Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby
Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby, PC (30 December 1897 – 11 October 1966) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Minister of National Insurance and then as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from 1951 to 1955.
The Viscount Ingleby PC | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Pensions and National Insurance Minister of National Insurance (1951–1953) | |
| In office 31 October 1951 – 20 December 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Edith Summerskill |
| Succeeded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 1944–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Assheton |
| Succeeded by | Glenvil Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1897 |
| Died | 11 October 1966 (aged 68) Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell
( m. 1922; |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life
Peake was educated at Eton before training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served with the Coldstream Guards during the First World War, before joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.
He entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1919 and graduated in history in 1921. In 1923 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple.
Career
After unsuccessfully contesting Dewsbury in 1922, Peake entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North in 1929.
In April 1939, he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department and in October 1944 he became Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Whilst in opposition, he became a leading spokesman for the Beveridge social reform proposals, and on the Conservatives return to power in 1951 he became Minister of National Insurance (Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from September 1953 and a member of the Cabinet from October 1954).
In December 1955, shortly after Anthony Eden succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister in April, Peake resigned from the government.
Personal life
On 19 June 1922 Peake married Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell (1899–1979),[1] younger daughter of George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex and Adele Capell, Countess of Essex. They had five children:[2]
- Iris Irene Adele Peake, MVO (b. 1923), a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret from 1952 to 1963, married Captain Oliver Payan Dawnay, CVO in 1963.[3][4]
- Sonia Mary Peake (1924–2009), married David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale, mother of twin sons Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale and David Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale.[5]
- Martin Raymond Peake, 2nd (and last) Viscount Ingleby (1926–2008)[6]
- Imogen Clarissa Peake (1934–1937)[6]
- Mary Rose Peake (b. 1940), who married Everard John Robert March Phillipps de Lisle.[6]
Honours
Peake became a Privy Counsellor in 1943 and was raised to the peerage on 17 January 1956 as Viscount Ingleby, of Snilesworth in the North Riding of the County of York. On his death in 1966, he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, Martin.[6]
Arms
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Footnotes
- The Peerage, entry for Lady Joan Capell
- The Peerage, entry for 1st Viscount Ingleby
- The Peerage, entry for Iris Peake
- geni.com Entry for Captain Oliver Dawnay
- The Peerage, entry for Sonia Peake
- "Ingleby, Viscount (UK, 1956 - 2008)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/ingleby1956.htm
References
- Pottle, Mark (2004). "Peake, Osbert, first Viscount Ingleby (1897–1966)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75167. Retrieved 13 September 2009. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Osbert Peake
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Gervase Beckett, Bt. |
Member of Parliament for Leeds North 1929 – 1955 |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Alice Bacon |
Member of Parliament for Leeds North East 1955 – 1956 |
Succeeded by Keith Joseph |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Geoffrey Lloyd |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1939–1944 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Munster |
| Preceded by Ralph Assheton |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1944–1945 |
Succeeded by Glenvil Hall |
| Preceded by Edith Summerskill |
Minister of Social Insurance 1951–1953 |
Office abolished |
| New office | Minister of Pensions and National Insurance 1953–1955 |
Succeeded by John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Viscount Ingleby 1956–1966 |
Succeeded by Martin Peake |
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