# Charles Peat

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**Charles Urie Peat** (28 February 1892 – 27 October 1979) was a British [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician and [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He was the son of [William Barclay Peat](/source/William_Barclay_Peat), founder of the international accounting firm [KPMG](/source/KPMG).

Peat was born in [Edmonton, Middlesex](/source/Edmonton,_Middlesex), and educated at [Sedbergh School](/source/Sedbergh_School) and [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College,_Oxford). He played [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1913, [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in 1914 and the [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) between 1920 and 1922, as well as in several matches for [HDG Leveson-Gower's XI](/source/HDG_Leveson-Gower).[1]

During [World War I](/source/World_War_I) Peat was [commissioned](/source/Officer_(armed_forces)) in the [City of London Yeomanry](/source/City_of_London_Yeomanry)[2] and was awarded the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross).[3]

At the [1931 general election](/source/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election), he was elected as [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Darlington](/source/Darlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), defeating the sitting [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) MP [Arthur Lewis Shepherd](/source/Arthur_Lewis_Shepherd). During his time as MP for Darlington, he lived at nearby Wycliffe Hall. During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), he served as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill). In 1943, he led a campaign to salvage 100 million books for the nation's war effort. Peat was an accountant by profession, and from March to June 1945, he served as [Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance](/source/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Minister_of_National_Insurance). In the Labour landslide at the [1945 general election](/source/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election), he was defeated by Labour's [David Hardman](/source/David_Hardman). He died at [Barnard Castle](/source/Barnard_Castle), [County Durham](/source/County_Durham) on 27 October 1979.

His grandson, [Benjamin Usher](/source/Benjamin_Usher), played [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) for [British Universities](/source/British_Universities_cricket_team) and the [Durham Cricket Board](/source/Durham_Cricket_Board) as well as [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club).

## References

1. [Cricket teams that Charles Peat played for](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31983/all_teams.html)

1. No. 28954. 27 October 1914. p. 8737.

1. No. 30450. 28 December 1917. p. 43.

## External links

- [Charles Peat](http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18863.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)
- [Charles Peat](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31983/31983.html) at CricketArchive
- [PEAT, Charles Urie](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U158366), *Who Was Who*, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

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