Graham Peel

Gerald Graham Peel (9 August 1877 – 16 October 1937) was an English composer.

Life

Graham Peel's father was Gerald Peel, a millionaire Lancashire cotton spinner and magistrate of Pendlebury, near Manchester, England.

During his life, Peel was one of the first persons 'to take parties inside prisons to entertain the inmates', and of unobtrusive character, was later remembered for his generosity. Clothes and jobs for prisoners were provided through Peel with his involvement in the Dorset and Bournemouth Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society.

He was a resident of 'Marden Ash', Bournemouth on his death, after a year's illness. A philanthropist, he died leaving £191,499. Many settings were for folk songs and pianoforte solos, His tunes included: Almond, wild almond Go down to Kew in lilac time Her loveliness In summer time on Bredon (well regarded, and written c. 1908)