William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel

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William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel, was a British Conservative politician and peer best known for leading the 1936–37 royal commission on the future of Palestine that recommended its partition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Conservative Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Arthur William Ashton Peel, 3rd Earl Peel ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1867-10-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1937-09-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
Harrow School ⓘ
familyName Peel ⓘ
father Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
Wellesley ⓘ
William ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor chairing the 1936–37 Royal Commission on Palestine ⓘ
recommending partition of Palestine ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryService British Army ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
notableWork 1937 report recommending partition of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Peel Commission report on the future of Palestine ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
peer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm Member of Parliament for Manchester South ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Taunton ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Chair of the Peel Commission ⓘ
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
First Commissioner of Works ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
Secretary of State for India ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
royalCommission Palestine Royal Commission ⓘ
spouse Honourable Eleanor Williamson ⓘ
titleInheritedFrom Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel ⓘ

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Peel Commission inquiry → chairperson → William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
Peel Commission inquiry → namedAfter → William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
Peel Commission partition proposal → namedAfter → William Robert Wellesley Peel ⓘ
linked to: William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel → nobleTitle → 2nd Earl Peel ⓘ
linked to: William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel