Photograph of Sir William Peel's statue in Eden Gardens from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrakpore was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sir William Peel (1824-1858) was a son of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of Britain. During the Uprising of 1857-1858, he was the commander of the Shannon and lead a naval brigade. He died in Kanpur of smallpox in 1858.