Arthur Peel (diplomat)
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Sir Arthur 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, Montevideo and Crete before being appointed Minister to Thailand 1909–15, Brazil 1915–18 and (after a year in London) to Bulgaria 1920–21.
Personal life
On 17 September 1921, at St Cuthbert's Church, Philbeach Gardens, London, England, Peel married Grace Landsberg, eldest daughter of Alberto Landsberg, a Brazilian banker of German Jewish ancestry.
References
- PEEL, Sir Arthur, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 5 September 2012
- Obituary – Sir Arthur Peel, The Times, London, 9 October 1952, page 8