Sir Lawrence Peel

Born on August 10, 1799, he was the third son of Joseph Peel and Anne Haworth, and part of the wider Peel family that included his younger brother Sir Robert Peel, who later became British prime minister. Trained in law in Britain, he built a career that eventually took him to India.

He is best known for serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, one of the highest judicial posts in British India. In that role, he became an important figure in the administration of law in Bengal during the mid-19th century.

He died in 1884. Though not as widely remembered as his brother, his career placed him at the center of the British imperial legal system, and he remains a notable figure in the history of colonial India's courts.