John Peel (priest)

The Very Rev John Peel, DD, MA (b. Bury 22 August 1798, d. Kidderminster 20 February 1875)[1] was Dean of Worcester from 1845[2] until his death.[3]

The eighth child and fourth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet[4] he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[5] He held the living at Stone, Worcestershire from 1828;[6] and in the same year was appointed a Prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral.[7]

References

  1. thePeerage.com
  2. The Examiner (London, England), Saturday, December 6, 1845; Issue 1975
  3. ‘THE LATE VERY REVEREND DR. PEEL’ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, February 27, 1875; pg. 5; Issue 9463
  4. His eldest brother was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and also from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. Adelman, Paul (1989). Peel and the Conservative Party: 1830–1850. London and New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-35557-5.
  5. ‘Oxford’ The Standard (London, England), Friday, February 08, 1828; Issue 227
  6. ‘PREFERMENT’ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, March 06, 1828; Issue 6531
  7. ‘PREFERRED’ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, November 27, 1828; Issue 6569
Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Murray (bishop of Rochester)
Dean of Worcester
1845–1874
Succeeded by
Grantham Munton Yorke


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