The Right Honourable
The Earl Peel
GCVO PC DL
2019 parliamentary portrait
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office
16 October 2006 – 31 March 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byThe Lord Luce
Succeeded byThe Lord Parker of Minsmere
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
15 May 1973 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Earl Peel
Succeeded bySeat abolished by the
House of Lords Act 1999
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – present
Preceded bySeat established by the
House of Lords Act 1999
Personal details
Born
William James Robert Peel

(1947-10-03) 3 October 1947
NationalityBritish
Political partyCrossbench
Spouses
Veronica Timpson
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(m. 1973; div. 1987)​
    The Hon. Charlotte Soames
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    ​
    (m. 1989)​
    Children3
    Parent
    Alma mater
    OccupationPeer and businessman

    William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, PC, DL (born 3 October 1947), styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member of the House of Lords.[1]

    Background and education

    Peel is the eldest son of Arthur Peel, 2nd Earl Peel, and Kathleen McGrath, daughter of Michael McGrath. He is a great-great-grandson of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He attended Ampleforth College, and then went on to the University of Tours in France and the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

    Career

    Peel was a member of the Prince's Council, part of the Duchy of Cornwall, from 1993 to 2006, and Lord Warden of the Stannaries from 1994 to 2006. He was a member of the Nature Conservancy Council, with English Nature, from 1991 to 1996. He was Chairman of the Game Conservancy Trust from 1994 to 2000, then President from 2000 to 2008, and was President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust from 1989 to 1996. Peel was also on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Committee for six years and became a Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire in 1998. Peel was elected as one of the 42 Conservative hereditary peers who were to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force, he placed 14th in the election with 142 votes.[2] Since July 2006 he has sat as a Crossbench member.[3]

    In June 2006, it was announced that Peel would succeed Richard Luce, Baron Luce, as Lord Chamberlain. On 11 October 2006, he kissed hands with The Queen upon his appointment and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), and became Chancellor of the Order. On 14 November 2006, Lord Peel was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council.

    In February 2021, Andrew Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere, was appointed to succeed Peel as Lord Chamberlain. Peel was due to retire at the end of 2020 but extended his notice period as his successor was searched for amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] He retired on 31 March.[5]

    On 13 April 2021, Peel returned his Wand and Insignia of Office as Lord Chamberlain and the Badge of Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order on leaving office. At the same time he was invested with the Royal Victorian Chain.[6]

    Family

    Peel married (1) Veronica Naomi Livingston Timpson (born 21 January 1950) and had 2 children. Their marriage was dissolved in 1987.

    • Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, Viscount Clanfield (born 16 September 1976). He married Matilda Rose Aykroyd (born 15 March 1978) in 2004. She is the third daughter and fourth (and youngest) child of second lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards David Peter Aykroyd (born 6 June 1937) and his wife Lydia Huldine Beamish (18 January 1939 – 9 July 2004). Lord and Lady Clanfield have three daughters, Isla, Willa and Florence, and one son, Nicholas.
    • Lady Iona Joy Julia Peel (born 18 September 1978). She married Robert Alexander Edward Bowen on 14 May 2005. They have two sons, Max and Charlie, and a daughter, Amelia.

    Lord Peel married (2) The Honourable Charlotte Clementine Soames (born 18 July 1954), daughter of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, and his wife, Mary Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, on 15 April 1989 and had 1 child.

    • Lady Antonia Mary Catherine Peel (born 1991). She married Hubert George Harry John Morant on 30 July 2022.

    Honours

    Commonwealth honours

    Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters
     United Kingdom3 April 1998Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire[7]DL
     United Kingdom10 October 2006Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[8]GCVO
     United Kingdom14 November 2006Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy CouncilPC
     United Kingdom13 April 2021Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain[9]N/A

    Arms

    Coat of arms of William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
    Coronet
    A Coronet of an Earl
    Crest
    A Demi Lion rampant Argent, gorged with a Collar Azure charged with three Bezants, holding between the paws a Shuttle Or
    Escutcheon
    Argent three Sheaves of as many Arrows proper, two and one banded Gules, on a Chief Azure a Bee volant Or, a Martlet Gules for difference (Shown left)
    Supporters
    On the dexter side a Lion reguardant Argent, and on the sinister side a Gryphon reguardant Or, each gorged with a Chain of the last, pendent therefrom an Escutcheon Azure, charged with a Mace erect, also Or
    Motto
    Industria

    References

    1. ↑ "Earl Peel - UK Parliament". Official Parliament Website. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
    2. ↑ Dod's Parliamentary Companion 2000. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd. 2000. p. 360.
    3. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Earl Peel". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
    4. ↑ Brazell, Emma (6 February 2021). "Queen appoints former head of MI5 as top official in royal household". Retrieved 14 April 2021.
    5. ↑ "Lord Parker of Minsmere KCB appointed as Lord Chamberlain". The Royal Family. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
    6. ↑ "Windsor Castle". Court Circular. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
    7. ↑ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions LIEUTENANCY OF THE COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE". The London Gazette. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
    8. ↑ "Honours and Awards Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The London Gazette. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
    9. ↑ "Honours and Awards CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD ROYAL VICTORIAN CHAIN". The London Gazette. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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