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PEERS, RICHARD, son of Richard Peers, Lisburn, co. Antrim, tanner; b. 1645; apprenticed to father’s trade; ran away to Bristol, from where an uncle sent him to school in Carmarthenshire; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1664 - void 1676, Tutor 1671-5; BA 1668; MA 1671; Esquire Bedell of Arts and Physic 21 Sep 1675; licensed to practise medicine 6 Jul 1688; translated Wood’s History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford into Latin, 1674, and compiled the first published catalogue of Oxford graduates, 1689; m. 27 Dec 1677 Mary Tipping, Oxford; d. 11 Aug 1690. DNB.

PEERS, HENRY, son of Henry Peers, Barbados, West Indies, Speaker of Assembly, Barbados; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1723 (as Henry Piers); in school list 1728; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1729; adm. Middle [Inner ?]Temple, called to bar 9 Jul 1736; buried Temple Church 12 Aug 1736.

PEERMAN, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin Peerman, St. Brides, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Gray, Twickenham, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1750. [note will Benjamin Peerman, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, gentleman, proved PCC 3 Sep 1767]

Peerless, Gordon Read, son of Bartholomew Peerless, of Streatham, by Rose Gertrude, daughter of Frederick Charles Smith, of Clapham Common; b. Feb. 19, 1903; adm. May 2, 1917 (A); left April 1919; a member of the London Stock Exchange March 1925; chairman successively of Haigs Cooperage Ltd. 1957-60 and the Stock Brokers Mutual Reference Soc. since 1961; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 18, 1940; Flying Officer Sept. 18, 1941; Flight-Lieut. Jan. 1, 1943; m. Oct. 27, 1928, Ida Constance, daughter of Henry Charles Holdup, of Streatham; d. 1975.

PEENE, THOMAS EDWARDS, son of James Peene, and Sarah Harris; bapt. Leominster, Herefs., 8 Sep 1800 (IGI); adm. Midsummer 1814 (but not in school list Oct 1814).

PEELE, JOHN BRANDRAM, son of John James Peele, and Ann --- (IGI); b. 26 Nov 1809; adm. 14 Jun 1819; left Dec 1824; oil and colour merchant, Brandram Bros & Co, Philpot Lane, London; m. (by 1881) Helen ---; d. 15 Mar 1896.

PEEL, WILLIAM ACCRINGTON, eldest son of Jonathan Peel, Culham, Oxfordshire, and Eliza, dau. of William Tubb, Oxford; b. 2 Mar 1816; adm. 28 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); emigrated to South Africa; of Meyer’s Hock, Upper Umlazi, Natal; m. 14 Dec 1841 (IGI) Anna, dau. of Major Leaviss; d. 1 Feb 1881.

PEEL, JOHN HENRY WESTCAR, brother of William Accrington Peel (qv); b. 29 Aug 1822; adm. 21 Jan 1835 (Benthall's); a brewer at Watlington, Oxfordshire; m. 16 May 1844 Catherine, dau. of James Torry Hester, Waste Court, Abingdon, Berks.; d. 14 Jun 1891.

PEEL, EDMUND YATES, brother of William Accrington Peel (qv); b. 10 Apr 1817; adm. 28 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 33rd Foot 18 Mar 1836; Lieut., unattached, half-pay 17 Jul 1840; 54th Foot 26 Aug 1841; 11th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 25 Nov 1842; Capt., 3 Nov 1846; Maj., 20 Jun 1854; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 12 Dec 1854; half-pay 22 Jun 1858; served in Crimean War; d. unm. 25 Mar 1885.