Lady Peel

Eleanor, Dowager Countess Peel, was a lady of considerable wealth – it was her money which enabled the Peels to build Leydene House and her husband Robert Wellesley Peel to pursue a political career of some distinction. She inherited her wealth from her father, Lord Ashton, who made his fortune in the manufacture of linoleum and who was responsible for several municipal buildings in his town, Lancaster. PDFs attached to this page include a Lancaster Museum brochure on Lord Ashton, a letter from Lady Peel to her son on the birth of his son, a compilation of source materials used in creating this House History, and the display panel exhibited in September 2013.