Background
Peachey was the son of Sir John Peachey, 2nd Baronet.
Peachey was the son of Sir John Peachey, 2nd Baronet.
He was returned to Parliament for Seaford in 1755, a seat he held until 1768. In 1791 he was appointed Master of the Robes to King George III, and three years later he was raised to the peerage as Baron Selsey, of Selsey in the County of Sussex. He continued as Master of the Robes until his death in 1808.
Lord Selsey married Lady Georgiana Caroline Scott, daughter of Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, in 1747.
Lady Selsey died at Berkeley Square, London, in October 1809, aged 82.
Royal Society.