George Peel
British politician, son of Speaker of House of Commons
Major Honourable Arthur George Villiers Peel, normally known as George Peel (27 February 1869 – 25 April 1956) was a British Member of Parliament and writer on politics and economics.
Career[edit]
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 he married Lady Agnes Lygon. Graduating from Oxford University, he wrote extensively on politics and economics at a time when the world was in turmoil.[1] He was returned as MP for Spalding in the by-election of 1917, until the constituency was abolished in 1918 and was Clerk to the Treasury. He died aged 88 on 25 April 1956.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
Wikisource has original works written by or about:
Arthur George Villiers Peel
He authored or edited many publications, normally under the name George Peel, or abbreviated "G.P." or "G.V.P.":[3]
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
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Alumni Oxonienses
Jump up ^ Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, PC Archived 2012-09-08 at the Wayback Machine., Cracroft's Peerage
Jump up ^ British Library catalogue
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