Among his other activities, Peach was also involved in founding the University College, Leicester as a memorial to those who died in the First World War. He served on the Board of Governors and was a major benefactor to the institution. He was also an active member of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society and its President from 1920. He died in 1936 having suffered bouts of neuritis throughout his life and increasing periods of ill health through the 1930s. Dryad was run by George Hackett with Peach’s eldest son Geoffrey while his younger son Roger took over Dryad Metal Works. The Handicrafts collection continued to be used by Dryad until 1969 when in was presented to the Schools Service of Leicester Museum.
