The Right Honourable Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (3 August 1829 - 24 October 1912), Speaker of the British House of Commons 1884-95, was the youngest son of the Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, and was named after the Duke of Wellington. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He was Liberal MP for Warwick 1865-95. From 1868 to 1873 he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board, and then became Secretary to the Board of Trade. In 1873-74 he was patronage secretary to the Treasury, and in 1880 he became Undersecretary to the Home Department in the second Gladstone government. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... For other people named Robert Peel, see Robert Peel (disambiguation). ... The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... Map sources for Warwick at grid reference SP2865 Warwick (pronounced warrick ) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Ewart Gladstone (December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894). ...

On the retirement of Henry Brand in 1884, Peel was elected Speaker. Throughout his career as Speaker, the Encyclopædia Britannica says, "he exhibited conspicuous impartiality, combined with a perfect knowledge of the traditions, usages and forms of the House, soundness of judgment, and readiness of decision upon all occasions." In 1895 he retired and was created Viscount Peel. In 1896 he was chairman of a Royal Commission into the licensing laws. The Peel Report recommended that the number of licensed houses should greatly reduced. This report was a valuable weapon in the hands of reformers. Peel was also an important ally of Charles Bradlaugh in Bradlaugh's attempt to have the oath of allegiance changed to permit non-Christians, agnostics and atheists to serve in the House of Commons. Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden (27 January 1814 - 7 March 1892), Speaker of the British House of Commons 1872-84, was the second son of the 21st Baron Dacre, and was a descendant of the 17th century English revolutionary MP John Hampden. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt - look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelt with æ, the ae-ligature) is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia, first published in 1768-1771 as From the late 18th century to the... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The title of Earl Peel was created in 1929 for William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, a Conservative politician. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Bradlaugh (26 September 1833 _ 30 January 1891) was a political activist and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. ...

He married Adelaide Dugdale, and they had a son William Wellesley Peel, who succeeded his father as Viscount Peel and was later created Earl Peel in 1929. William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867-1937) was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...