Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby, PC (30 December 1897 – 11 October 1966) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as

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and then as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from 1951 to 1955.

Early life

Peake was educated at Eton before training at the

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. He served with the

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during the

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, before joining the

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. He entered

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in 1919 and graduated in history in 1921. In 1923 he was called to the bar at the

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Career

After unsuccessfully contesting

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, Peake entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North in

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. In April 1939, he was appointed as

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and in October 1944 he became

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. 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 Pensions and National Insurance from September 1953 and a member of the Cabinet from October 1954). In December 1955, shortly after

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succeeded

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as Prime Minister in April, Peake resigned from the government.

Personal life

On 19 June 1922 Peake married Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell, younger daughter of

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and Adele Capell, Countess of Essex. They had five children:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2045 * Hon Iris Irene Adele Peake, MVO (25 July 1923 - 18 November 2021), a

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from 1952 to 1963, married

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Oliver Payan Dawnay, CVO in 1963. * Hon Sonia Mary Peake (12 December 1924 - 30 July 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. * Martin Raymond Peake, 2nd (and last) Viscount Ingleby (31 May 1926 - 14 October 2008) * Imogen Clarissa Peake (18 January 1934 - 29 October 1937) * Hon Mary Rose Peake (born 23 April 1940), married Everard John Robert March Phillipps de Lisle.

Honours

Peake became a

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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.

Death

Lord Ingleby died in 1966 at the age of 68. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son,

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