Earl Peel

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The title Earl Peel was created in 1929 for the 2nd Viscount Peel, a Liberal politician. The 1st Viscount Peel was a son of the Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel.

Lord Peel holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Peel, of Sandy in the County of Bedford (1895), and Viscount Clanfield, of Clanfield in the County of Southampton (1929), and is a Baronet of Great Britain, styled "of Clanfield" (1800).

The family seat is Eelmire House, near Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Contents 1 Baronets, of Clanfield (1800) 2 Viscounts Peel (1895) 3 Earls Peel (1929) 4 Reference

[edit] Baronets, of Clanfield (1800)

• Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (1750-1830)
• Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1788-1850) (the Prime Minister)
• 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)

the Baronetcy then passed to the 2nd Earl Peel (below), who became 7th Baronet

[edit] Viscounts Peel (1895)

• Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (1829-1912)
• William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel (1867-1937) (became Earl Peel in 1929)

[edit] Earls Peel (1929)

• 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 (b. 1947)

The Heir Apparent is Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (b. September 16, 1976)

[edit] Reference

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.