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Sir Robert Peat (c. 1772–20 April 1837) was an Anglican cleric and, according to some sources, the first Grand Prior of the revived English langue of the Order of Saint John. ==Early life== Peat was born in Hamsterley, County Durham, England, the son of John Peat (died 1805), a watchmaker and silversmith, and Anne Heron (died 1778), of the Herons of Chipchase Castle. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge as a ten-year man on 20 April 1790 and later received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Glasgow in 1799.〔(The Clergy Database, Person: Peat, Robert (1793 - 1815) )〕〔(''The Scots Magazine Volume 62'', 1800, page 72 )〕 On 21 November 1790, Peat was appointed to the Order of Saint Stanislaus by the King of Poland. His obituary says that he was appointed for services rendered to that king by a relative of Peat and his entry in the ''British Herald'' says that this was in connection to land willed to him by a John Vesey of Warsaw.〔〔(''The British Herald'', 1830 Appendix PEA )〕 Peat's house was broken into on 25 October 1808 and papers relating to his Polish estates were reported stolen.〔(''The New annual register'', 1808, page 146 )〕 In 1804, Peat was permitted by King George III to accept and wear the order. Appearing in court in 1808 after being attacked outside of the Drury Lane theatre, the defence objected to calling Peat "Sir" as he had not been appointed to any order of knighthood in the United Kingdom. However, the Lord Chief Justice, presiding, stated that knighthood was a "universal honour" and thus the appellation applied to him.〔(''Sporting Magazine'' ), Volume 31, 1808, p.256〕〔A regulation introduced by the Prince Regent in 1813 stated that permission from the Sovereign to wear a foreign order does not entitle the holder to any rank or style, unless expressly stated in the Royal Warrant. Later tradition would also dictate that any clergyman appointed to an order of knighthood would not use the title of "sir" and they are not dubbed with a sword. Peat is also listed erroneously in some sources as being a Knight of the Order of Saint Patrick and a baronet, however he was not appointed either.〕 Peat had also been a military chaplain in the Peninsular War.〔(''St John History, Proceedings of the St John Ambulance Historical Society of Australia, Volume 7, 2007-08'' ), p.22-23〕 He was appointed a steward of Queen Charlotte's Lying-In Hospital in 1817,〔(''Plan of Queen Charlotte's lying-in hospital'', 1823 page 61 )〕 elected a fellow of the Medico-Botanical Society of London in 1830〔(''The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 147'' ), 1830 p544〕 and had married the author Lucy Clementina Davies and Francis Henry Davies at St Marylebone Parish Church in 1823.〔(''Annual register'', 1824 ), page 176〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Peat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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