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Arthur Peel (diplomat)

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British diplomat (1861–1952)
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St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, where Peel married in 1921

Sir Arthur Robert Peel KCMG (15 August 1861 – 7 October 1952) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Thailand, Brazil and Bulgaria.

Career

Arthur Robert Peel (grandson of William Yates Peel) was educated at Eton College and entered the Diplomatic Service as an attaché in 1886. He served in St Petersburg, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, The Hague, Lisbon and Montevideo, and was consul-general for the island of Crete, before being appointed Minister to Thailand (then called Siam) 1909–15, to Brazil 1915–18 and (after a year in London) to Bulgaria 1920–21.

Peel was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1917.

Personal life

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On 17 September 1921, at St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, London, Peel married Grace Landsberg, eldest daughter of Alberto Landsberg, a Brazilian banker of German Jewish ancestry.

Offices held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded bySir Ralph Paget Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Majesty the King of Siam
1909–1915 		Succeeded bySir Herbert Dering
Preceded byWilliam Haggard Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil
1915–1918 		Succeeded bySir Ralph Paget
Preceded byNo ambassador due to First World War Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians
1920–1921 		Succeeded bySir William Erskine

References

  1. "No. 27927". The London Gazette. 30 November 1906. p. 8444.
  2. "No. 28308". The London Gazette. 16 November 1909. p. 8458.
  3. "No. 29116". The London Gazette. 30 March 1915. p. 3106.
  4. "No. 32057". The London Gazette. 21 September 1920. p. 9365.
  5. "No. 29938". The London Gazette. 9 February 1917. p. 1459.

Links

  • PEEL, Sir Arthur, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  • Obituary – Sir Arthur Peel, The Times, London, 9 October 1952, page 8


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