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Sir Peter Teazle
Sir Peter Teazle (1784 – 18 August 1811) was a good British bred Thoroughbred racehorse, a Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland nine times, and carried on the sire line of Herod.
Breeding.
Bred by Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, Sir Peter Teazle was by the undefeated Highflyer. Sir Peter's sire, Highflyer was on the Leading Sire list 16 times, producing 469 winners, seven of which won classic races. Highflyer also got the mare Prunella,
" at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham and at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. He also played Charles Plastic in "Town and Country", and Charles Surface to the Sir Peter Teazle of his father in "The School for Scandal". He is believed to have made his first appearance in London at the Haymarket Theatre about 1847, again playing Charles Surface to his father's Teazle. In October of that year, he played at the same theatre in a comedy entitled "My Wife! What Wife?" by Eaton