William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
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William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel (1867-1937) was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931.
The son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel and grandson of Sir Robert Peel, he inherited his father's Viscountcy in 1912, before being raised to the Earldom in 1929.
| Preceded by: The Earl of Crawford | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1921–1922 | Followed by: Sir William Sutherland |
| Preceded by: Edwin Samuel Montagu | Secretary of State for India 1922–1924 | Followed by: The Lord Olivier |
| Preceded by: Frederick William Jowet | First Commissioner of Works 1924–1928 | Followed by: The Marquess of Londonderry |
| Preceded by: The Earl of Birkenhead | Secretary of State for India 1928–1929 | Followed by: William Wedgwood Benn |
| Preceded by: Thomas Johnston | Lord Privy Seal 1931 | Followed by: The Lord Snowden |
| Preceded by: New Creation | Earl Peel | Followed by: Arthur William Ashton Peel |
| Preceded by: Arthur Wellesley Peel | Viscount Peel |
