George Brooke-Pechell

Vice-Admiral Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet (30 June 1789 – 29 June 1860),[1] born George Richard Pechell, was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician.

[2] His older brother Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pechell inherited the baronetcy, but died childless in 1849, and George succeeded to the title.

Pechell entered the navy in 1803, aged 14, and attained the rank of captain in 1826.

He supported the secret ballot, non-denominational education for all, and opposed church rates.

[2] He married Katherine Annabella Bishopp, daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Lord Zouche, on 1 August 1826.