William Yates Peel
Politician
1789 – 1858
Who was William Yates Peel?
William Yates Peel, was a British Tory politician.
Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen. He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and the elder brother of Jonathan Peel. He was educated at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge. Peel sat as Member of Parliament for Bossiney from 1817 to 1818, for Tamworth from 1818 to 1830, 1835 to 1837 and in 1847, for Yarmouth from 1830 to 1831 and for Cambridge University from 1831 to 1832 and served under the Duke of Wellington as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1828 to 1830 and as a Lord of the Treasury under Wellington in 1830 and again under his brother Sir Robert Peel from 1834 to 1835. In 1834 he was admitted to the Privy Council.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1789
- Siblings
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Harrow School
- Died
- Jun 1, 1858
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