The Viscount Peel | |
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 Peel, c. 1890s | |
| Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 26 February 1884 – 8 April 1895 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Brand |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Gully |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | |
| In office 28 April 1880 – 1 January 1881 | |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Matthew White Ridley |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Courtney |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 1 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 | |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | George Glyn |
| Succeeded by | William Hart Dyke |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | |
| In office 14 January 1871 – 1 August 1873 | |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Succeeded by | George Cavendish-Bentinck |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board | |
| In office 10 December 1868 – 14 January 1871 | |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Michael Hicks Beach |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 9 May 1895 – 24 October 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Peel |
| Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington | |
| In office 18 December 1885 – 7 August 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Lyttelton |
| Member of Parliament for Warwick | |
| In office 24 July 1865 – 18 December 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Greaves |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1829 |
| Died | 24 October 1912 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Liberal Unionist |
| Spouse | Adelaide Dugdale (died 1890) |
| Children | 7, including William, George, and Sidney |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, PC (3 August 1829 – 24 October 1912), was a British Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895, when he was raised to the peerage.