Most of us know that the Main House in HMS Mercury was once owned by Lord and Lady Peel but how many of you are aware of their correct title and who Lord Peel was ?

  When correctly addressed, Earl Peel was PC., GCSI., GBE.

  The text snippet above is wrong in one respect namely the size of the plot. The Admiralty bought 100 acres only, the vast and major part of the Estate being sold off to neighbouring land owners and farmers.