Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet

British politician

Date of Birth: 04-May-1822

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 09-May-1895

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, GCB, PC (1822 – 1895) was a British Peelite, Liberal and for 1884-1886 Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
Eldest son of the prime minister Robert Peel, he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1844.
He served as co-member for Tamworth, his father's constituency, from 1850 until 1880, for Huntingdon from 1884 and for Blackburn from 1885 to 1886.
He was appointed Irish secretary in 1861 in Palmerston's ministry, but in 1865, under Russell he was replaced by Chichester Fortescue.
He was appointed a GCB in 1866.
His variety of parties and tendency not to toe the party line saw republication of a charge of moral want, volatility and 'lack of dignity' from pre-Liberal landslide biographies after his death such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which mention signs of general profligacy and of his rift from his wife.