Frederick Peel

Sir Frederick Peel (1823 – 1906), second son of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister in 1849. He entered parliament in that year, and with the exception of the period between 1857 and 1859 he remained in the House of Commons until 1865. In 1851-1852 and again in 1853-1855 he was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; from 1855 to 1857 he was Under-Secretary of State for War; and from 1859 to 1865 he was Secretary to the Treasury. He became a Privy Councillor in 1857 and was knighted in 1869. Sir Frederick 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 on the 6 June 1906.

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Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Desart	Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1852–1854	Succeeded by —
Preceded by —	Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1854–1855	Succeeded by John Ball
Preceded by H. Roberts	Under-Secretary of State for War 1855–1857	Succeeded by Sir John Ramsden, Bt
Preceded by Samuel Laing	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1860–1865	Succeeded by Hugh Childers
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Barkly	Member of Parliament for Leominster 1849–1852	Succeeded by John Phillimore
Preceded by Richard Walker	Member of Parliament for Bury 1852–1857	Succeeded by Robert Needham Philips
Preceded by Robert Needham Philips	Member of Parliament for Bury 1859–1865	Succeeded by Robert Needham Philips