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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, Harold Charles, brother of Max Joseph Pemberton (q.v.); b. Jan. 28, 1889; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Dec. 1905; served in Great War I; Capt. 19th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers March 8, 1916; D.S.O. April 2, 1919; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, sometime motoring and aeronautical correspondent of the Daily Express; m.; killed in an aeroplane accident Feb. 2, 1937.

Pemberton, Max Joseph, son of Sir Max Pemberton, of Ramsgate, Kent, by Alice Agnes, daughter of Joseph Tussaud, of St. Marylebone; b. Jan. 15, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1903; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders; temp. 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Feb. 6, 1915; Capt. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 18, 1915; employed on Inland Waterways and Docks May 15, 1918; m. Nov. 20, 1915, Constance Catherine Huffer, of Nottingham.

PEIRS, JOHN, son of John Peirs, Denton, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Ven. Edward Layfield DD, Archdeacon of Essex; grandson of Right Rev. William Peirs DD, Bishop of Peterborough; b.; adm.; KS 1672; did not obtain election to either University 1674, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18.

PEIRSE, RICHARD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard William Peirse, Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Fawcett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; b. 28 Jun 1781; adm. 22 Sep 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; of Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks. (sold by him 1817); m. 29 Aug 1803 Maria, dau. of Rev. Richard Clarke, Bedale, Yorks.; d. 18 Dec 1844. [Whitmore, thus, although it is not clear quite why he was confident that the individual at school 1795-7 had these Christian names]