Background
Peto was born 13 December 1900 at Chertsey, Surrey the son of Sir Basil Peto a former Member of Parliament.
Peto was born 13 December 1900 at Chertsey, Surrey the son of Sir Basil Peto a former Member of Parliament.
Peto was educated at Harrow College and Street John"s College, Cambridge reading history and political economy.
In 1924 Peto was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, two years later he transferred to the King"s Dragoon Guards. In 1929 he was appointed as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay and from 1932 to 1935 he served in India. Peto retired in 1939 but with the start of the second world war in 1939 Peto rejoined the Army.
From 1941 to 1945 Peto was a parliamentary private secretary to Geoffrey Lloyd chairman of the Oil Control Board.
Peto stood again at the 1945 general election but was defeated at the by the Labour Party candidate, Raymond Blackburn. On 3 February 1954 Peto was found shot dead in the garden of his home in Witley, Surrey with the gun beside him.
lieutenant was concluded that Peto who regularly shot in his gardens had slipped on ice and shot himself.
37th United Kingdom Parliament.