William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
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William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI GBE TD PC (1867–1937) was a British politician who served as MP for Manchester South (1900-1906), Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931.
The son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel and grandson of Sir Robert Peel, he inherited his father's Viscountcy in 1912, before being raised to the Earldom in 1929.
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| Preceded by: The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1921–1922 |
Succeeded by: Sir William Sutherland |
| Preceded by: Edwin Samuel Montagu |
Secretary of State for India 1922–1924 |
Succeeded by: The Lord Olivier |
| Preceded by: Frederick William Jowett |
First Commissioner of Works 1924–1928 |
Succeeded by: The Marquess of Londonderry |
| Preceded by: The Earl of Birkenhead |
Secretary of State for India 1928–1929 |
Succeeded by: William Wedgwood Benn |
| Preceded by: Thomas Johnston |
Lord Privy Seal 1931 |
Succeeded by: The Lord Snowden |
| Preceded by: New Creation |
Earl Peel 1929–1937 |
Succeeded by: Arthur Peel |
| Preceded by: Arthur Wellesley Peel |
Viscount Peel 1912–1937 |
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