Harry Hardy Peach was an English businessman and author involved in campaigning for improved conditions in factories and the establishment of the Design and Industries Association and the Council for the Preservation of Rural England.
12 Facts About Harry Peach
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Harry Peach died on 24 January 1936 at his home in Leicester.
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Harry Peach had suffered from neuritis throughout his life and periods of ill health during the 1930s.
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In 1906, to support Ramsay MacDonald's campaign to be elected as one of Leicester's members of parliament, Harry Peach organised an exhibition on the poor industrial working conditions in the city.
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Marina Harry Peach was involved in the suffragette movement and campaigned for the improvement of health care for working class women.
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In 1915, Harry Peach was a founder member of the Design and Industries Association, whose first slogan was "Nothing Need Be Ugly".
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Harry Peach was active in campaigns to preserve the countryside and prevent the uncontrolled expansion of towns and cities and unregulated advertising.
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Harry Peach was secretary of the Leicestershire Footpath Association from 1912, and wrote its history in 1928.
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Harry Peach was a long-term member of the Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Society and was the Honorary Secretary of the exhibitions committee for the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, for which he organised many exhibitions and lectured all over England.
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In 1929 Harry Peach persuaded the publicity manager of Shell-Mex to remove approximately 18,000 advertisements that were an eyesore in villages and open country.
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Harry Peach was involved in the founding of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College and served on its board of governors for 15 years.
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Harry Peach was a major benefactor of the college and material he donated to the college, including some 1,600 books, forms part of the University Library's core special collection.