John Peel (priest)

The Very Rev John Peel, DD, MA (b. Bury 22 August 1798, d. Kidderminster 20 February 1875) was Dean of Worcester from 1845 until his death.

The eighth child and fourth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held the living at Stone, Worcestershire from 1828; and in the same year was appointed a Prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral.