A director of the Hargreaves Group from 1960 to 1980, Ingleby was also interested in forestry and conservation. He was a member of the planning committee for the North York Moors National Park, and was responsible for the planting of a row of lime trees at the entrance to the park, which he intended as a thanksgiving for God's deliverance of Britain during the two World Wars. He also served on the North Yorkshire County Council during the 1960s.
Ingleby and Baroness Masham, who also used a wheelchair, took a prominent part in the House of Lords in the debate on the Disabled Persons Act 1970.
Marriage and children
Ingleby married Gladys Susan Landale (died 1996) in 1952, with whom he had five children:[1]
Hon Richard Martin Herbert Peake (7 August 1953 - 19 July 1975)
Hon Fiona Catherine Peake (born 24 January 1955) married Gavin Tobias Alexander Winterbottom Horton in 1977
Hon Henrietta Cecilia Imogen Peake (born 23 October 1961) married James J. P. McNeile in 1990
Hon Katharine Susan Emma Peake (born 23 December 1963) married James Freeman in 1996.
In 1975, Ingleby suffered a personal tragedy when his only son, Richard, fell from Beachy Head and was killed. The coroner's inquest recorded an open verdict.
After the death of his first wife in 1996, Ingleby married Dobrila Radovic in 2003. They had no children.
Death
Lord Ingleby died in 2008 at the age of 82. As his only son predeceased him, and as there were no other surviving male line heirs of the 1st Viscount, the viscountcy became extinct on his death.
Arms
Coat of arms of Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby
Coronet
Coronet of a viscount
Crest
A Heart Gules between two Wings displayed Erminois
Escutcheon
Sable three Crosses patée Argent within an Orle of eight Fleur-de-lys and a Bordure Or
Supporters
On either side a Blackfaced Swaledale Ram proper holding in the mouth a Rose Argent barbed seeded slipped and leaved also proper
Motto
Quae Supra Quaerenda (What is on high is worth seeking)[2]
