Earl Peel

The title of Earl Peel was created in 1929 for William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, a Conservative politician. The 1st Viscount Peel was a son of the prime minister Sir Robert Peel.

The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Peel (1895) and Viscount Clanfield (1929), and is a baronet of Great Britain (1800).

Baronets, of Clanfield (1800)

• Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (1750-1830)
• Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1788-1850)
• Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet (1822-1895)
• Sir Robert Peel, 4th Baronet (1867-1925)
• Sir Robert Peel, 5th Baronet (1898-1934)
• Sir Robert Peel, 6th Baronet (1920-1942)

the baronetcy then passed to the 2nd Earl Peel (below), who became 7th Baronet

Viscounts Peel (1895)

• Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (1829-1912)
• William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel (1867-1937) (became Earl Peel in 1929)

Earls Peel (1929)

• William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867-1937)
• Arthur William Ashton Peel, 2nd Earl Peel (1901-1969)
• William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel (b. 1947)

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page