PETER

William (eld. son of Henry Peter, d. 1821). b. Harlyn, St. Merryn, Cornwall 22 March 1788; educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1809; barrister L.I. 28 May 1813; M.P. Bodmin 11 Dec. 1832 to 29 Dec. 1834; British consul in Pennsylvania and New Jersey 13 March 1841 to death; author or editor of Thoughts on the present crisis in a letter from a constituent to his representative 1815; Speeches of sir Samuel Romilly in the house of commons, 2 vols. 1820; Sacred songs being an attempted paraphrase of some portions of the psalms by W. Peter 1828, new ed. with other poems by a Layman 1834; Poems by Ralph Ferrars (i.e. Wm. Peter) new ed. 1833; William Tell from the German of Schiller, Heidelberg 1839, 2 ed. Lucerne 1867; Mary Stuart from the German of Schiller, Heidelberg 1841; Maid of Orleans, Cambridge 1843; Agamemnon of Æschylus, Philadelphia 1852; Specimens of the poets of Greece and Rome by various translators, Philadelphia 1847. d. Philadelphia 6 Feb. 1853. bur. St. Peter’s churchyard, where is monument.