Frederick Peel (1823–1906)

Politician and railway commissioner. Son of Robert Peel. BA, Cambridge (Trinity College), 1845. Called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1849. Liberal MP for Leominster, 1849; under-secretary for the colonies, 1851–5; under-secretary for war, 1855–7. Financial secretary of the Treasury, 1859–65. Member of the railway and canal commission, 1873–1906.