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William Peel (Royal Navy officer)
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Captain Sir William Peel VC KCB was a British naval officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the third son of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel and his wife Julia. Like his father, he was educated at Harrow School.
William Peel (Royal Navy officer)
William Peel (Royal Navy officer)
Sir William Peel by William Theed, 1860, Greenwich Maritime Museum
Sir William Peel by William Theed, 1860, Greenwich Maritime Museum
Statue of William Peel in the Eden Gardens, Calcutta, in the 1860s.
Statue of William Peel in the Eden Gardens, Calcutta, in the 1860s.
Robert Peel
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Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet,, was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835). He previously served twice as Home Secretary. He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service while he was Home Secretary. Peel was one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party.
Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill
Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill
Christ Church, Oxford, which Peel attended 1805–1808, graduating with a double first. He was later MP for the university, 1817–1829.
Christ Church, Oxford, which Peel attended 1805–1808, graduating with a double first. He was later MP for the university, 1817–1829.
The Duke of Wellington, prime minister 1828–1830, with Peel
The Duke of Wellington, prime minister 1828–1830, with Peel
This satirical 1829 cartoon by William Heath depicted the Duke of Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mr
This satirical 1829 cartoon by William Heath depicted the Duke of Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the 141-year-old Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation.