Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet

The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel Bt GCB
Sir Robert Peel, Bt, by Camille Silvy.
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 29 July 1861 – 7 December 1865
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	Edward Cardwell
Succeeded by	Chichester Fortescue
Personal details
Born	(1822-05-04)4 May 1822 London
Died	9 May 1895(1895-05-09) (aged 73) Stratton Street, London
Nationality	English
Political party	Peelite Liberal
Spouse(s)	Lady Emily Hay (1836–1924)
Children	5
Parents	Sir Robert Peel Julia Floyd
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, GCB, PC (4 May 1822 – 9 May 1895), was a British Peelite, Liberal and from 1884 until 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.