Constance Peel
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Constance Dorothy Evelyn Peel OBE |
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| Born | Constance Dorothy Evelyn Bayliff 27 April 1868 Ganarew, Herefordshire, England |
| Died | 7 August 1934 (aged 66) Kensington, London, England |
| Pen name | Mrs. C. S. Peel; Dorothy Constance Peel |
| Occupation | Writer and journalist |
| Language | English |
| Education | Home-schooled |
| Subject | House-keeping, cookery, life of women |
| Notable awards | OBE (1919) |
| Spouse | Charles Steers Peel |
| Relatives | Robert Peel (grandfather) |
Constance Dorothy Evelyn Peel OBE (née Bayliff; 27 April 1868 – 7 August 1934) was an English journalist and writer, known for her non-fiction books on cheap household management and cookery. She wrote with the name Mrs. C. S. Peel, taking the name of her husband, Charles Steers Peel. She is sometimes cited as Dorothy Constance Peel. After the First World War, she worked on behalf of women, sitting on governmental committees.
Constance Bayliff was born in Ganarew, Herefordshire on 27 April 1868. She was the seventh child of Richard Lane Bayliff, a military captain, and his wife Henrietta née Peel. As a young child, Constance Bayliff lived in Wyesham, Monmouthshire, before she moved to Bristol. She was primarily educated at home and suffered from breathing problems. At seventeen, she moved to Folkestone and had a coming out at a military ball. In her childhood, she spent much time socialising with families much richer than her own; she had actually had a fairly frugal upbringing.
Bayliff began a career in journalism when she and her family moved to Twickenham. An older sister was producing illustrations for a periodical called The Queen, and Peel won a competition to write for Woman. Arnold Bennett, then editor of the periodical, arranged for Peel to receive tutorship from a schoolteacher, and she also learnt from Bennett's editing. In December 1894, Bayliff married electrical engineer Charles Steers Peel, her second cousin, and the couple moved to Dewsbury. After this point, she wrote under the name Mrs. C. S. Peel. The couple had two daughters but lost a third child. Peel's first book, 1898's The New Home, drew upon her experience of starting her household on modest means. Between 1903 and 1906, Peel edited the periodicals Hearth and Home, Woman and Myra's Journal, and authored a series of cookery books.
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