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Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby
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Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby PC (30 December 1897 – 11 October 1966) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Peake was educated at Eton, Sandhurst and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1919. He then served with the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry and with the Coldstream Guards in World War I. He later became a barrister in the Inner Temple in 1923 and entered Parliament as MP for Leeds North in 1929.
On 19 June 1922, he married Lady Joan Capell (a younger daughter of the 7th Earl of Essex) and they had four children. Peake was raised to the peerage in 1956 as Viscount Ingleby. On his death in 1966, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Martin.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Gervase Beckett, Bt. |
Member of Parliament for Leeds North 1929–1955 |
Succeeded by 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 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1929–1955 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Munster |
| Preceded by Ralph Assheton |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1944–1945 |
Succeeded by William Hall |
| Preceded by Edith Summerskill |
Minister of Social Insurance 1951–1953 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by Position created |
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance 1953–1955 |
Succeeded by John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Viscount Ingleby 1956–1966 |
Succeeded by Martin Peake |
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