Earl Peel
Earl Peel | |
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Creation date | 10 July 1929 |
Created by | heirs male |
Subsidiary titles | Viscount Peel Viscount Clanfield Baronet ‘of Drayton Manor’ |
Status | Extant |
Motto | INDUSTRIA (With industry) |
Earl Peel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peel family descends from Robert Peel, eldest son of a wealthy cotton merchant. The family lands, known as Drayton Manor, in the County of Stafford would become more commonly known in modern-day as an amusement park. The family seat is Elmire House, near Ripon, North Yorkshire.
History
The earldom was created in 1929 for the
He was the son of
The first Viscount Peel was the fifth son of Prime Minister
He is one of the
The Peel family descends from Robert Peel, who established a
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, the noted statesman. He was Home Secretary 1822–1827 and 1828–1830, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1834–1835 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1834–1835 and 1841–1846, and is best remembered for creating the modern concept of the police force while Home Secretary.[citation needed] The police, first known as Peelers, are still commonly referred to as Bobbies, in his name. He is also known for overseeing the formation of the Conservative Party out of the shattered Tory Party, and for the repeal of the Corn Laws. Peel died after a fall from his horse on Constitution Hill in London.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the
Their only son, the sixth Baronet, was an ordinary seaman in the Royal Navy and was killed in action in April 1942, aged only twenty-one. On his death the line of the eldest son of the second Baronet failed and the title was inherited by his second cousin once removed, the second Earl Peel, who became the seventh Baronet. See above for further history of the title.[citation needed]
Viscounts Peel (1895)
- Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (1829–1912)
- William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel (1867–1937) (created Earl Peel in 1929)
Earls Peel (1929)
- William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867–1937)
- Arthur William Ashton Peel, 2nd Earl Peel (1901–1969) (succeeded as the 7th Baronet in 1942)
- William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel and 8th Baronet (born 1947)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (born 1976).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, the Hon. Nicholas Robert William Peel (born 2015).
Peel baronets, of Drayton Manor and Bury (1800)
- Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (1750–1830)
- Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1788–1850)
- Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet (1822–1895)
- Sir Robert Peel, 4th Baronet (1867–1925)
- Sir Robert Peel, 5th Baronet (1898–1934)
- Sir Robert Peel, 6th Baronet (1920–1942)
- See above for further succession.
Other notable members of the Peel family
Several other members of the Peel family have also gained distinction:
- Privy Councilin 1856.
- Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairsfrom 1828 to 1830.
- Jonathan Peel (1799–1879), fifth son of the first Baronet, was a general in the Army and Conservative politician. He was Secretary of State for War from 1858 to 1859 and 1866 to 1867.
- Edmund Yates Peel (1824–1900, son of Jonathan above), a lieutenant-colonel in the Army, who was the father of Frederick Peel, a colonel in the Army.
- Archibald Peel (1828–1910, son of Jonathan above), who was the father of Edward John Russell Peel (1869–1939), a brigadier-general in the Army,
- John Peel (1829–1892, son of Jonathan above), a lieutenant-general in the Army.
- Sir Charles Lennox Peel (1823–1899), Clerk of the Council, was the son of Laurence Peel, sixth son of the first Baronet.
- Sir Frederick Peel (1823–1906), second son of the second Baronet, was a politician and Chief Railway Commissioner.
- Sir William Peel (1824–1858), third son of the second Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy.
- Maj. Hon. George Peel (1869–1956), second son of the first Viscount, a Member of Parliament and writer on politics and economics.
- Sir Sidney Peel (1870–1938), third son of the first Viscount, sat as Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and was created a baronet in 1936 (see Peel baronets).
- Abram Peel (1864–1919), elected Lord Mayor of Bradford in November 1916.
Male-line family tree
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Line of succession
- Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (1829–1912)
- William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867–1937)
- Arthur William Ashton Peel, 2nd Earl Peel (1901–1969)
- William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel (born 1947)
- (1) Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (born 1976)
- (2) Hon. Nicholas Robert William Peel (born 2015)
- (1) Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (born 1976)
- (3) Hon. Robert Michael Arthur Peel (born 1950)
- William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel (born 1947)
- Arthur William Ashton Peel, 2nd Earl Peel (1901–1969)
- Rev. Hon. Maurice Berkeley Peel (1873–1917)
- Maj. David Arthur Peel (1910–1944)
- Jonathan Sidney Peel (1937–2014)
- (4) Robert Denis Peel (born 1976)
- (5) Charles David Peel (born 1940)
- (6) Thomas David Peel (born 1975)
- Jonathan Sidney Peel (1937–2014)
- Maj. David Arthur Peel (1910–1944)
- William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867–1937)
- #4–6 are in line for the viscounty and the baronetcy, but not the earldom.
References
- ^ Debrett's, 2015, p. 965.
- ^ "No. 33518". The London Gazette. 19 July 1929. p. 4762.
- ^ "No. 26624". The London Gazette. 14 May 1895. p. 2773.
- ^ "The Queen carries out first duty since Prince Philip's death". BBC. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "No. 15307". The London Gazette. 1 November 1800. p. 1244.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.