Sir Lawrence Peel (10 August 1799 – 1884) was a judge in India, Chief Justice of Bengal.
[1] After his call to the bar at the Middle Temple on 7 May 1824 he went the northern circuit, and attended the Lancaster, Preston, and Manchester sessions.
He was consequently very popular throughout his career in India and on his retirement in November 1855 a statue of him was erected in Calcutta.
After his return to England he was sworn of the privy council, and was made a paid member of the judicial committee on 4 April 1856.
He died, unmarried, at Garden Reach, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, on 22 July 1884.