Frederick Peel
The Viscount Palmerston | |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Laing |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Childers |
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| Born | 26 October 1823 |
| Died | 6 June 1906 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Julia Floyd |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Sir Frederick Peel PC (26 October 1823 – 6 June 1906), was a British Liberal Party politician and railway commissioner.
Background and education
Peel was second son of
Pitt Club.[3]
Political career
Peel entered
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
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Peel, Frederick (PL841F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b c Craig, page 72
- ^ "No. 21998". The London Gazette. 8 May 1857. p. 1616.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 23512". The London Gazette. 1 July 1869. p. 3750.
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