Sir Robert Peel’s father Sir Robert Peel 1st Baronet was born at Peelfold, Lancashire on April 25th, 1750. Sir Robert Peel 1st Baronet was a wealthy cotton mill owner. Sir Robert Peel’s father was one of the wealthiest textile manufacturers of the early Industrial Revolution. Sir Robert Peel 1st Baronet was also a British politician and industrialist. He had joined partnerships to raise the capital required to set up spinning mills. The spinning mills were located near rivers and streams in country districts because they were water powered. He had employed children as apprentices that were imported from any locality that wanted them off their hands. The kids were housed kind of hosteled. He married his first wife, Ellen Yates on July …show more content…
He joined the military and was ranked as a Captain. Captain Sir William Peel was an English recipient of the Victorian Cross, which is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Captain Sir William Peel had gotten injured for every battle that he engaged. Captain Sir William Peel had died on April 27th, 1858 in Cawnpore, India due to smallpox. He had died at the age of 33.
Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel was born on August 3rd, 1829. Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel was the youngest son that Sir Robert and Julia Floyd had. He was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He had become the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised to the peerage. Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Warwick in the 1865 general election and held the seat until 1885 when it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act. He had died on October 24th, 1912 at the age of