William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

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honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
name = The Earl Peel
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GCVO PC DL


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birth_date = Birth date and age|1947|10|03|df=y
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nationality = British
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spouse = Veronica Timpson (1973-1987)
The Hon. Charlotte Soames (1989-)
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children = Ashton Peel, Viscount Clanfield (1976-)
Lady Iona Peel (1978-)
Lady Antonia Peel (1991-)
alma_mater = Tours University, France
occupation = Peer and Businessman
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religion = Church of England


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William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, PC, DL (born 3 October 1947) is a cross-bench (non-party) member of the House of Lords and Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household.

The Earl Peel attended Ampleforth College, and then went on to Tours University in France and the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He married in 1973, Veronica Naomi Timpson. They had two children, Viscount Clanfield (born 1976) and Lady Iona Peel (born 1978). The marriage was dissolved in 1987. He married, secondly, in 1989 the Hon. Charlotte Clementine Soames, daughter of Lord Soames and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. They have one daughter, Lady Antonia Peel (born 1991).

Lord 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 1994-2006. He was a member of the Nature Conservancy Council, with English Nature, from 1991 to 1996. He is President of the Game Conservancy Trust and was President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust from 1989 to 1996. Lord Peel was also on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Committee for six years. He is an elected member of the House of Lords.

In June 2006 it was announced that Lord Peel would succeed Lord 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 "(PC)"

External links

* [http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page9773.asp Appointment of Lord Peel as Lord Chamberlain]
* [http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26497 DodOnline Biography]