George Peel

Not to be confused with George Peele.

Major Honourable Arthur George Villiers Peel, normally known as George Peel (27 February 1869 – 25 April 1956) 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 he married Lady Agnes Lygon. Graduating from Oxford University, he wrote extensively on politics and economics at a time when the world was in turmoil. He was returned as MP for Spalding in the by-election of 1917, until the constituency was abolished in 1918 and was Clerk to the Treasury. He died aged 88 on 25 April 1956.

Bibliography

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

• 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

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis McLaren	Member of Parliament for Spalding 1917–1918	Succeeded by Constituency abolished