He rose to hold a number of ministerial positions but is probably best remembered for chairing the Peel Commission in 1936–1937, which recommended for the first time the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.

[1] The grandson of a Conservative prime minister, he was unusual even for his period in the number of political parties for which he was elected.

[1] In 1893, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and practised as a barrister before taking the position of special correspondent for the Daily Telegraph during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

[2][1] In 1900, Peel was appointed a member of the Royal Commission that was formed to inquire into the operation of the Port of London.

He entered the cabinet in 1922 as Secretary of State for India, and, after the downfall of Lloyd George's coalition, continued to hold the post during the premierships of Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin.

In 1928, Peel briefly returned to the India Office, but the Conservatives lost power by the 1929 general election.

In 1936–1937, he chaired the Peel Commission, which recommended for the first time the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.