Herbert E. Peabody

Herbert E. Peabody (died September 15, 1930) was an American businessman in the wool industry. He represented the industry in the War Industries Board in 1918.

Early life Herbert E. Peabody was born and educated in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He first worked as an office boy in the sales office of Ethan Allen Company in Boston. In 1916, he was elected president of the National Association of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers (NAWM). He resigned the presidency of NAWM and on June 1, 1918, he was selected to represent the wool industry in the War Industries Board as head of the woolen goods section of the textile and rubber division. In September 1918, Peabody stated that no wool was available for civilian goods. The woolen goods sections disbanded on December 21, 1918. He resigned from T. Guerin & Co. on June 30, 1925.

Peabody was head of the National Textile Research Bureau for a few months before it became the Wool Institute. He was then appointed as field director. He helped form the uniform copy of order and was responsible for the wool industry's acceptance of rules in the arbitration of trade disputes without court litigation. He owned a summer home in Setauket, New York.