Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet was born at Chamber Hall in Bury in 1788; he was born into a family where money was no obstacle. After Peel's birth, his family only remained a further 10 years in the ...

The early members of this force were called Peelers, after him. He was born at Bury in Lancashire, one of eleven children of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (died 1830) and his first wife Ellen Yates.