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William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel - Definition and Overview

William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867-1937) was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931.

The son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel and grandson of Sir Robert Peel, he inherited his father's Viscountcy in 1912, before being raised to the Earldom in 1929.

Preceded by:
The Earl of Crawford 		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1921–1922 		Followed by:
Sir William Sutherland
Preceded by:
Edwin Samuel Montagu 		Secretary of State for India
1922–1924 		Followed by:
The Lord Olivier
Preceded by:
Frederick William Jowet 		First Commissioner of Works
1924–1928 		Followed by:
The Marquess of Londonderry
Preceded by:
The Earl of Birkenhead 		Secretary of State for India
1928–1929 		Followed by:
William Wedgwood Benn
Preceded by:
Thomas Johnston 		Lord Privy Seal
1931 		Followed by:
The Lord Snowden
Preceded by:
New Creation 		Earl Peel Followed by:
Arthur William Ashton Peel
Preceded by:
Arthur Wellesley Peel 		Viscount Peel



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