Constituency : Leominster 1849-52 , Bury 1852-7, 1859-65
Sir Frederick was the second son of the former Prime Minister Robert Peel. He was said to be the most like his father in looks and aptitude. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge and became a barrister in 1849 the same year he was elected in an unopposed by-election at the age of 26. Two years later Russell appointed him Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and he regained the position under Aberdeen. When War and Colonies were split in 1854 he held the latter brief but switched to war under Palmerston. For the 1852 election he switched to the family seat of Bury but lost in 1857 to Robert Phillips another Liberal.
Frederick regained the seat in 1859 and in 1860 he was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury holding the post until he lost his seat to Phillips again in 1865.
In 1873 he became president of the Railway and Canal Commission. He stayed in the role until 1888 but remained a commissioner until his death.
He died in 1906 aged 82.
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