George Peel


Major Arthur George Villiers Peel was a British Member of Parliament and writer on politics and economics.

Career

George Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, a senior British Liberal politician, and Adelaide Dugdale.
On 6 October 1906 at the age of 38 Peel married Lady Agnes Lygon. He entered New College, Oxford University in 1886, and wrote extensively on politics and economics.
Peel was returned as MP for Spalding in the by-election of 1917, sitting until the constituency was abolished in 1918, and was Clerk to the Treasury.
Peel died aged 88 on 25 April 1956.