George Peel

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.^[1]

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.^[4]

He authored or edited many publications, normally under the name George Peel, or abbreviated "G.P." or "G.V.P.":^[5]

• Sir Robert Peel, from his private papers, Edited for his trustees by C S Parker ; With a chapter on his life and character by his grandson, the Hon George Peel, John Murray, 1899
• The Enemies of England, Edward Arnold, 1902
• The Friends of England, Murray, 1905
• The Future of England, Macmillan & Co., 1911
• The Tariff Reformers, Methuen & Co., 1913
• The Reign of Sir Edward Carson, P. S. King & Son, 1914
• The Private letters of Sir Robert Peel, Edited by George Peel, John Murray, 1920
• The Economic Impact of America, Macmillan & Co., 1928
• The Economic Policy of France, Macmillan & Co., 1937
• The Work of Sir Robert Peel and its lessons for to-day, Cobden-Sanderson, 1938
• The War: the root and the remedy, England, 1941
• The Fiscal Policy of Europe, London, 1946
• Imperial Preference, 1894-1945, London, 1945
• How Free Trade Will Come Free Trade Union Pamphlets, London, 1947

He contributed several biographies to the Dictionary of National Biography, including those for:

• Peel, Robert (1750–1830)
• Peel, Robert (1788–1850)
• Campbell, George Douglas