Major Basil Arthur John Peto (13 December 1900 – 3 February 1954)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
[2] Peto was educated at Harrow School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read history and political economy.
[2][3] From 1941 to 1945, Peto was a parliamentary private secretary to Geoffrey Lloyd chairman of the Oil Control Board.
[2] Peto stood again at the 1945 general election but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Raymond Blackburn.
[2] On 3 February 1954, Peto was found shot dead in the garden of his home in Witley, Surrey with the gun beside him.