1ST See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

VISCOUNT See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

WELLESLEY See also:

• PEEL
• 1ST VISCOUNT ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL PEEL (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

PEEL PEEL (1829- )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English statesman, youngest son of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel; was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1829, and was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . He unsuccessfully contested See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry in 1863; in 1865 he was elected in the At See also:

• HARROW

Harrow, according to the accounts of his contemporaries, liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest for See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick, for which he sat until his See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1868 he was appointed See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary secretary to the poor See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board . This See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he filled until 1871, when he became secretary to the board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment which he held for two years . In 1873–1874 he was patronage secretary to the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, and in 188o he became under-secretary for the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . On the retirement of Mr See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

Brand (afterwards See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• HAMPDEN, HENRY BOUVERIE WILLIAM BRAND, 1ST
• HAMPDEN, JOHN (c. 1595-1643)
• HAMPDEN, RENN DICKSON (1793-1868)

Hampden) in 1884, Peel was elected See also:

• SPEAKER

Speaker . He was thrice re-elected to the See also:

• POST

post, twice in 1886, and again in 1892 . Throughout his career as Speaker he exhibited conspicuous impartiality, combined with a perfect knowledge of the traditions, usages and forms of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, soundness of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, and readiness of decision upon all occasions; and he will always See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as one of the greatest holders of this important office . On the 8th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1895 he announced that for reasons of See also:

• HEALTH

health he was compelled to retire . The farewell ceremony was of a most impressive See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and warm tributes were paid from all parts of the house . He was created a viscount and granted a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £4000 for See also:

• LIFE

life . He was presented with the freedom of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of See also:

• LONDON

London in See also:

• JULY

July 1895 .

The public interest in the ex-Speaker's later life centred entirely in his some-what controversial connexion with the drink See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic . A royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission was appointed in April 1896 to inquire into the operation and See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the licensing See also:

• LAWS

laws, and Viscount Peel was appointed chairman . In July 1898 See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Peel See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a draft See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report for discussion, in five parts . Some See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion arose in connexion with the report, and at a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the commissioners on the 12th of April 1899, when See also:

• PART

part 5 of the draft report was to be considered, a proposal was made to substitute an alternative draft for Lord Peel's, and also a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of alternative drafts for the four sections already discussed . Lord Peel declined to put these proposals, and See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• ROOM

room . Sir Algernon See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West was elected to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair, and ultimately two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main reports were presented, one See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section agreeing with Lord Peel, and the other—including the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the commissioners—presenting a report which differed from his in several important respects . The Peel report recommended that a large reduction in the number of licensed houses should be immediately effected, and that no See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation should be paid from the public rates or taxes, the See also:

• MONEY

money for this purpose being raised by an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence-rental levied on the rateable value of the licensed premises; it at once became a valuable weapon in the hands of advanced reformers . Lord Peel married in 1862, and had four sons and two daughters (married to Mr J . Rochfort Maguire and to Mr C . S . Goldman) . His eldest son, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Robert See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley Peel (b .

1866), married the daughter of Lord See also:

• ASHTON

Ashton; he was Unionist M.P. for See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester from 1900 to 1905, and later for See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton, and also acted as Municipal Reform See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader on the London See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council .