Edmund Peel

A portrait by Francis Grant, with sitter tentatively identified with Peel's wife Emily[1]

Edmund Peel (8 August 1791 – 1 November 1850) was an English politician who was Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1831 to 1832 and 1835 to 1837.[2]

Peel was the son of Sir Robert Peel, and the brother of the former Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He was educated at Harrow School.[2]

Family

Peel married in 1812, Emily Swinfen, daughter of John Swinfen. The couple had three sons and a daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ "'Portrait of a Lady (? Mrs Edmund Peel)', Sir Francis Grant, c.1856". Tate.
  2. ^ a b c "PEEL, Edmund (1791-1850), of Bonehill House, Tamworth and Hednesford Lodge, Cannock Chase, Staffs". The History of Parliament. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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