Walter Peacock

Sir Walter Peacock KCVO (24 May 1871 – 24 February 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister who worked for the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom during the latter's tenure as Prince of Wales.

He married, in 1927, Irene Cynthia Le Mesurier (biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, and author of An Authoritative Account, The Adventure of Cooking, Cooking is Exciting and Beating Austerity in the Kitchen).

He was Resident Councillor and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall and a Member of the Prince of Wales’ Council from 1908 to 1930.

[2] He was Liberal candidate for the Camborne Division of Cornwall at the 1935 United Kingdom general election.

However, Peacock was unsuccessful; He did not stand for parliament again, however, in 1936 he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.