William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

The Right Honourable
The Earl Peel
GCVO PC DL

Lord Chamberlain
Assumed office
16 October 2006
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Lord Luce
Personal details
Born (1947-10-03) 3 October 1947
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Veronica Timpson (1973–1987)
The Hon. Charlotte Soames (1989–)
Children Ashton Peel, Viscount Clanfield
Lady Iona Bowen
Lady Antonia Peel
Alma mater University of Tours
Occupation Peer and businessman
Religion Church of England

William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, PC, DL (born 3 October 1947), styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, has been a cross-bench (non-party) member of the House of Lords since 15 May 1973 and Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household since 2006.[1]

Background and education

Lord Peel is the eldest son of Arthur Peel, 2nd Earl Peel, and Kathleen McGrath, daughter of Michael McGrath. He is a great-great-grandson of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel.[2] He attended Ampleforth College, and then went on to the University of Tours in France and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

Career

Lord Peel was a member of the Prince's Council, part of the Duchy of Cornwall, from 1993 to 2006, and Lord Warden of the Stannaries from 1994–2006. He was a member of the Nature Conservancy Council, with English Nature, from 1991 to 1996. He is President of the Game Conservancy Trust and was President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust from 1989 to 1996. Lord Peel was also on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Committee for six years and became a Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire in 1998. He is an elected hereditary crossbench member of the House of Lords.[3]

In June 2006 it was announced that Lord Peel would succeed Lord Luce as Lord Chamberlain. On 11 October 2006, he kissed hands with The Queen upon his appointment and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), and became Chancellor of the Order. On 14 November 2006, Lord Peel was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council.

Family

Lord Peel married Veronica Naomi Livingston Timpson (born 21 January 1950). They had two children, Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (born 16 September 1976), and Lady Iona Joy Julia Peel (born 18 September 1978). The marriage was dissolved in 1987.

He married, secondly, the Honourable Charlotte Clementine Soames (born 17 July 1954), daughter of Lord Soames and his wife, Mary Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, on 15 April 1989. They have one daughter, Lady Antonia Mary Catherine Peel (born 1991).[2]

Lord Peel's son, Lord Clanfield, married Matilda Rose Aykroyd (born 15 March 1978) in 2004. Matilda is the third daughter and fourth (and youngest) child of second Lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards David Peter Aykroyd (born 6 June 1937) and his wife Lydia Huldine Beamish (18 January 1939 – 9 July 2004). Lord and Lady Clanfield have three daughters and one son. Lord Peel's daughter by his first wife, Lady Iona Peel, married Robert Alexander Edward Bowen on 14 May 2005.

Titles and styles

Arms

References

  1. "Earl Peel - UK Parliament". Official Parliament Website. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 thepeerage.com William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
  3. "UK Parliament Member Profile". Retrieved 23 February 2009.


Court offices
Preceded by
The Lord Ashburton
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1994–2006
Succeeded by
Sir Nicholas Bacon, Bt
Preceded by
The Lord Luce
Lord Chamberlain
2006–present
Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Arthur Peel
Earl Peel
1969–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Ashton Peel
Order of precedence in England and Wales
Preceded by
The Earl of Dalhousie
(The Lord Steward of the Household)
Gentlemen
The Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Succeeded by
The Lord Vestey
(The Master of the Horse)
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