Arthur Peel (diplomat)

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

St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, where Peel married in 1921

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,^[1] before being appointed Minister to Thailand (then called Siam) 1909–15,^[2] to Brazil 1915–18^[3] and (after a year in London) to Bulgaria 1920–21.^[4]

Peel was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1917.^[5]

Personal life

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 by Sir Ralph Paget	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Majesty the King of Siam 1909–1915	Succeeded by Sir Herbert Dering
Preceded by William Haggard	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil 1915–1918	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Paget
Preceded by No ambassador due to First World War	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians 1920–1921	Succeeded by Sir 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