| Authorised form of name | Peel; Sir; Robert (1788 - 1850) |
| Dates | 1788 - 1850 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Chamber Hall, near Bury, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 05 February 1788 |
| Place of death | His house in Whitehall Gardens, London |
| Date of death | 02 July 1850 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Drayton-Bassett, Staffordshire |
| Activity | Education:
Harrow School; Christ Church, Oxford
Career:
MP for Cashel (1809); MP for Chippenham (1812-1817); Secretary for Ireland (1812-1818); MP for Oxford University (1817-1829); MP for Westbury (1829-1830); Home Secretary (1822); established the Metropolitan Police by his Police Act (1829); MP for Tamworth (1833-1850); Prime Minister (1834-1835 and 1841-1846); reorganised the Bank of England; repealed the Corn Laws; resigned from office (1846); died from injuries received when thrown from his horse on Constitution Hill, London
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/12/1822 |
| Relationships | Son of Robert Peel and his wife Ellen, daughter of William Yates of Spring Side, near Bury; married (08 June 1820) Julia daughter of General Sir John Floyd |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1850 No 76 pp 1026-1027
References:
Peter J Turvey, 'Sir John Herschel and the Abandonment of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 1' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 165-176
Roy M MacLeod, 'Of Medals and Men: A Reward System in Victorian Science 1826-1914' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 81-105 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/64803600 |
| Code | NA7814 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| DM/1/69 | Draft of a letter from Humphry Davy to Sir Robert Peel | 20 December 1825 |
| DM/1/75 | Copy of letter from Robert Peel and Charles Long to Sir Thomas Lawrence and FL Chantrey | 1 March 1826 |
| MC/1/250 | Letter from Sir Robert Peel, Whitehall, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society | 19 July 1830 |
| MM/21/52 | Letter from John William Lubbock to Thomas Spring-Rice | 29 May 1845 |
| DM/1/76 | Letter from Robert Peel to Davies Gilbert | 27 March 1827 |
| DM/1/74 | Letter from Robert Peel to Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society | 3 December 1825 |
| MM/21/79 | Royal Greenwich Observatory Warrant | 27 November 1830 |
| IM/003481 | Peel, Sir Robert | nd |
| MC/1/296 | Letter from Robert Peel, Whitehall, to the Royal Society | 24 March 1831 |
| MS/426/212 | Duplicate enclosure in Lord Northampton's [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] letter to Sir R [Robert] Peel | 26 June 1846 |
| MS/426/211 | Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to the Right Hon Sir R [Robert] Peel | 26 June 1846 |
| MS/426/55 | Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to the Right Honourable, Sir Robert Peel, Bart | 9 June 1842 |
| DM/2/37 | Letter from Robert Peel, Whitehall, to President, Royal Society | 10 November 1826 |
| DM/3/12 | Letter from Robert Peel, Whitehall, to Sir Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society | 10 June 1825 |
| MC/1/246 | Letter from Thomas Venables, Private Secretary, Whitehall, to the Secretary fo the Royal Society | 14 July 1830 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/40 | Letter from James Gye, 3 Abingdon Street, Westminster, to the Council of the Royal Society | May 1832 |
| MC/4/1 | Copy letter from [Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of] Minto, to William [Jackson] Hooker | 4 January 1844 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| MC/3/217 | Letter from Charles E. Trevelyan, Treasury Chambers, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society | 1 June 1842 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |