Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel

Mr. Speaker's Retirement Act 1895
Mr. Speaker's Retirement Act 1895
Act of Parliament
	58 & 59 Vict. c. 10
Dates
Royal assent	14 May 1895

Member of the House of Lords
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Hereditary peerage; 9 May 1895 – 24 October 1912
Succeeded by	The 2nd Viscount Peel
Member of Parliament; for Warwick and Leamington
	In office; 18 December 1885 – 7 August 1895
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Alfred Lyttelton
Member of Parliament; for Warwick
	In office; 24 July 1865 – 18 December 1885
Preceded by	Edward Greaves
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	3 August 1829
Died	24 October 1912 (aged 83)
Nationality	Julia Floyd
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
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Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel,

PC (3 August 1829 – 24 October 1912), was a British Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895, when he was raised to the peerage

.

Early life

Peel was the fifth and youngest son of the

Oxford.^[1]

Political career

Peel was elected

Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs in William Ewart Gladstone's second government.^[3] On the retirement of Sir Henry Brand, Peel was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on 26 February 1884.^[4]

In the

Liberal Unionist. Peel was also an important ally of Charles Bradlaugh

, whose campaigns to have the oath of allegiance changed eventally permitted non-Christians, such as agnostics and atheists, to serve in the House of Commons.

Peel retired for health reasons^[3] prior to the 1895 general election and was created Viscount Peel, of Sandy in the County of Bedford, with a pension of £4,000 for life.^[3] He was presented with the Freedom of the City of London in July of that year.^[5] In 1896, he was chairman of a royal commission into the licensing laws. Other members of the commission disagreed with part of his report, and he resigned the chair, which left Sir Algernon West to complete a majority report. However, the report was published in Peel's name and recommended that the number of licensed houses should be greatly reduced. The report was a valuable weapon in the hands of reformers.^[3]

A street in Warwick, Peel Road, was named in his honour.^[6]

Family

Peel married Adelaide Dugdale (14 November 1839 – 5 December 1890^[7]), daughter of William Stratford Dugdale, in 1862. She died in December 1890 and Lord Peel remained a widower until his death in October 1912, aged 83. They had seven children:^[7]

Julia Beatrice Peel (1864–1949) married the Irish Parliamentary Party MP James Rochfort Maguire
William [Wellesley] Peel (1867–1937) succeeded as 2nd Viscount; created Earl Peel in 1929
[Arthur] George [Villiers] Peel (1868–1956) politician and author
Sidney [Cornwallis] Peel (1870–1938) a colonel and for four years an MP, created a baronet in 1936
Agnes [Mary] Peel (1869x71–1959) married the Conservative MP Sydney Goldman.
Ella [Frances] Peel (1872–1900)
Maurice Berkeley Peel (1873–1917)
First World War.^[8]

References

^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
^ Hansard Millbank Systems - Arthur Peel
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chisholm 1911.
^ HC Deb 26 February 1884 vol 285 cc17-30
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Peel, Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40.
^ "Google Maps". www.google.com/maps. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Peel, Maurice Berkeley". Winchester College Great War. Winchester College. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Repton Edward Greaves	Member of Parliament for Warwick 1865–1885 With: George Repton 1865–1868, 1874–1885 Edward Greaves 1868–1874	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington 1885–1895 by-election	Succeeded by Alfred Lyttelton
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt	Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board 1868–1871	Office abolished
Preceded by George Shaw-Lefevre	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1871–1874	Succeeded by George Bentinck
Preceded by George Glyn	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1873–1874	Succeeded by William Hart Dyke
Preceded by Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1880–1881	Succeeded by Leonard Courtney
Preceded by Hon. Sir Henry Brand	Speaker of the House of Commons 1884–1895	Succeeded by Sir William Gully
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Peel 1895–1912	Succeeded by William Peel

[1] Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886

[2] Hansard Millbank Systems - Arthur Peel

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3] Chisholm 1911.

[4] HC Deb 26 February 1884 vol 285 cc17-30

[EB1911-5] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Peel, Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40.

[6] "Google Maps". www.google.com/maps. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[ancestry-7] "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[8] "Peel, Maurice Berkeley". Winchester College Great War. Winchester College. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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