Frederick Gerard Peake
Encyclopedia
Major-General Frederick Gerard Peake, CMG
, CBE
(12 June 1886–30 March 1970), known as Peake Pasha, was a British Army
and police
officer and creator of the Arab Legion
.
He was son of Lt-Colonel Walter Peake DSO. Peake graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
in 1906.
He served in the Camel Corps of the British Imperial Egyptian Army and was awarded a Fourth Class of the Order of the Nile (The London Gazette, 31 August 1917).
In Autumn 1920 Peake left the Imperial Camel Corps
to report on the security situation in Mandate Palestine
. The situation was found to be insufficient and in October the same year Peake, then a Lieutenant-Colonel, was ordered by the High Commissioner of Palestine to form two small police forces. Those were:
He became a Major-General in the army of Transjordan
.
In 1939, he retired and was succeeded by Glubb Pasha. To the Jordan
ians he became known as "Peake Pasha".
His daughter, Julia Grace Peake, was born on June 6, 1941. She first married David Renwick Grant, and second the late Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, 7th Bt.
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
, CBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(12 June 1886–30 March 1970), known as Peake Pasha, was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
and police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
officer and creator of the Arab Legion
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
.
He was son of Lt-Colonel Walter Peake DSO. Peake graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days...
in 1906.
He served in the Camel Corps of the British Imperial Egyptian Army and was awarded a Fourth Class of the Order of the Nile (The London Gazette, 31 August 1917).
In Autumn 1920 Peake left the Imperial Camel Corps
Imperial Camel Corps
The Imperial Camel Corps was a brigade-sized military formation which fought for the Allies in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. Its personnel were infantry mounted on camels for movement across desert....
to report on the security situation in Mandate Palestine
Mandate Palestine
Mandate Palestine existed while the British Mandate for Palestine, which formally began in September 1923 and terminated in May 1948, was in effect...
. The situation was found to be insufficient and in October the same year Peake, then a Lieutenant-Colonel, was ordered by the High Commissioner of Palestine to form two small police forces. Those were:
- The Mobile Force, 100 men to guard the Jerusalem-AmmanAmmanAmman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
road. - 50 men to help the British official posted to KerakKerakKerak Castle is a large crusader castle located in Kerak in Jordan. It is one of the largest crusader castles in the Levant.Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under Pagan, the butler of Fulk of Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it Crac des Moabites or "Karak in Moab", as it is frequently...
east of the Dead SeaDead SeaThe Dead Sea , also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface. The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world...
.
He became a Major-General in the army of Transjordan
Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory in the Southern Levant that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine...
.
In 1939, he retired and was succeeded by Glubb Pasha. To the Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ians he became known as "Peake Pasha".
His daughter, Julia Grace Peake, was born on June 6, 1941. She first married David Renwick Grant, and second the late Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, 7th Bt.
External links & references
- The Arab Legion
- James Lunt, ‘Peake, Frederick Gerard (1886–1970)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 4 June 2007
See also
- Arab LegionArab LegionThe Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
- TransjordanTransjordanThe Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory in the Southern Levant that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine...