Peel, Major General Jonathan

b. 1799-10-12

d. 1879-02-14

Maj. Gen. Jonathan Peel was born on 12 October 1799, the fifth son of the first Sir Robert Peel. He was educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, obtaining a commission in 1815 and becoming captain in 1821.1

In 1826, he was elected member of Parliament for Norwich and represented Huntingdon from 1831 to 1868. Peel was surveyor general of the ordinances from 1841 to 1846 under his brother's second administration.He became a major-general in 1854 and a lieutenant general in December 1859. He was appointed secretary of state for war in 1858 and again in 1866-67 under Derby's third administration. Peel died on 13 February 1879.2

1. Emma Eadie, Peel, Jonathan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
2. Ibid.

Mentions of this person in the documents

Bacon, K.
Godley, John Robert
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 27 September 1852, CO 305:3, no. 8866, 269.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 27 July 1858, CO 6:26, no. 7372, 99.
Godley, John Robert to Merivale, Herman 17 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8382, 108.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 20 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8503, 176.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 24 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8603, 188.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 10 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9363, 365.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 13 September 1858, CO 60:3, no. 9423, 259.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Merivale, Herman 15 September 1858, CO 60:3, no. 9486, 275.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 1 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9977, 372.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 2 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10081, 380.
Barnard, Edward to Merivale, Herman 14 October 1858, CO 305:9, no. 10465, 313.
Hawes, Benjamin to Merivale, Herman 27 October 1858, CO 305:9, no. 10993, 538.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 29 October 1858, CO 410:1, 186.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 29 October 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 318.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 30 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 11773, 432.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 15 November 1858, CO 305:9, no. 11728, 544.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 17 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11874, 676.
Hills, George to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 19 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11896, 678.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 23 November 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 425.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 23 November 1858, CO 410:1, 186.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 23 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12057, 393.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 25 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12115, 399.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 1 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12274, 400.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 3 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12379, 405.
Godley, John Robert to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 7 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12529, 408.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 18 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12941, 413.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 20 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13025, 414.
Hawes, Benjamin to Merivale, Herman 22 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13098, 419.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 22 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13097, 417.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 February 1859, CO 60:4, no. 3266, 118.
Hawes, Benjamin to Merivale, Herman 10 February 1859, CO 60:6, no. 1495, 250.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 23 February 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2096, 253.
Godley, John Robert to Merivale, Herman 2 March 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2301, 258.
Godley, John Robert to Merivale, Herman 4 March 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2454, 259.
Hawes, Benjamin to Fitzgerald, Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey 9 March 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2619, 262.
Hawes, Benjamin to Merivale, Herman 11 March 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2654, 267.
Hawes, Benjamin to Merivale, Herman 26 March 1859, CO 305:13, no. 3164, 31.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 April 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/7, 180.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 April 1859, CO 410:1, 192.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 11 April 1859, CO 60:6, no. 3913, 269.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 14 April 1859, CO 60:6, no. 4081, 273.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 30 April 1859, CO 60:6, no. 4447, 277.
Godley, John Robert to Carnarvon, Earl 28 May 1859, CO 305:13, no. 5473, 38.
Godley, John Robert to Merivale, Herman 7 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 5846, 280.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Merivale, Herman 16 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 6306, 282.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 January 1860, CO 305:15, no. 533, 348.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1579, 393.
Robinson, George Frederick Samuel (Earl de Grey) to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 16 January 1863, CO 60:17, no. 546, 335.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 9 July 1866, CO 60:26, no. 6491, 218.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 13 July 1866, CO 60:25, no. 8288, 39.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 1 November 1866, CO 60:26, no. 10419, 230.
Carnarvon, Earl to Seymour, Governor Frederick 15 November 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 350.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 27 February 1867, CO 60:31, no. 2050, 110.

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