Robert Francis Peel

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Memorial plaque to Peel in All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames

Robert Francis Peel Template:Post-nominals (30 April 1874 – 10 August 1924) was an English soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Saint Helena from 1920 until his death in 1924.[1]

He was the grandson of William Yates Peel, great-grandson of Sir Robert Peel and a great-nephew of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He attended Harrow School.[1]

Peel was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 2 February 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1899.[2] He served with the 1st battalion of the regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and returned with his regiment in July 1902, following the end of the war.[3] He was promoted captain in 1906.[1] After retiring from the regular army in 1909, he was commissioned Major in the part-time 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment,[4] becoming a Lieutenant Colonel in March 1913.[5] He continued to serve during the First World War, gaining the rank of brevet Colonel.[1]

In 1903, Peel married Alice Charlton-Meyrick, daughter of Sir Thomas Charlton-Meyrick.[1]

After failing to get elected for Mid Northamptonshire in the 1906 general election,[6] Peel served as Member of Parliament for Woodbridge, Suffolk from January 1910.[1] In July 1920, he resigned his seat to become Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St Helena.[7] In June 1922 he was appointed a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[8] He continued to serve as governor until his death on 10 August 1924.[1]

There is a memorial plaque to Peel in the East Surrey Regimental Chapel in All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.

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  2. ↑ Hart's Army list, 1903
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  6. ↑ Northampton Mercury, Friday 23 February 1906, p 1
  7. ↑ No. 13626 The Edinburgh Gazette 24 August 1920. p. 1900
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