Person Peel; Sir; Robert (1788 - 1850) Peel Robert Sir 1788 - 1850 British Male Chamber Hall, near Bury, Lancashire, England 05 February 1788 His house in Whitehall Gardens, London 02 July 1850 Burial: Drayton-Bassett, Staffordshire

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Act (1829); MP for Tamworth (1833-1850); Prime Minister (1834-1835 and 1841-1846); reorganised the Bank of England; repealed the Corn Laws; resigned from office (1846); died from injuries received when thrown from his horse on Constitution Hill, London Son of Robert Peel and his wife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 Fellow 05/12/1822 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Feb 1788 - 2 Jul 1850 NA7814 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/64803600 2d1404fd-3e1f-4a99-aa7a-5d6bacdbd6e1