An Original Part Letter Hand Written and Signed by Prime Minister Robert Peel. Undated C1850. The part letter to Reverend Lee discusses money from the crown for scientific merit and Dr Wallace Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, 1788-1850 was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835) and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827 and 1828–1830). He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. Peel was one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859.Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Letter with extra paper edge and age toned.