On retiring as President of the College in 1969, John Peel was asked by Council to undertake the task of preparing a history of the lives of the Fellows, along the same lines as volumes published by the two older Royal Colleges (the RCP and the RCS). The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969 (Whitefriars Press Ltd) was published in 1976.
From the guide to the Papers of Sir John Peel: Biographies of Fellows of the RCOG, 1970 - 1975, (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)