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 Liberal Unionist MP for Manchester South (1900-1906). He was then elected Conservative M.P. Taunton before inheriting his father's title and moving to the House of Lords.

The son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel and grandson of Sir Robert Peel, Peel became active in British politics in the 1880s - moving away from the political Liberalism of his youth to a later career as a senior Conservative cabinet minister. He inherited his father's Viscountcy in 1912, before being raised to the Earldom in 1929.

Lord Peel's later career saw become Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931.

In 1936-1937 Lord Peel was the chairman of the Peel Commission which presented for the first time in its period as a tne British Mandate of Palestine the solution of partition for the Jewish - Arab conflict in Palestine.

Political offices
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
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquis of Lorne	Member of Parliament for Manchester South 1900 – 1906	Succeeded by Arthur Adlington Haworth
Preceded by Sir Edward Boyle	Member of Parliament for Taunton 1909 – 1912	Succeeded by Gilbert Wills
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Earl Peel 1929 – 1937	Succeeded by Arthur Peel
Preceded by Arthur Wellesley Peel	Viscount Peel 1912 – 1937