Charles Peers (barrister)
Charles Peers | |
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Portrait of Charles Peers (1776–1853) unknown Artist | |
| Born | 1776 |
| Died | 1853 (aged 76–77) Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupations | Magistrate, Landowner |
Charles Peers DL JP (1776 – 1853) was a civic figure in Oxfordshire, English barrister and a land owner.
He was recorder of Henley-on-Themes, served as the High sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1821, Justice of the Peace, Oxfordshire. Academy Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Doctor of Civil Law.
Early life and family
Charles Peers was born in 1776, the son of Robert Peers (1742-1818), barrister and landowner of Chiselhampton House, Oxfordshire.[1] His family was distinguished in mercantile and civic affairs: His grandfather, Charles Peers, Esq, (1703-1781), had built Chiselhampton House and served as High sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1756.[2] Whilst Peers' great-grandfather, Sir Charles Peers (1661-1737), was Lord Mayor of London in 1715 and Chairman of the East India Company.[3][4]
Peers was educated at Eton College before attending St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A in 1799 and M.A in 1804.[5] He was admitted to the Inner Temple, becoming a barrister-at-law in 1802. He later received the degree of Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford University in 1820.[6]
Career
Peers maintained a role in Oxfordshire's Legal and civic life. He was noted as Recorder of Henley-on-Themes, the principal judicial officer of the borough.[6] In 1821, Peers was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, the monarch's ceremonial and administrative representative in the county.[7] The same year he was appointed Captain-Commandant of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, known as the QOOH.[8] Peers was also a justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Oxfordshire, overseeing local justice, and was commissioned as a Deputy lieutenant (D.L.) of the county, by George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield in 1831.[9][10] He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.[6]
Personal life
In 1818 Charles Peers succeeded his father as the head of the Peers family, inheriting Chiselhampton House.[4]
He died in 1853 aged 77, and was memorialised in St Katherine's Church, with a tablet commemorating his life. He died without heirs leaving the estate to his cousin, John Witherington Peers (1804-1876) Vicar of Tetsworth, the grandfather of Sir Charles Reed Peers.[11]
See also
- English gentry
- List of High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire
- Chiselhampton
- Oxfordshire Militia
- Antiquarianism
References
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- ^ Davenport, John Marriott (1868). Lords lieutenant and high sheriffs of Oxfordshire. 1086-1868. Getty Research Institute. [Oxford].
- ^ "St Olave Church Hart St". www.middlesex-heraldry.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
- ^ a b "Burke's Landed Gentry, 1847-49 vol 3 Supplement - viewing page 257". ukga.org. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, with notes and index. University of British Columbia Library. London, Simpkin, Marshall, and co. 1884.
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- ^ "Former High Sheriffs". The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
- ^ "Page 1580 | Issue 17731, 31 July 1821 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ^ "Page 495 | Issue 18784, 15 March 1831 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ^ Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (1853). "Obituary of Charles Peers Esq". The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. New Ser. XXXIX. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons: 334.
- ^ "Parishes: Chislehampton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-13.