10 Facts About Peter Hill-Wood

Peter Denis Hill-Wood was a British businessman and a chairman of Arsenal Football Club.

Peter Hill-Wood attended Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he was a classmate of former Arsenal director Sir Roger Gibbs.

Peter Hill-Wood was the third generation of his family to serve as chairman of Arsenal, following his father, Denis Hill-Wood, and his grandfather, Samuel Hill-Wood from Glossop, Derbyshire.

Peter Hill-Wood succeeded his father after the latter's death in 1982.

Peter Hill-Wood was not in charge of any day-to-day business at the club, which was generally run by David Dein and a succession of first team managers.

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Peter Hill-Wood was a colleague of Chips Keswick – a former Bank of England director – at Hambros and subsequently saw him recruited to the Arsenal board to provide strong City of London contacts at a time when the club were financing their new stadium.

Peter Hill-Wood sold much of his family holdings in the club to former vice-chairman David Dein in the 1980s and 1990s and the rest to Stan Kroenke.

On 14 June 2013 Peter Hill-Wood stepped down and was replaced as chairman by Keswick.

Peter Hill-Wood married Sally Andrews in 1971 and had three children.

On 2 December 2012, Arsenal announced Peter Hill-Wood had suffered a heart attack and was recovering in hospital.