Charles Peat
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Charles Urie Peat was a British
Conservative Party
politician and cricket
er. He was the son of William Barclay Peat
, founder of the international accounting firm KPMG
.
Peat played first-class cricket
for Oxford University
in 1913, Middlesex
in 1914 and the Free Foresters
between 1920 and 1922, as well as a number of matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
.
At the 1931 general election
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Darlington
, defeating the sitting Labour
MP Arthur Lewis Shepherd
. During his time as MP for Darlington he lived at nearby Wycliffe Hall. During the Second World War he served as Principle Private Secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
. In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election
, he was defeated by Labour's David Hardman
.
In 1943, he led a campaign to salvage 100 million books for the nation's war effort in the Second World War. Peat was an accountant by profession, and from March to August 1945, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance. Peat died at Barnard Castle
, County Durham
on October 27, 1979.
His grandson, Benjamin Usher
, played List A cricket for British Universities
and the Durham Cricket Board
as well as Minor counties cricket for Northumberland
.
United Kingdom
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Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was the son of William Barclay Peat
William Barclay Peat
Sir William Barclay Peat was born on the 15th February 1852 in Forebank St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland. He was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay...
, founder of the international accounting firm KPMG
KPMG
KPMG is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC. Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, Netherlands....
.
Peat played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in 1913, Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
in 1914 and the Free Foresters
Free Foresters Cricket Club
Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' club, having no home ground....
between 1920 and 1922, as well as a number of matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
HDG Leveson-Gower
Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey as well as England. He was the seventh son of Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower JP DL FSA, by his wife The Hon Sophia Leveson Gower LJStJ .He captained England in all three of the Test...
.
At the 1931 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Darlington
Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Darlington is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, defeating the sitting Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
MP Arthur Lewis Shepherd
Arthur Lewis Shepherd
Arthur Lewis Shepherd was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the as Member of Parliament for Darlington at a by-election in 1926, having usuccessfully contested the seat at the 1924 general election...
. During his time as MP for Darlington he lived at nearby Wycliffe Hall. During the Second World War he served as Principle Private Secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
. In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
, he was defeated by Labour's David Hardman
David Hardman
David Rennie Hardman was a British Labour Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested Cambridge at the 1929 general election....
.
In 1943, he led a campaign to salvage 100 million books for the nation's war effort in the Second World War. Peat was an accountant by profession, and from March to August 1945, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance. Peat died at Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
on October 27, 1979.
His grandson, Benjamin Usher
Benjamin Usher
Benjamin Che Usher is a former English cricketer. Usher was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wycliffe, County Durham....
, played List A cricket for British Universities
British Universities cricket team
The British Universities cricket team is a cricket team whose players are drawn from university sides primarily in Great Britain as the name suggests, but not exclusively those of Oxford and Cambridge. The team played under the title of Combined Universities until 1995.Combined Universities' first...
and the Durham Cricket Board
Durham Cricket Board
The Durham Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Durham.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
as well as Minor counties cricket for Northumberland
Northumberland County Cricket Club
Northumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
External links
- Charles Peat at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Charles Peat at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...