Background
Arthur Robert Peel (grandson of William Yates Peel) was educated at Eton College and entered the Diplomatic Service as an attaché in 1886.
Arthur Robert Peel (grandson of William Yates Peel) was educated at Eton College and entered the Diplomatic Service as an attaché in 1886.
Eton College.
He served in Street St. Petersburg, Washington, District of Columbia, Buenos Aires, The Hague, Lisbon and Montevideo, and was consul-general for the island of Crete, before being appointed Minister to Thailand (then called Siam) 1909-1915, to Brazil 1915-1918 and (after a year in London) to Bulgaria 1920-1921. Peel was awarded a knighthood (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in 1917.