Background
Peel was the son of William Peel, 1st Earl Peel, by the Honourable Eleanor "Ella" Williamson, daughter of James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton.
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He was a great-grandson of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Clanfield when his father was elevated to an earldom in 1929. In 1937 he succeeded in the earldom on the death of his father.
In 1948 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, a post he held until 1951.
Lord Peel married Kathleen McGrath, daughter of Michael McGrath, on 11 March 1946. They had two sons.
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United Kingdom