Major Arthur George Villiers Peel (27 February 1869 – 25 April 1956) was a British Member of Parliament and a writer on politics and economics.
Career George Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, a senior British Liberal politician, and Adelaide Dugdale.
On 6 October 1906, at the age of 38, Peel married Lady Agnes Lygon. He entered New College, Oxford University, in 1886 and wrote extensively on politics and economics.Alumni Oxonienses
Peel was elected as MP for Spalding in the by-election of 1917, serving until the constituency was abolished in 1918, and he also served as Clerk to the Treasury.
Peel died aged 88 on 25 April 1956.Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, PC , Cracroft's Peerage
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He authored or edited many publications, normally under the name George Peel, or abbreviated "G.P." or "G.V.P.":British Library catalogue
Sir Robert Peel, from his private papers, Edited for his trustees by C S Parker; With a chapter on his life and character by his grandson, the Hon George Peel, John Murray, 1899 The Enemies of England, Edward Arnold, 1902 The Friends of England, Murray, 1905 The Future of England, Macmillan & Co., 1911 The Tariff Reformers, Methuen & Co., 1913 The Reign of Sir Edward Carson, P. S. King & Son, 1914 The Private letters of Sir Robert Peel, Edited by George Peel, John Murray, 1920 The Economic Impact of America, Macmillan & Co., 1928 The Economic Policy of France, Macmillan & Co., 1937 The Work of Sir Robert Peel and its lessons for to-day, Cobden-Sanderson, 1938 The War: the root and the remedy, England, 1941 The Fiscal Policy of Europe, London, 1946 Imperial Preference, 1894-1945, London, 1945 How Free Trade Will Come Free Trade Union Pamphlets, London, 1947 He contributed several biographies to the Dictionary of National Biography, including those for: Peel, Robert (1750–1830) Peel, Robert (1788–1850) Campbell, George Douglas
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