PEELE, EDWARD. _b._ 1838; educ. for musical profession;
L.K.Q.C.P. Ireland and L.M. 1872; M.R.C.S. Ireland 1873; on
staff of hospital for diseases of the throat, Dublin; physician
to hospital for incurables; demonstrator of anatomy royal coll.
of surgeons’ medical school; visiting physician to Coombe
lying-in hospital. _d._ of typhus fever 41 Lower Bagot st.
Dublin 18 Feb. 1881. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemet. 21 Feb. _Medical
times and gazette i_ 416 (1881).
PEENE, WILLIAM GURDEN. _b._ 1795; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A.
1823, M.A. 1826, M.L. 1830, M.D. 1833; in practice at Maidstone,
Kent. _d._ Maidstone 20 June 1853, left £1,700 for purchase of
books for the library of University college, London.
PEER, JOHN. Drove the Southampton Telegraph team, being the
crack whip of his day, dressed in a surtout olive coat, white
waistcoat, buckskin breeches and top boots; always stood in a
leaning position when driving; patronised by the marquis of
Worcester, afterwards duke of Beaufort; started a coach from
London to Southampton and lost his money. _d._ in poverty Fetter
lane, London at an advanced age. _Sporting Review lii_ 113
(1864); _Driving, by the duke of Beaufort_ (1889) 245.
PEERS, CHARLES (only son of Robert Peers of Chislehampton lodge,
Wallingford, Oxon.) _b._ 1774; educ. St. John’s coll. Camb.,
B.A. 1799, M.A. 1804; gained Seatonian prize for Christ’s
lamentation over Jerusalem 1805; barrister I.T. 19 Nov. 1802;
recorder of Henley-upon-Thames; hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 14 June 1820;
sheriff of Oxfordshire 1821; F.S.A.; author of The siege of
Jerusalem, a poem 1823. _d._ Chislehampton lodge, Oxfordshire 6
Feb. 1853. _G.M. xxxix_ 551 (1853).
PEET, JOHN. Educ. Univ. college, London; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1841;
M.D. Aberdeen 1866; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1858, F.R.C.P. 1860;
assistant surgeon Bombay army 2 May 1842, surgeon 23 June 1858;
professor of anatomy and of surgery Grant Medical coll. Bombay
Oct. 1845; acting principal of the college 1854–6, principal
1858, retired 1865; surgeon Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy hospital
1858–65; member of Medical and physical soc. of Bombay, sec.
1849–53, president 1863 and 1864, contributed many papers to
the Transactions; author of Principles and practice of medicine
1864, translated into 3 vernacular languages; resided at
Shanklin from 1865. _d._ Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wight 18
Jany. 1874. _Medical times and gazette 7 Feb. 1874 p._ 168.
PEET, THOMAS. _b._ Wigan 24 March 1788; educ. Wigan gram. sch.;
capt. Wigan local militia; local sec. of British archæological
assoc. at Manchester 1851; a calico printer at Manchester;
director of Union bank of Manchester; received present of plate
from Salford market committee for his researches which enabled
them to establish their right to the ancient market Feb. 1844.
_d._ Manchester 14 Jany. 1862. _Journal of British Archæol.
assoc. xix_ 155 (1863).
PEILE, THOMAS WILLIAMSON (eld. son of John Peile of Whitehaven).
_b._ 10 Nov. 1806; educ. Shrewsbury, captain of the school;
entered Trin. coll. Camb. 1824, Davies’ scholar 1824; 18
wrangler 1828; B.A 1828, M.A. 1831, D.D. 1843; fellow of Trin.
coll. 1 Oct. 1829 to 1831; head master of Liverpool collegiate
school 1829; P.C. of St Catherine’s, Liverpool 1831; tutor in
univ. of Durham 1834; P.C. of Croxdale, near Durham 1836; head
master of Repton school 1841–54; V. of Luton, Beds. 1857–60; V.
of St. Paul, South Hampstead Oct. 1860, resigned 1873; edited
the Agamemnon of Æschylus 1839, and The Cheophoræ 1840; author
of Annotations on the apostolical epistles, 4 vols. 1847–52;
Sermons, doctrinal and didactic 1866; Three sermons on the holy
communion 1871; his name is attached to upward of 35 works. _d._
37 St. John’s Wood park, London 29 Nov. 1882. _bur._ Buckhurst
Hill churchyard 2 Dec., portrait in hall of Repton school. _The
Guardian 6 Dec. 1882 p._ 1716.
PEILL, JOHN NEWTON. _b._ Liverpool 14 Dec. 1808; educ. royal
institution, Liverpool and Queen’s coll. Camb., 7th wrangler
and B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, D.D. 1841; fellow of his college
1832–53, bursar 1843–50, dean 1850–1 and tutor 1850–3; R. of St.
Botolph’s, Camb. 1843–53; R. of Newton Toney, Wilts. 1853 to
death; rural dean of Amesbury; diocesan inspector of schools;
F.R.A.S. 12 Jany. 1869; with his own astronomical instruments
made observations at Newton Toney. _d._ Newton Toney 12 June