b. 4 May 1822, 1st s. of Sir Robert Peel MP, 2nd bt., of Drayton Manor, nr. Tamworth, Staffs., and Julia, yst. da. of Gen. Sir John Floyd, bt.; bro. of Arthur Wellesley Peel MP; Frederick Peel MP. educ. Harrow 1835-41; matric. Christ Church, Oxf. 26 May 1841. m. 17 Jan. 1856, Emily, 6th da. of George Hay, 8th marq. of Tweedale [S]. 1s. 4da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 2 July 1850. d. 9 May 1895.
Offices Held
Jun. ld. of admiralty Mar. 1855 – May 1857; Irish chief secy. 25 July 1861 – Nov. 1865; P.C. 25 July 1861; G.C.B. 5 Jan. 1866.
Attaché British legation, Madrid, 18 June 1844; secy. British legation in Switzerland 2 May 1846; chargé d’affaires Nov. 1846 – July 1850; secy. to Lord Granville’s special mission to Russia for coronation of Alexander I, July 1856.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Drayton Manor, near Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion