Peter was born and educated in Wilton and has lived in North Street since 1985.
He was a member of the 1st Wilton Scout Group starting as Cub Scout through to becoming a Venture Scout between 1960 and 1971. He later became a committee member of the group in the 1980’s.
He served as a retained Leading Firefighter at Wilton from 1975 to 2001 when he had to retire due to a hip replacement. He started and ran his own company Wilton Alarm Services 1992- 2017 as well as Crazy Costume 2006-2016 and was a Director of the Salisbury and District Chamber of Commerce. Peter retired in 2018.
Peter was elected as a Town Councillor in 1986, was Mayor of Wilton in 1989/90 and 2017/18/19. He has served from 1986 as a Town, District or Unitary councillor for Wilton until 2022, He has been a governor of Wilton Middle School, Chairman of the Wiltshire branch of the Retained Firefighters Union and President of Wilton Town Youth FC (of which he co-founded)
He is currently a founder member and treasurer of Wilton Community Land Trust, Treasurer of Wilton Carnival, SDBKA and Wilton Mens Shed. He is a trustee of Wilton United Charity, Fugglestone St Peter Trust, Michael Herbert Memorial Hall and Wilton Men’s Shed which he setup and built the Shed
He has been an active member of Wilton Rotary since 2016 and was President for 2 years from 2020 to 2022. During Covid, Peter was responsible for organising the marshalling and car parking at the busy Wilton Vaccination Centre. He became President of Wilton Rotary again in July 2025
His other interests include motorcycling, Golf, Shooting and is a life member of CAMRA, He is also one of the few men the Wilton Voices Choir.
Peter has always been a community person and was responsible for the lighting of the “Christmas Tree” in the market square for over 30 years.