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| William Peel R.N. | Explanation |
| The third son of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister |
| 2 November 1824 | | Born (Stanhope Gate, London) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1850 | 1852 | Travelled in the Middle East and wrote "A Ride through the Nubian Desert" |
| 24 February 1857 | | Awarded the Victoria Cross for three acts of bravery at Inkerman and Sebastopol |
| June 1857 | | Opened a railway line between Potton and Sandy (in 1862 absorbed into the Bedford & Cambridge Railway and operated by the London and North Western Railway, closed by british Railways in 1967) |
| 27 April 1858 | | Died (Cawnpore, India) after contracting smallpox after being seriously injured at the siege of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny |
| Literature: (Verney) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 7 April 1838 | Entered Navy |
| 13 May 1844 | Lieutenant |
| 27 July 1846 | Commander |
| 10 January 1849 | Captain |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 15 May 1844 | | Lieutenant in Winchester, commanded by Charles Eden, flagship of Josceline Percy, Cape of Good Hope |
| 13 June 1844 | | Additional Lieutenant in Cormorant, commanded by George Thomas Gordon, Pacific |
| 29 August 1844 | | Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Charles Hope, Pacific |
| 184? | | Lieutenant in America, commanded by Hon John Gordon, Pacific |
| 27 February 1846 | | Lieutenant in Devastation, commanded by Edward Crouch, Woolwich |
| 15 May 1846 | | Lieutenant in Constance, commanded by Baldwin Wake Walker, Devonport |
| 11 February 1847 | 2 October 1848 | Commander in Daring (Chatham), North America and West Indies |
| 19 October 1853 | 6 January 1855 | Captain in Diamond, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) |
| 6 January 1855 | | Captain in Leander, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, Black Sea, during the Russian War |
| 13 September 1856 | 27 April 1858 | Captain in Shannon (from commissioning), East Indies (including command of the naval brigade during the India Mutiny), until Peel died at Cawnpore |
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