Pemberton, Guy Leigh, son of Henry Leigh Pemberton, solicitor, by Mary, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Garth; b. June 23, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (H); left April 1899; an actor and theatrical manager.
Pemberton, Alfred Grostete, brother of Max Joseph Pemberton (q.v.); b. Sept. 9, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left Easter 1910; served in France and Mesopotamia in Great War I; Lieut. 2/23rd Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; Tank Corps 1917-8; Major (ret.) Feb. 1919; M.C. Jan. 11, 1919; advertising manager to The Times 1920-2, and the Tatler 1922-4; chairman of Alfred Pemberton Ltd., advertising agents, 1924-62; president of Pemberton, Freeman, Mathes, & Milne, F.l.P.A.
PEETERS, GERARD, son of William Peeters, Arundel, Sussex; bapt. 20 Sep 1562; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1582, adm. scholar 1583; BA 1586/7; MA 1590 (incorp. Oxford 1594); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1589 –c. 1592; ordained; Vicar of Poling, Sussex 11 Sep 1591-4; Rector of St. Peter and St. Mary Westout, Lewes, Sussex, from 1591/2; Rector of St. John’s sub Castro, Lewes, Sussex, from 9 Feb 1592/3; Rector of Plumpton, Sussex, from 6 Nov 1593; Prebendary of Chichester from 16 Apr 1596; Chaplain to Thomas, Lord Buckhurst; probably author of Libellus de Memoria verissimaque bene recordandi Scientia, 1584; m. Elizabeth, sister of Joshua Blackstone (qv); d. 1598. DNB.
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.
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.
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.
Pedler, Hubert Charles George, son of George Henry Pedler, M.R.C.S., of Knightsbridge, by Maria Stratford Howard, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Gillett, Rector of Geldeston, Suffolk; b. Sept. 22, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (G); left July 1904; Univ. Coll. London; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1911; D.P.H. 1924; practised at Colchester, Essex; served in France in the R.A.M.C. Aug. 1914 - March 1919; acting Major March 29, 1918; m. March 4, 1916, Mary, daughter of Magnus Henry Charles Johnson, of Highgate; d. 5 May 1958.
PECKHAM, JOHN, son of William Peckham, Chichester, Sussex, apothecary, and his second wife Mary Scutt, Petworth, Sussex; bapt. 5 Feb 1726/7; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1739 (Maskelyne's); of Nyton, Sussex; m. 11 Nov 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Woodroff Drinkwater, Chichester; d. 9 Feb 1782.