Lord Peel

Lord Peel (full name William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel) is a British nobleman who was appointed in 1936 to head the Palestine Royal Commission (also known as the Peel Commission) to inquire into the causes of unrest between the Jews and Arabs in the then British Mandate territory of Palestine. The report of this commission submitted in 1937 regarded the situation then existing as untenable and recommended the partition of Palestine. Lord Peel makes an non-canonical appearance in the 1988 film adaption of Appointment with Death.

During the events in the show, he is in the midst of hearing witnesses to the commission. He received and entertained Lady Westholme who introduced Poirot to him. Lady Westholme spent part of her time in the Holy Land reading documents and reports about the local situation relating to the advisability of partition. Lord Peel is also present at the Coronation Ball. He spents part of the evening dancing with Lady Westholme and later receives the news from Poirot and Colonel Carbury that Lady Westholme had died in an "accident" from an unintended discharge while cleaning her gun.