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'''Edward Gryffydh Peacock''' (30 July 1825 – 4 January 1867) was an English official of the [[East India Company]], publisher, writer and rower who won the [[Wingfield Sculls]] and [[Diamond Challenge Sculls]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]].

Peacock was the son of the poet [[Thomas Love Peacock]] and his wife Jane Gryffydh.<ref name="Meredith">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Thomas Love Peacock</ref> In 1841 he was appointed midshipman in the Indian Navy. He arrived in India in October 1841<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UyEYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA391 Asiatic Journal 1841]</ref> but returned to England for medical reasons in April 1842. In 1844 he became a clerk in the examiners office at East India House.<ref name=Ellis>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VDnz8Bv3Hi8C&pg=PA59 Stewart Marsh Ellis ''George Meredith: his life and friends in relation to his work'']</ref> He collaborated with [[George Meredith]] in publishing a privately circulated literary magazine, the ''Monthly Observer''.<ref name=":0">[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/george-meredith Poetry Foundation -- George Meredith]</ref>

Peacock was a member of [[Thames Club]] and in 1845 was runner up in the [[Silver Goblets|Silver Wherries]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] partnering [[Henry Chapman (rower)|Henry Chapman]].<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113109/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm |date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref> In 1849 he won the Silver Wherries partnering [[Francis Playford]]. He won the [[Diamond Challenge Sculls]] at Henley in 1851 defeating [[Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten|Edward Macnaghten]] in the final. In 1852 positions were reversed and Peacock came second to MacNaughton. Peacock won the [[Wingfield Sculls]] in 1852.<ref>[https://www.rowingservice.com/wingfieldsrecords.xls Wingfield Sculls Record of Races] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180753/https://www.rowingservice.com/wingfieldsrecords.xls |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>

Meredith is said to have based his character Edward Blancove in ''Rhoda Fleming'' on Peacock. Like Blancove, Peacock studied as a barrister and was a keen boxer.<ref name=Ellis/>

In 1865 Peacock qualified as a solicitor. However he died two years later at the age of 42. His poem ''The Vicar of Southbury's story: a Christmas poem'' was published posthumously in 1867.

Peacock married Mary Hall in 1849, apparently to the disapproval of his father. They had a son Thomas Love Peacock.
The name of most male heirs is either Edward or Thomas and associated with gentlemen.
The Peacock name lives in both England and Canada, today.
<ref name=Ellis/> She remarried in 1869.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/BecclesandBungay/May1869.shtml East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News 11 May 1869 ]</ref> Peacock's widowed sister Mary Ellen Nicolls married [[George Meredith]].<ref name=":0" />

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